What's The Plan? with Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin

What do you do when the national Democratic Party parachutes into a competitive congressional primary and puts its fist on the side of a candidate backed by AIPAC and Republican corporate PACs? We find out this week with Randy Villegas, the grassroots candidate the DCCC is trying to take out. Then in Q&A: the Callais decision and election sabotage, a May Day debrief, the DNC shakeup, and how we build a party that actually fights and wins. To learn more and get involved with Indivisible, visit indivisible.org/wtp

May Day is a distress signal - and on May 1, it becomes a nationwide tactical escalation for democracy. Trump is calling nonviolent No Kings protesters the KKK. The Supreme Court is gutting the Voting Rights Act. Republicans and their billionaire backers are already working to sabotage the midterms. We break down the strategic logic behind May Day, what we learned from No Kings, how this protects the midterms, and what democracy reform looks like after Trump. To learn more and get involved with Indivisible, visit indivisible.org/wtp

Trump's secret police force is pouring billions into purchasing warehouses and converting them into detention camps to hold our neighbors. The conditions are horrific, with well-documented human rights abuses and deaths every week – but we don't have to just sit back and accept this. Silky Shah, Executive Director of Detention Watch Network, joins us to go deep on the growing number of successful local campaigns stopping these camps across the country. We follow up with a live Q&A on strategy, tactics, messaging, and how we're dreaming up a big, bold "yes" agenda while we build the big "no" tent for the midterms. To learn more and get involved with Indivisible, visit indivisible.org

After 16 years of authoritarian rule, Hungary's pro-democracy opposition crushed Viktor Orban's party and won a supermajority in parliament. Leah and Ezra break down the early lessons — building a new opposition movement, driving massive turnout, and preparing for election sabotage. If they can do it, we can do it. Plus: a red-district Indivisible group in Colorado showing what effective grassroots organizing actually looks like. And yes, bad dad puns and live Q&A with the movement. To learn more and get involved in No Kings, visit here.

Trump is doing what embattled, declining authoritarians always do. As opposition grows, his coalition fractures, and midterm disaster looms, he gets more dangerous. In this episode, Ezra and Leah talk about how Trump's genocidal threats against Iran fit the pattern, why this moment is actually a sign of his weakness rather than his strength, and how to keep our eyes on the prize. To learn more and get involved in No Kings, visit here.                                                         See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What do you do after the largest protest in American history? You build on the momentum. In this episode, Leah and Ezra break down the historic success of No Kings III, discuss a new national campaign against Trump's concentration camps, and look ahead to the next major national day of action on May Day. Plus: Insurgent U.S. Senate candidate Julie Gonzales — millennial daughter of a rancher and rodeo queen turned chair of the state senate’s judiciary committee — on remaking the Democratic Party into a fighting force that can actually win. To learn more and get involved in No Kings, visit here.                                                       See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While Trump is flailing, on Saturday we show up at more than 3,000 protests for No Kings III. Ash-Lee Henderson, former leader of the Highlander Research and Education Center, joins with historical context and strategic fire. You’ll leave this one PUMPED - ready for Saturday and everything after. Plus Q&A from movement members nationwide. To learn more and get involved in No Kings, visit here.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

March 28th. 3000+ protests. No Kings 3. Leah breaks down the strategic logic — why Trump fears mass protest, what we can actually accomplish, and what comes next. Ezra shares a dead-simple 'tripling' tactic to get your friends, family, and neighbors off the couch and into the streets. Plus: live Q&A, including why the single best message against Trump is that he doesn't give two flying fucks about you. To learn more and get involved in No Kings, visit here.                                                       See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What does the largest protest in American history look like two weeks out from the big day? We give a sneak peek at the planning and next steps for No Kings III. Then we welcome Sara Haghdoosti, foreign policy expert and MoveOn Chief of Program Officer, to discuss Trump’s war with Iran, what congress can do about it, and what we all can do to change what happens next. To learn more and get involved in No Kings, visit here.                                                       See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Yes, we get to celebrate Kristi Noem getting shitcanned. Pressure works, the regime is weak, joy and celebration are beautiful acts of defiance. Leah covers Trump’s illegal war with Iran and the live fight within the Democratic caucus on whether to fund it. We remember that both No Kings III and our anniversary are this month. And always, lots of live Q&A. To learn more and get involved in No Kings, visit here.                                                       See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You know what we don’t have enough of in the Senate? Organizers. Paul Wellstone acolyte, Lt. Gov of Minnesota, and Indivisible-endorsed candidate for Senate Peggy Flanagan wants to change that, and joins us to chat! We also update on the *successful* campaigns against the wave of proposed ICE detention camps across the country. And as always we dive into live Q&A with the movement! To learn more and get involved in No Kings, visit here.                                                       See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Special guest Rep. Dr. Jasmin Clark joins Ezra and Leah for a segment brought by Indivisible Action to talk about how she went from scientist to political organizer, now running to replace a corrupt and complacent Democratic incumbent in Congress. In our live Q&A we cover the fight against DHS concentration camps, the current status of the SAVE Act, and how we build toward a proactive vision for the Democratic Party. Leah’s losing her voice, but she will not be silenced. To learn more and get involved in No Kings, visit here.                                                       See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Victory for the people in the siege of Minnesota! What this means for the fight over ICE and DHS funding in congress. And why challenging do-nothing Democrats in primaries now isn’t just about the future - it’s about building a unified, fighting opposition against the fascists today. As always, live Q&A about strategy, tactics, messaging, and organizing. To learn more and get involved in No Kings, visit here.                                                       See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trump and his goons are talking more and more about subverting the election. Leah calmly walks us through our mantra: they’re going to lose. Ezra goes over what we can do to stiffen Dem spines in the life fight over DHS funding this next week. And as always, we discuss your questions about strategy, tactics, messaging, and whether our cat would ever attend a protest (spoiler: no).  To learn more and get involved in No Kings, visit here.                                                       See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Newly announced No Kings III is on track to become the largest protest in American history! Ezra and Leah welcome to the conversation famed expert in social movements Erica Chenoweth to discuss the strategic logic of nonviolent protest and noncooperation, organizing against ICE, and how we can convince an opposition party to fight back. As always, we take top questions voted live! To learn more and get involved in No Kings, visit here.                                                       See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

ICE’s terror campaign is escalating. But Democrats in Congress have a rare opportunity to rein them in. What’s the plan? We’re mobilizing for a National Day of Solidarity with Minneapolis on Friday, January 23rd, we’re yelling at GOP members of Congress for backing this fascist regime, and we’re yelling at Democrats in Congress to fight back while they have the chance. And as always, we’re taking your top-voted questions in real time. To learn more and get involved in No Kings, visit here.                                                       See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What’s The Plan is a new series and one of America’s largest live, participatory political conversations. Each week, hosts Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin, co-founders of Indivisible, break down the state of our democracy and what it will take to fight back against rising authoritarian threats in the United States. This is not punditry. It is people-powered politics in real time, built to inform, mobilize, and grow the pro-democracy movement with clear analysis, shared strategy, and collective action.  What’s the Plan launches on Friday, January 23. Available wherever you get your podcasts. To learn more and get involved in No Kings, visit here.                                                       See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.