Pod Save the People

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Organizer and activist DeRay Mckesson explores news, culture, social justice, and politics with analysis from Kaya Henderson, De’Ara Balenger, and Myles Johnson. Then he sits down for deep conversations with experts, influencers, and diverse local and national leaders. New episodes every Tuesday.

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Top 10 Pod Save the People Episodes

Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Pod Save the People episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Pod Save the People for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Pod Save the People episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Keep the Fight (with Justine Barron and Amelia McDonell-Parry)

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06/02/20 • 65 min

This week DeRay, Brittany, Sam, and Clint discuss the murder of George Floyd and the protests around the nation. Then, DeRay sits down with Justine Barron and Amelia McDonell-Parry, who have been researching the death and cover-up of Freddie Gray, which just hit a five-year anniversary.

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What Science Says About Police (with John Rappaport)

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06/09/20 • 45 min

This week DeRay sits down with John Rappaport, a law professor and research scholar examining criminal procedures in the justice system. They discuss Rappaport's findings regarding police misconduct and the effects of police behavior on communities.

5 Listeners

The Blackest State (with Soledad O'Brien)

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06/30/20 • 73 min

DeRay, Sam, De'Ara, and Kaya tackle this week’s overlooked news, including poisoned baby powder, DC statehood, major strides in police reform, and school reopening issues. DeRay chats again with Johnetta Elzie about the current protest climate. Then, DeRay connects with journalist Soledad O'Brien, to discuss her new podcast and how race shapes our reception of media.

DeRay: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/health/baby-powder-cancer.html?referringSource=articleShare

De'Ara: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/dc-statehood-vote/2020/06/25/c2ac1670-b6ee-11ea-a8da-693df3d7674a_story.html

Kaya: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/teachers-in-fairfax-revolt-against-fall-plans-refusing-to-teach-in-person/2020/06/26/84f52012-b7aa-11ea-a8da-693df3d7674a_story.html

Sam: https://www.vox.com/2020/6/25/21303005/police-reform-bill-house-democrats-senate-republicans

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Justice for Ahmaud Arbery (with State Senator Bill Ferguson)

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05/12/20 • 65 min

Content Warning: Violence. This week, DeRay, Brittany, Sam, and Clint discuss social distancing arrests, Ahmaud Arbery's murder, pandemic-influenced police violence, and a Sioux tribe's fight with South Dakota's governor. Then, DeRay sits down with Maryland State Senator Bill Ferguson to explore what it means to be a legislator facing 2020's unexpected problems.

Show links

ProPublica - Early Data Shows Black People Are Being Disproportionally Arrested for Social Distancing Violations

CNN - Sioux tribe rejects South Dakota governor request to remove Covid-19 checkpoints

NYT - Georgia Killing Puts Spotlight on a Police Force’s Troubled History

The New Yorker - How Racism Is Shaping the Coronavirus Pandemic

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Battle-Tested (with Mayor Lori Lightfoot)

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04/14/20 • 61 min

This week, DeRay, Brittany, Clint, and Sam discuss how the US Postal Service is critical to November elections, stimulus oversights for Black-owned businesses, pandemic jail quarantines, and coronavirus in Africa. Then, DeRay sits down with Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot to examine the response of America's third largest city to the current crisis.

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https://www.businessinsider.com/postal-service-funding-crisis-could-harm-voting-by-mail-coronavirus-2020-4

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/business/minority-business-coronavirus-loans.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/04/why-covid-might-hit-african-nations-hardest/609760/

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A National Reckoning (with Elise Buik)

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07/21/20 • 69 min

DeRay, Sam, De'Ara, and Kaya dive into recent overlooked news including anti-vaxxers, reparations, CDC pandemic data, and Candace Valenzuela's run for Congress. Johnetta Elzie joins again to update us about developments around the current protests. Then, DeRay sits down with Elise Buik to discover what the United Way is doing to fight new heights in homelessness amid a pandemic.

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Common Language of Emotions (with Mehrsa Baradaran)

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05/19/20 • 68 min

This week DeRay, Brittany, Clint, and Sam discuss Ohio's hacker protest, prisoner connectivity apps, Africa's coronavirus response, and the stats on how Black Democratic voters are changing. Then, DeRay sits down with Mehrsa Baradaran to evaluate all of the ethnic groups that were ignored in the first round of stimulus promotion, and what we need to make sure we include in the second round.

Show Notes

Ohio and their efforts to eliminate workers receiving unemployment thwarted by a hacker

Connections with incarcerated parents is easier with a new app developed by a teen

What African nations are teaching everyone about fighting COVID

5 facts about black Democrats

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