Students at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government have started Resistance School, a curriculum for activists about how to build practical skills for fighting against the Trump agenda and building progressive power. Resistance School is free

Ep. 9: How to Resist Burning Out with Jill Raney

Apr 4th, 2017 44m 49s

We're seventy-something days into the Trump administration, and activist burnout is starting to set in. I spoke with Jill Raney of Practice Makes Progress about preventing burnout and taking care of ourselves, as well as how to build long term

Bonus: They Lost, We Won on Health Care

Mar 31st, 2017 7m 33s

Lifting up our wins is one of the most important things we can do as activists. Donald Trump and Paul Ryan failed miserable on Obamacare repeal, so here is a preview of episode 9 guest Jill Raney and I talking about health care.

Ep. 8: How to Resist Government Corruption with Nick Schwellenbach

Mar 28th, 2017 41m 26s

Nick Schwellenbach is the Director of Investigations at the Project on Government Oversight, a DC-based investigative watchdog organization. Nick spoke with the podcast about the roll watchdog groups play in providing information about governme

Ep. 7: Music to Punch Nazis By with Terence Hannum

Mar 21st, 2017 43m 27s

Terence Hannum is a visual artist, musician, novelist, and arts educator based in Baltimore, Maryland. Terence is best known for his work with the avant-metal band Locrian, but his latest release, from his project Axebreaker, is a power electro

Ep. 6: How to Resist Discrimination with Raed Jarrar

Mar 14th, 2017 41m 59s

Raed Jarrar is an Iraqi-American activist and serves as the Government relations manager for the American Friends Service Committee. Trained as an architect, Raed was displaced during the 2003 American-led Iraq war and rose to prominance as his

Ep. 5: How to Resist Through Indivisible with Ivonne Wallace Fuentes

Mar 7th, 2017 47m 20s

Ivonne Wallace Fuentes founded an Indivisible group in Roanoke, Virginia, and she and thousands of activist across the country have become empowered using the Indivisible Guide. We spoke about how she got involved after the election of Donald T

Ep. 4: How to Resist the Patriarchy with Carmen Rios

Feb 28th, 2017 1h 2m

Carmen Rios is a feminist and queer rights activist and is a badass fighter of the patriarchy. We talked about the importance of Feminism in the face of Trumpism and how young feminists who grew up in the Obama years are putting the lessons the

Ep. 3: How to Resist Transphobia with Emmelia Talarico

Feb 21st, 2017 39m 49s

We spoke with Emmelia Talarico about how we can put marginalized voices up front in our activism. Emmelia is an organizer with DisruptJ20 and other organizations in the Maryland and DC area. Emmelia started her organizing as a workplace advocat

Ep. 2: How To Resist with Humor with Linsay Deming

Feb 14th, 2017 30m 50s

Linsay Deming helped organize the What A Joke! comedy festival to raise money for the ACLU. She spoke with us about how she's bringing resisting the Trump administration from her community of comics and other funny people.