Alicia Garza welcomes back activist, writer, and strategist, Linda Burnham. Garza asks Burnham to break down fascism, and what we can do to save our threadbare democracy.Plus, Garza brings all the news you can use with her roundup: 100 days of

Cole Brown & Natalie Johnson's Book of Love

Nov 1st, 2023 46m 4s

Alicia Garza welcomes two guests this week: Cole Brown, an author, producer, and political commentator, and Natalie Johnson, a writer and illustrator who focuses on racial justice and gender equity. Brown and Johnson just published a collectio

Tony! Toni! Toné!

Oct 20th, 2023 34m 10s

Alicia Garza welcomes D’Wayne Wiggins, Raphael Saadiq, and Timothy Christian Riley, collectively known as Tony! Toni! Toné!, who have reunited for their first tour in 25 years. The group shares about their Oakland roots, and what led to their c

Terrance Woodbury Is Getting It Done with Data

Oct 7th, 2023 55m 42s

Alicia Garza welcomes Terrance Woodbury, co-founder & CEO of HIT Strategies, the leading millennial & minority-owned public opinion research firm in Washington, DC. Woodbury explains how data can be racist, and why collecting good data is so im

Paris Hatcher’s Black Feminist Future

Sep 18th, 2023 1h

Alicia Garza welcomes Paris Hatcher, the Founder of Black Feminist Future (BFF) – a national Black feminist organization that builds and amplifies the power of Black feminist leaders, organizations, and movements. Garza asks Hatcher how her lon

Ericka Huggins, The Heart of a Movement

Aug 26th, 2023 55m 32s

Alicia Garza welcomes back legendary human rights activist, Black Panther leader and former political prisoner, Ericka Huggins. Garza asks Huggins about the inspiration behind the book, Comrade Sisters: Women of the Black Panther Party, which s

Elaine Welteroth Doesn’t Need Your Permission

Aug 12th, 2023 59m 15s

Alicia Garza welcomes award winning journalist, producer and New York Times bestselling author, Elaine Welteroth. Garza asks Welteroth about being a fierce advocate for Black maternal health. Also, Welteroth talks about her experience being a j

Art and Activism with Fredrika Newton

Jul 29th, 2023 56m 7s

Alicia Garza welcomes Fredrika Newton, President and Co-founder of The Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation. Garza and Newton talk about the legacy of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, misconceptions, and the comparisons drawn to the BLM movem

The Outright Badassery of Bozoma Saint John

Jul 16th, 2023 53m 10s

Alicia Garza welcomes Bozoma Saint John, author of the critically acclaimed memoir, The Urgent Life. Garza and Saint John talk about her astonishing journey which led her to be inducted in the Marketing Hall of Fame in 2022, and how she became

I Spy the FBI with Trevor Aaronson

Jul 9th, 2023 53m 3s

Alicia Garza welcomes Trevor Aaronson, investigative journalist and the creator, reporter, and host of the podcast Alphabet Boys. Aaronson lays out the case that the government secretly undermined the Black Lives Matter movement in the summer

Uphill and Onward with Jemele Hill

Jun 17th, 2023 58m 8s

Alicia Garza welcomes back Jemele Hill, author of the critically acclaimed memoir, Uphill. Garza asks Hill about her experience sharing her family’s struggles publicly in her memoir, and their reaction to her book. Also Hill breaks down the mon

The Weirdest Connection Ever with James LaPorta

Jun 3rd, 2023 47m 31s

Alicia Garza welcomes award-winning journalist and investigative reporter, James LaPorta. Garza and LaPorta met through extraordinary circumstances: They were both informed by the FBI that their names were on a list with others being targeted a

Jidenna: From Classic Man to Expansive Man

May 20th, 2023 57m 33s

Alicia Garza welcomes Grammy® nominated rapper and singer, Jidenna. Garza asks Jidenna about the journey to making ME YOU & GOD, and its themes of love, polyamory, masculinity and patriarchy. Alicia’s roundup focuses on Kamala Harris, Insurrect

Learning That Grief Is Love with Marisa Renee Lee

May 6th, 2023 50m 31s

Alicia Garza welcomes grief advocate and author of critically acclaimed book, Grief is Love, Marisa Renee Lee. Lee talks about how to understand grief, and shares what we can do to move through it. Alicia’s roundup focuses on Jerry Springer’s l

Roxane Gay’s Level. Gotta Get On It.

Apr 22nd, 2023 49m 27s

Alicia Garza welcomes Roxane Gay, author of Ayiti, An Untamed State, the New York Times bestselling Bad Feminist, the nationally bestselling Difficult Women and the New York Times bestselling Hunger. Garza and Gay discuss the real real about Ni

Building Power from the Ground Up with Dorian Warren

Apr 10th, 2023 59m 9s

Alicia Garza welcomes scholar and organizer Dorian Warren. Warren is the Co-President of Community of Change, and the Co-founder of the Economic Security Project. Warren breaks down what it's going to take to get our economy on track, and why i

Your Sacred Right with Wanda Mosley

Mar 19th, 2023 54m 55s

Alicia Garza welcomes Wanda Mosley, the National Field Director at Black Voters Matter, an organization that works primarily in rural communities to gain electoral wins to build Black political power. Garza and Mosley talk about her work with B

Some Grown Folks Conversation with Farai Chideya

Feb 10th, 2023 46m 56s

Alicia Garza welcomes author Farai Chideya, the creator, producer and host of the nationally syndicated public radio show, Our Body Politic.Garza asks Chideya about her roots in improv comedy, and how that influenced her career as a journalist.

Melina Abdullah. A Rebel with a Cause

Feb 5th, 2023 58m 25s

Alicia Garza welcomes Melina Abdullah, Professor of Pan-African Studies at Cal State LA, and co-Founder of Black Lives Matter Los Angeles, and the Director of Black Lives Matter Grassroots. Garza and Abdullah talk about the roots of BLM, how it

Changing the Game with Maurice Mitchell

Jan 27th, 2023 55m 17s

Alicia Garza welcomes back the nationally-recognized political strategist, Maurice Mitchell. Mitchell is the National Director of the Working Families Party, a multiracial party that fights for workers over bosses. Garza and Mitchell take a dee

Huddling with Brooke Baldwin

Jan 21st, 2023 40m 29s

Alicia Garza welcomes Brooke Baldwin, the best selling author of Huddle: How Women Unlock Their Collective Power. Baldwin talks about what inspired her to write Huddle, and how she became a CNN anchor, and ultimately what changed that prompted

Brandi Collins-Dexter’s Wake-up Call for Democracy

Dec 6th, 2022 39m 22s

Alicia Garza welcomes Brandi Collins-Dexter, author of the critically acclaimed book, Black Skinhead: Reflections on Blackness and Our Political Future. Garza asks Collins-Dexter about the dissatisfaction from Black voters with the Democratic P

The Pinky Cole Experience

Nov 18th, 2022 37m 9s

Alicia Garza welcomes Pinky Cole, CEO of Slutty Vegan and Bar Vegan restaurants, and author of the critically acclaimed, Eat Plants, B*tch. Cole shares about her entrepreneurial journey, learning from her early projects in hospitality, to her c

Midterms '22: All-Star Analysis

Nov 17th, 2022 49m 51s

Alicia Garza shares reactions from her all-star roster of friends about the 2022 midterm election. Guests include Tiffany Cross, Melissa Harris-Perry, Laphonza Butler, Angela Rye, Joy Reid, Jemele Hill, Nse Ufot, and Maurice Mitchell. Plus, Gar

Esperanza K. Tervalon Puts the East in Beast

Nov 3rd, 2022 53m 52s

Alicia Garza welcomes Esperanza K. Tervalon, Founder and CEO of Dancing Hearts Consulting. Garza asks Tervalon about her journey to being the first woman of color to lead a 501c3, 501c4 & PAC collaborative civic engagement formation focused on