We're sharing an episode from our friends over at Talk Easy. Kamau sits down with host Sam Fragoso to discuss his four-part docuseries We Need to Talk About Cosby.They talk about Kamau's reluctance to talk about Bill Cosby, whose legacy becam

Season Finale: MY BAD

Apr 8th, 2021 1h 24m

Hari and Kamau face up to their mistakes before it's too late. And we all learn so much.Rosa Clemente calls bullshit on Puerto Rican statehood—and gives a crash course on the Puerto Rican people’s historic struggle for self-determination.Yasmin

Ilana Glazer + Sex Work Without Shame

Apr 1st, 2021 1h 17m

LaLa B Holston-Zannell invites Hari and Kamau to let go of the shame and have a real conversation about sex work, white supremacy, and why decriminalization is a matter of life and death for trans Black women.Then Ilana Glazer talks about mobil

Chase Strangio + Dr. Connie Wun + Derek DelGaudio

Mar 25th, 2021 1h 44m

Three powerful, absolutely-nothing-like-one-another conversations on this week's jam-packed mega-episode:The ACLU's Chase Strangio blows open the absurdity and cruelty of state legislation targeting trans youth who want to play sports—and agree

Soledad O'Brien + Desmond Meade

Mar 18th, 2021 1h 13m

Desmond Meade, who led the campaign to restore voting rights to the formerly incarcerated in Florida, returns to talk about Gov. Ron DeSantis's decision to deny him a pardon and renewed threats to democratic participation in his state. But in s

Dr. Rhea Boyd + The Undefeated's Marc J. Spears

Mar 11th, 2021 1h 29m

Do Black people have an attitude problem about the COVID-19 vaccine? Dr. Rhea Boyd says absolutely not—the problem is lack of access to the vaccine and to real information. So she's launched BetweenUsAboutUs, a national campaign with Black doct

Neal Katyal + Amber Ruffin + Lacey Lamar

Mar 4th, 2021 1h 24m

Amber Ruffin's career is really taking off (FYI, The Amber Ruffin Show is now on NBC), and she and her sister Lacey Lamar are as close as ever, trading stories about the crazy everyday racist behavior Lacey encounters in their hometown of Omaha

Marc Lamont Hill + Kamau's Mom

Feb 25th, 2021 1h 31m

Can we talk about Palestine? Dr. Marc Lamont Hill (who, admittedly, calls himself "a prisoner of hope") says we can, and that Americans are ready to even if our government isn't. He joins Hari and Kamau for a conversation that encompasses Micha

Vijay Prashad + The Lucas Brothers

Feb 18th, 2021 1h 21m

Historian, journalist and hero-of-Hari Vijay Prashad analyzes the Farmers' Protest in India and makes a powerful case for why their struggle is our struggle. And while he's at it, he salutes Rihanna, defines Marxism, and makes quick work of Din

adrienne maree brown + F the Filibuster

Feb 11th, 2021 1h 27m

What does cancel culture have to do with defunding the police? How do we liberate our attention? Can better orgasms improve public policy? Hari and Kamau get answers—and Valentine's Day advice—from pleasure activist and abolitionist adrienne ma

Nikki Giovanni

Feb 4th, 2021 1h 5m

Hari and Kamau debate the morality of Super Bowl-watching before being joined by legendary poet Nikki Giovanni. She's out with a new collection called Make Me Rain, and ready to talk about everyone from Kwame Alexander to Tupac, James Baldwin t

Porsha Williams + the ACLU's ReNika Moore

Jan 28th, 2021 1h 16m

Porsha Williams, star of The Real Housewives of Atlanta and granddaughter of civil rights legend Rev. Hosea Williams, talks about why she put her body on the line to demand justice for Breonna Taylor. ACLU Racial Justice Program Director ReNika

Donald Trump: White People's O.J.?

Jan 21st, 2021 52m 24s

Hari and Kamau explore the pressing questions: What would Martin Luther King Jr. have been like on Twitter? Can live-streaming a federal crime boost your real estate business? And how many ways can Donald Trump end up in jail? They're joined by

Defund the Police 2021 + Trump's Twitter

Jan 14th, 2021 1h 33m

Hari and Kamau can't help noticing that Blue Lives Matter, except when they try to defend the Capitol. Cat Brooks of the Anti Police-Terror Project and Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff of the Center for Policing Equity unpack what it means to "defund the

Georgia! + What the hell?

Jan 7th, 2021 1h 6m

Just when Kamau and Hari thought they could breathe and take in the Democratic victories in Georgia's Senate runoff, an armed right-wing mob storms the Capitol. Hear their reaction to the chaos in DC and their conversation with Nse Ufot of the

Daveed Diggs

Dec 17th, 2020 1h 7m

The multitalented Daveed Diggs joins Hari and Kamau to talk about translating Blindspotting for TV, James McBride's liberating take on Frederick Douglass, and rich people loopholes in the time of COVID. Plus: Advanced-level Oakland shit, from D

The Georgia Episode with LaTosha Brown

Dec 10th, 2020 59m 38s

Hari and Kamau are ejected from their post-election malaise by LaTosha Brown, the unstoppable co-founder of Black Voters Matter. She's on fire to build electoral power in Black communities and has her sights set on Democrats winning both seats

Ijeoma Oluo + Sarah Silverman

Dec 3rd, 2020 1h 16m

Ijeoma Oluo breaks down the costs of catering to underwhelming white guys in her new book Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America – and describes what it’s like to be a target for harassment from people who’ve never read a word she

Sarah Cooper + Dr. Peter Hotez

Nov 19th, 2020 1h 5m

Comedian Sarah Cooper shares the secrets she's learned lip-syncing to our most toxic president and making her Netflix special Everything's Fine. Then, Dr. Peter Hotez talks about surviving the COVID-19 spike, fighting anti-science propaganda, d

Phoebe Robinson + The Electoral College's Slaveholder Math

Nov 12th, 2020 1h 28m

Jesse Wegman dives into the extortionate history of the Electoral College. Indivisible's Meagan Hatcher-Mays outlines the prospects for the pro-democracy agenda without the blue wave. And Hari and Kamau kick back with Dope Queen Phoebe Robinson

Election Re-Action with Alicia Garza

Nov 4th, 2020 55m 52s

Hari and Kamau check in with Alicia Garza of Black Futures Lab about the hope and confusion of Election 2020, what Joe Biden owes popular movements, and why this is no time for Democrats to follow the rules. Plus, Alicia's take on BLM going mai

Katie Porter! + Caroline Giuliani + Hari's Dad

Oct 29th, 2020 1h 1m

Hari and Kamau welcome Congresswoman Katie Porter, who wields her whiteboard against corrupt CEOs and regulators who don't do their jobs. Caroline Rose Giuliani talks about riding the Rudy rollercoaster and inspires Kamau to reveal his true ide

Maria Hinojosa + The Case for Court-Packing

Oct 22nd, 2020 1h 12m

Hari and Kamau talk to Maria Hinojosa, anchor of Latino USA and co-host of In The Thick. She was the first Latina in the newsrooms at NPR, CNN, and PBS, and in her new memoir "Once I Was You," she connects the experiences of her Mexican immigra

Insiders + Insurgents with Jon Lovett and Cori Bush

Oct 15th, 2020 1h 7m

Hari and Kamau welcome insurgent Democrat Cori Bush, the nurse and Black Lives Matter activist who's poised to win election as Missouri's first Black congresswoman and join The Squad in Washington. Then, they rave on with Pod Save America co-ho

The Four-Letter Word for 2020? Hope

Oct 8th, 2020 1h 10m

Hari & Kamau relaunch Politically Re-Active by getting you oriented for Election 2020. Alexandra Rojas of Justice Democrats talks about inspiring progressive candidates, who has power in the Democratic Party, and why Hari can't get AOC to retur