While Sally tours the country for her new book THE OPPOSITE OF HATE, the podcast will be on a short hiatus. In the meantime, Sally recorded a song for you. And then go listen to the great back episodes.

Live from #SXSW on activism in Texas and how to turn red states blue

Mar 15th, 2018 56m 52s

Recorded at the TuneIn stage at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, Sally talks with Jolt’s Cristina Tzintzun and NARAL Pro-Choice Texas’s Heather Busby about their work fighting for justice and equality in the Texas climate — and how they, and

Vanita Gupta on the legacy of the Obama Administration -- and how Trump is ruining it

Mar 8th, 2018 34m 5s

Vanita Gupta, head of the Civil Rights Division in Obama's Department of Justice and now head of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, talks about where we are and where we're going

“Like the beginning of Hunger Games… You ran for your life” — students from Stoneman Douglas talk about gun reform

Mar 1st, 2018 49m 20s

Stoneman Douglas students Adam Alhanti and Dylan Baierlein talk about the school shooting and the activism its awakened since, including how they both became engaged in the gun control debate and their message for politicians standing in the wa

How communities can impede ICE raids

Feb 8th, 2018 35m 54s

Immigrant rights activist Gabe Gonzalez is helping organize citizens and businesses in his Chicago neighborhood in the event of mass raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents — raids that are already starting to happen in 7-11s

How many people make a revolution? Erica Chenoweth on getting the resistance to scale

Feb 1st, 2018 37m 16s

Political scientist Erica Chenoweth has studied political resistance movements worldwide over the last century. She tells Sally that non-violent resistance movements are more effective. And she shares the magic percent of a nation’s population

Don’t like the Democrats we have? Elect new ones! Jonathan Matthew Smucker on organizing in red, rural America

Jan 25th, 2018 50m 59s

After grad school, Jonathan Matthew Smucker returned home to rural Pennsylvania to help organize the resistance. And now the grassroots organization he helped create is fielding a candidate for Congress.Learn how!

Sally interviews Patrisse Khan-Cullors about her new Black Lives Memoir and addresses Trump’s shithole comments

Jan 18th, 2018 36m 24s

Can we treat people who are different than us with humanity and respect? That’s the simple core takeaway from Patrisse Kahn-Cullors’ memoir “When They Call You a Terrorist” — the opposite of what Trump has said and stands for.

Activist Ai-Jen Poo, who attended the Globes Globes with Meryl Streep, talks #TimesUp and the spread of the #MeToo moment

Jan 11th, 2018 41m 5s

How did Hollywood stars like Emma Watson and Amy Poehler end up bringing gender and racial justice activists as their “dates” to the Golden Globes? What was it like to be there? And where does #TimesUp, #MeToo and intersectional feminism go fro

Having Donald Trump on your side is generally not a plus in Iranian politics

Jan 4th, 2018 40m 2s

Talking Iran protests, and the American response, with Iranian-American activists Holly Dagres and Trita Parsi

How to become an activist: Sarah Herron from Indivisible East Tennessee

Dec 28th, 2017 34m 6s

When Donald Trump was elected, Sarah Herron couldn’t take it any more. Although she voted Republican for most of her life, Sarah became an activist in her East Tennessee community fighting Trump’s agenda. Even though her husband still supports

Don’t you think Jesus would have supported the DREAM Act? Sally talks with United We Dream's Adrian Reyna.

Dec 21st, 2017 31m 13s

Activist Adrian Reyna shares his moving story of immigrating to the United States as a child and talks with Sally about how the Republican position on immigration reform has shifted so dramatically to the right in recent years. Plus Adrian shar

Alabama is awesome. The tax bill is not. Breaking down both with Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal

Dec 14th, 2017 34m 50s

What lessons should Democrats and progressive activists take away from Doug Jones’ victory in Alabama? Just how bad is that heinous Republican tax bill? And what does this all mean for 2018 and beyond? Sally also talks with progressive rockstar

#MeToo too? We’re not talking about sexual assault against women in low wage jobs, says Saru Jayaraman

Dec 7th, 2017 38m 26s

Can we get a #MeToo too? Saru Jayaraman of the Restaurant Opportunities Center talks with Sally about the crisis of sexual assault and harassment against women in low wage industries, and the Trump policy that would make it worse.

What is Net Neutrality and why is it a civil rights issue that affects all of us, with Malkia Cyril from the Center for Media Justice

Nov 30th, 2017 36m 50s

Activist Malkia Cyril from the Center for Media Justice breaks down why Net Neutrality is vital to a free and democratic modern society AND how media policy past and present is inexorably linked with racism and sexism, which is why the internet

Why the hell are we still fighting about contraception in 2017, with NARAL Pro Choice America’s Ilyse Hogue

Nov 23rd, 2017 45m 28s

What’s beneath the right wing attacks on abortion and birth control access for women? Is this all one big anti-woman agenda? And what can history teach us about how we win going forward? This episode, Sally talks to reproductive justice activis

Just the future of the planet at stake, NBD, with Rhea Suh of NRDC

Nov 16th, 2017 46m 16s

As world leaders meet in Bonn, Germany, discussing the climate crisis at COP23 — the Trump Administration seems more determined than ever to make our planet as toxic and polluted as ever. What can we do? Sally sits down with Rhea Suh, head of t

Reasons to be optimistic about gun control with Shannon Watts of Moms Demand

Nov 9th, 2017 28m 25s

Pessimistic about gun control? Shannon Watts of Moms Demand joins Sally to spread the word that there’s reason for optimism.

Leading a JUST recovery for Puerto Rico, with Climate Justice Alliance’s Angela Adrar

Nov 2nd, 2017 38m 45s

Angela Adrar, Executive Director of the Climate Justice Alliance, joins Sally to talk about what environmental justice is, and recovery efforts in Puerto Rico.

Linda Sarsour Joins Sally

Oct 26th, 2017 51m 32s

On this debut episode, Sally is joined by Linda Sarsour, National Co-Chair of the Women's March 2017.

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Introduction to State of Resistance with Sally Kohn

Oct 25th, 2017 1m 35s

On State of Resistance with Sally Kohn, each weekly episode will feature a frank conversation with a leader in the resistance. Inspiring, engaging...and fun.