Matt Duss, executive vice president of the Center for International Policy and former foreign policy advisor for U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), gives his take on the political death of a far-right European dictator, the Coalition of the Unwilling when it comes to...
Susannah Heschel, professor of Jewish studies at Dartmouth College and daughter of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, discusses the impact of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement on her life and how those lessons can be applied today.Become a supporter...
This week we celebrate Black Maternal Health with Dr. Donna Adams-Pickett, renowned OB/GYN and founder of the Augusta Women’s Health and Wellness Center in Georgia, highlighting the urgent need for awareness, advocacy, and action around maternal health...
Arwa Mahdawi, columnist for The Guardian, author of Strong Female Lead: Lessons from Women in Power, and creator of the viral satirical website Rent-A-Minority, shares her thoughts on how we can remove Trump from office if we can’t use the 25th Amendment, and other...
Dr. Julianne Malveaux is a true pioneer in the field of economics, focusing her research on the labor market, public policy, and the impact of policy on women and people of color. Malveaux obtained a PhD in economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1980....
On this podcast we get the scoop on African Town in Detroit. Michigan. A project in motion since the 1980's, sanctioned by the city council as a "cultural economic zone" in 2004. On this Wealth Building Wednesday feature, we look at how African Town organizers are...
On this pod we focus on Los Angeles People's budget process and the secrets it reveals about L.A. County. Dr. David C. Turner III is an activist scholar from Inglewood, California. David received his doctorate in the Social and Cultural Studies in Education program at...
There is a $48.4 billion industry that runs on a single premise: that understanding yourself is the same as changing yourself. Tonight, we are going to dismantle that premise with a scalpel — clinically, neurologically, philosophically, and spiritually — because the...
There is a $48.4 billion industry that runs on a single premise: that understanding yourself is the same as changing yourself. Tonight, we are going to dismantle that premise with a scalpel — clinically, neurologically, philosophically, and spiritually — because the...
THE OUTER AHOLE ISN’T YOUR PROBLEM — THEY’RE YOUR INVOICEEvery organism that tunes in tonight arrives carrying the same contraband — a story about someone else. Fully constructed. Causally airtight. Every detail is arranged to produce one conclusion: the problem has a...
The phones are hot and we are breaking down the impact of the resignations of two congressmen, along with VP Kamala Harris's prospects for 2028.https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/
Attorney Mahdavi Narayanan is a Harvard-educated lawyer working with asylum seekers for the organization Human Rights First. On this podcast we look at the conditions, policies and perils facing Black asylum seekers in the U.S. under the current administration.
LAUSD Schools will not shut down after all. So, what happened? Georgia Flowers-Lee has been an educator with the Los Angeles Unified School District for 22 years. She was appointed West Area Chair before being elected UTLA NEA Vice President in 2023. On this podcast...
Tonika Lewis Johnson, award-winning photographer, social justice artist, and MacArthur Fellow, audits the history of America’s racist real estate practices such as land sale contracts, overtaxation, and the Black tax.Become a supporter of this podcast:...
Steven Dean, Boston University law professor, helps us “celebrate” tax day with his most recent text, Racial Capitalism and International Tax Law: The Story of Global Jim Crow.Become a supporter of this podcast:...
Ben Crump, national civil rights attorney, talks about the uphill battle of banning no-knock warrants, the Henrietta Lacks case settlement, and more.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.
Retired Major Gen. Dana Pittard is back with straight talk about the Strait of Hormuz and the military safeguards in place if a U.S. president with cognitive issues has his finger on the button.Become a supporter of this podcast:...
Bill Kristol, editor-at-large for the center-right publication The Bulwark, and a co-director of the advocacy organization Defending Democracy Together, returns with his analysis about Trump surrendering to Iran and other trending political topics.Become a supporter...
What if an intimate relationship has quietly become a workshop for self-construction by proxy? What if the partner many organisms claim to love has actually been recruited to perform a hidden purpose: regulate their insecurity, carry their ideal self-image, and...
Luis J. Rodriguez served as poet laureate of Los Angeles from 2014-2016. Luis is a novelist, memoirist, short story writer, children's book writer as well as an urban peace activist, mentor and healer, youth and arts advocate. He has 16 books in all genres, including...
