Ava DuVernay Wants Us to Dig Deeper
It’s our first episode back! And Brittany knew who she wanted to talk to: Ava DuVernay, the visionary director who excels in “big-sister wisdom.” They get into everything about the state of the world ...
12 Syys 202443min
We’re Baaaaaack
It’s a brand new season of UNDISTRACTED, starting September 12th! Join host Brittany Packnett Cunningham as she tackles and makes sense of the news of the week—the bits you heard about, the bits you d...
6 Syys 20242min
Exclusive: Vice President Kamala Harris On A Year Without Roe
One year ago this week, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade—a momentous decision that has enabled 14 states to outlaw abortion so far. Host Brittany Packnett Cunningham knew exactly who she wante...
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“Every Hashtag is a Human Being”: Honoring the Five-Year Anniversary of #MeToo
It’s been five years exactly since millions of people, most of them women, stepped forward to say #MeToo. What have we learned since then? In our season finale, host Brittany Packnett Cunningham sits ...
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The End of the World as We Know It? Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson Rates our Climate Future
The floods, the hurricanes, the wildfires…if you feel like you’re living through a climate apocalypse, you’re not wrong. But it’s not all hellfire, says marine biologist Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson—th...
13 Loka 202238min
“You Can’t Win if You Don’t Start”: Rep. Cori Bush on Running for Office—and Making a Difference
Congresswoman Cori Bush doesn’t have the usual political resume: no Ivy League alma mater, no law degree, no generational wealth––but she’s an organizer, a mother, a pastor and a survivor, and she’s b...
6 Loka 202232min
Derecka Purnell On Living (and Loving) Outside the Police State
What do Stranger Things, social media and sexual violence all have in common? They all figure into Derecka Purnell’s brilliant world philosophy about abolition—the effort to move beyond police, and th...
29 Syys 202241min
The Queen Died. Now What? Three Brilliant Women on Colonialism and the Future
The funeral is over. The pomp has died down. But the conversations—not just around the monarchy, but around the legacy of imperialism—continue around the world. So host Brittany Packnett Cunningham si...
22 Syys 202251min
