Rep. Cori Bush Is What “Keeping It Real” Looks Like
U.S. Rep. Cori Bush made history last fall when she became the first Black woman from Missouri to be elected to Congress. Host Brittany Packnett Cunningham—a St. Louis native—talks to her Congresswoma...
18 Mar 202130min
Lisa Ling on Anti-Asian Violence—And the Rising Movement Against It
Lisa Ling, the award-winning CNN host, was sounding the alarm about anti-Asian threats long before the current rise in violence hit most headlines. Here, she unpacks the troubling issue with host Brit...
11 Mar 202134min
Padma Lakshmi on the New Food Revolution
With International Women’s Day coming up, host Brittany Packnett Cunningham talks to Padma Lakshmi, the “Top Chef” host and advocate for immigrants’ and women’s rights. And they go deep on the politic...
4 Mar 202132min
“The Squad is Big, Y’all”: Rep. Ayanna Pressley on the Power of the People
To round out Black History Month, we turn to a woman making history of her own: U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley, who’s holding Congress’s feet to the fire on issues from student-loan forgiveness t...
25 Feb 202134min
What Would a Future Without Prisons Look Like?
Calls for criminal-justice reform have built over the last year—and this week, with jail uprisings in St. Louis, the focus is on prison abolition. That’s personal for both host Brittany Packnett Cunni...
18 Feb 202136min
Opal Tometi on the Righteous Rise of Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter was just nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize—so this week, host Brittany Packnett Cunningham sits down with co-founder of the Black Lives Matter organization Opal Tometi. How did the ...
11 Feb 202130min
Raquel Willis Believes in Black Trans Power
President Biden signed new protections for LGBTQ people on Day One of his presidency—but new anti-trans legislation is cropping up everywhere, and violence against gender-nonconforming folks, especial...
4 Feb 202136min
Want A Safer Internet? Listen to Black Women
The Capitol attacks were shocking...but, to many Black women, who had been sounding the alarm on online hate and disinformation for years, not wholly surprising. Host Brittany Packnett Cunningham tell...
28 Jan 202132min
