Dr. Uché Blackstock on Pandemic Fatigue—And the New COVID Normal
As the two-year anniversary of the pandemic looms, host Brittany Packnett Cunningham sits down with Dr. Uché Blackstock to discuss all things COVID-19—from why “Omicron is a gift” (she’ll explain) to ...
3 Feb 202237min
Elaine Welteroth on the Great Resignation and Rewriting Your Own Definition of Success
What does the Great Resignation mean for women of color? Elaine Welteroth—the best-selling author and former Teen Vogue editor who’s built a career out of charting her own path—has a lot of thoughts. ...
27 Jan 202243min
“This Big Old Lie”: Heather McGhee on the Real Cost of Racism
Why doesn’t the US have universal health care, paid leave, or plenty of seemingly basic public services many other countries do? Heather McGhee has an answer: it’s racism, and it hurts all of us. The ...
20 Jan 202247min
LaTosha Brown on our “Moment of Reckoning”
This week, President Biden and Vice President Harris traveled to Georgia to talk about voting rights—but LaTosha Brown was not celebrating. As co-founder of the Atlanta-based Black Voters Matter Fund,...
13 Jan 202235min
One Year Later: “The Next Coup is Already Happening”
It’s been one year since the invasion of the U.S. Capitol—so how are we doing at holding insurrectionists accountable? Host Brittany Packnett Cunningham answers that question, revisiting archival inte...
6 Jan 202225min
Nikole Hannah-Jones on America’s “400-Year Racial Pandemic”
Back in May, host Brittany Packnett Cunningham sat down with New York Times Magazine reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones to talk about how The 1619 Project—which Hannah-Jones created—has both changed this co...
16 Dec 202129min
Beyond Roe: Gloria Steinem and Renee Bracey Sherman on How We Got Here and What Happens Next
As SCOTUS weighs overturning the legal right to abortion, host Brittany Packnett Cunningham sits down for a moving conversation on what’s most important: the people behind the politics. Her guests are...
9 Dec 202141min
From SCOTUS to White Womanhood: Dr. Brittney Cooper Decodes Our World
UNDISTRACTED IS BACK! And so are abortion bans, the white women’s vote, and a whole Greek alphabet of viruses. Host Brittany Packnett Cunningham knew exactly who she wanted to unpack it all with: Dr. ...
2 Dec 202137min
