We’re Back! A Sneak Peek at Season Two
You heard it here first: UNDISTRACTED is back for Season Two on December 2nd. Here’s a sneak peek at what host Brittany Packnett Cunningham has up her sleeve—as she and her newsmaking, rule-breaking g...
24 Nov 20212min
PREVIEW! “BECAUSE OF ANITA,” WITH ANITA HILL, CHRISTINE BLASEY FORD AND MORE
Special for UNDISTRACTED listeners…it’s a sneak peek of the new podcast “Because of Anita”—a four-part series about the legacy of Anita Hill’s testimony in the Justice Clarence Thomas hearings exactly...
24 Sep 20215min
BONUS! YOUR UNDISTRACTED HIGHLIGHTS REEL
Forty episodes, baby! With our first season under our belt and a mini-hiatus ahead of us, the UNDISTRACTED team is looking back on some highlights from Season One. Featuring Nikole Hannah-Jones, Rep. ...
19 Aug 20217min
Tarana Burke on Her Powerful New Memoir—And The Future of #MeToo
Season finale! Fifteen years ago, Tarana Burke started using two simple words to empower young Black and brown girls who had experienced sexual violence. Today, MeToo has exploded into a global moveme...
12 Aug 202157min
Pleasure Activist adrienne maree brown On Conflict, Canceling, and Community
As we head into the last stretch of summer, Brittany catches up with the guru of feeling good, writer adrienne maree brown. Together they get into how the philosophy of Pleasure Activism shaped adrien...
5 Aug 202139min
Jemele Hill On “The Cursed Olympics”—And Simone Biles Choosing Her Peace
Fresh on the heels of Simone Biles’ decision to put her mental health over Olympic gold, host Brittany Packnett Cunningham sits down with sportscaster Jemele Hill to ask a key question: Can the Olympi...
29 Juli 202140min
The Billionaire Space Race and Patriarchy in Physics, With Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
On Tuesday, Jeff Bezos became the latest contestant in the “billionaire space race,” prompting a million memes—and serious questions about how exactly this makes life better for those of us here on ea...
23 Juli 202137min
Connie Walker On Covering the Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
Mass graves found on the sites of former residential schools in Canada. Disturbingly high rates of murder and disappearance for Indigenous women across North America. These headlines have woken many i...
15 Juli 202140min
