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We are often lamenting about all that is going wrong because frankly there is a lot--but for a change of pace we bring on historian, author and host of the podcast What Could Go Right, Zachary Karabell, to look for some possible rainbows in our unrelenting storm. Waj and Danielle may not always bring the sunshine but we always bring our mustard seed of hope--and on today's episode we brought back...

Esteemed Professor Carol Anderson, a Charles Howard Candler professor at Emory University and author of several books including White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide, and her latest The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally Unequal America joins #democracyish for a SUPERSIZED show. In this episode Professor Anderson unpacks the history of white supremacy and how the attacks on public ed...

While we recorded this episode before the President gave his speech to America, Waj and Danielle decided to provide their perspective on what the state of the union actually is according to the rest of us. Take a listen and then tweet at us using #democracyish and tell us what you think the SOTU is.  Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali   Executive Producer: Adell Coleman   Senior Producer: Qu...

Nothing says anti-Blackness like starting Black History month with the College Board bowing to the Governor of white supremacy Ron DeSantis and removing anything of merit including Black feminism, Black queer voices, Black Lives Matter etc from the curriculum. Adding insult to injury--while DeSantis's state recovers from yet another mass shooting the Florida GOP is offering up legislation that wou...

Professor Kevin Kruse, author of the new book Myth America: Historians Take on the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past, joins #democracyish to discuss how Florida's quest to rewrite and re-white history is nothing new--white supremacists have been doing it longer than we think and before the advent of "The Southern Strategy". Danielle and Wajahat delve into a number of America's myths and more...

Taylor Lorenz, internet and technology reporter and author of the upcoming book,Extremely Online, had the audacity to investigate the right-wing's media terror machine and her life and livelihood have been threatened ever since. Mainstream media continues to cower to online white nationalist terrorism leaving those seeking to do real journalism left to fend for themselves or quit the profession al...

 What happens when you don't hold insurrectionists accountable for their crimes against democracy? They run for office and win. What happens when you don't convict white collar criminals that defraud millions? They head to their new grift which is always bigger and badder than the last one. There is a pattern in America of protecting the worst among us so long as they have the complexion for the p...

Happy New Year! It's 2023 and the MAGA monster has been unleashed and is now eating its own. What can you expect when you invite a monster to dinner? For 7+ years Republicans have entertained the far right fringe and now they have been mainstreamed and are running the show--into the ground. Danielle and Wajahat discuss what's in store for our democracy as Republicans run amok.  Hosts: Danielle Moo...

It's been a hell of a year--and it's hard to wrap our minds around all that's transpired but Danielle and Wajahat are giving it a try. From Covid to midterms to Harry and Meghan to Disney's Andor we unpack the roses and thorns of 2022! See y'all in 2023.  Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Senior Producer: Quinton Hill Distributor: DCP Entertainment Support...

Whatever we don't understand we fear. That has been the norm in this country and around the globe. This idea that somehow people who don't look like us, love like us, or identify the way we do are to be feared or worse contained. The latest group to be targeted are transgender Americans. People who want nothing but the dignity, protection and respect that we all want--yet their desires are put up...

Negin Farsad, host of Fake the Nation and author of "How to Make White People Laugh" joins Danielle and Wajahat to discuss whether or not we can create the multiracial coalition to save democracy without winning over some white women. We also discuss what Negin thinks as an Iranian America and what we can learn from the current women led uprising in Iran for freedom. This and more on the next epis...

David Rothkopf, author of the book: American Resistance: Inside the Story of How the Deep State Saved the Nation, joins #democracy-ish to highlight who the real heroes of the Trump Administration were and why we should all be continuing to fight and hang on to hope as American democracy continues to be tested. Wajahat and Danielle dig into this and more on this episode of democracy-ish Hosts: Dani...

NYTimes Magazine and National Geographic writer, Robert Draper, pens an awesomely terrifying new book: Weapons of Mass Delusion: When the Republican Party Lost Its Mind. Danielle and Waj chat with Robert about what key moments were missed that signaled the end of the Republican Party as we know it and the rise of MAGAdom. Draper's hard hitting analysis leaves us wondering what the future of politi...

We are finally past the Midterms but the threat to our democracy isn't over. In order to come up with a plan for how we move forward Danielle and Waj have teamed up with the fabulous hosts of Democracy in Color Steve Phillips and Sharline Chiang to discuss how we continue to keep our guard up while moving forward to create the multiracial democracy this country needs. This and more on the next epi...

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Anand Giridharadas, author of the new book: The Persuaders: At the Front Lines for Hearts, Minds and Democracy, joins Danielle and Wajahat for a supersized episode to delve into what it means to persuade Americans in our hyper-polarized political environment. How do we look to the past--to our ancestors that liberated the enslaved, fought for women's rights and made marriage equality and reality?!...

Once again the polls were wrong. While there wasn't a blue wave--there was absolutely no referendum against President Biden and once again he defied history. On this week's #democracyish Danielle is joined by author and political pundit Jennifer Taub (Waj is on holiday) to recap the midterms and discuss where Democrats go from here! Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Producer: Adel...

What happens when journalists are targeted by the state? What happens when the truth is silenced through murder and a coverup? Former AP Bureau Chief of Mexico and Central America, Katherine Corcoran, joins Danielle and Wajahat on #democracyish to share the harrowing story of a series of murders of journalists in Mexico--what we should all see as foreshadowing to what can happen in the US if Repub...

The New York Times did yet another feature story on how sad white racist Americans are about the changes happening in America. Just once it would be awesome if the mainstream media pulled up to a diner in another part of America to speak with Black, Indigenous, People of Color and asked how it feels to live in a nation that doesn't only hate you but actively tries to kill you. "Their America" as t...

On today's episode of #democracyish Danielle and Wajahat sit down with Jay Rosen, Professor of Journalism at NYU and a writer with Press Think, to discuss the changing field of journalism and whether or not the industry is nimble enough to keep pace with these rapidly shifting and increasingly abnormal times. Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Senior Produce...

Anthea Butler, Geraldine Geraldine R. Segal Professor in American Social Thought and Chair of Religious Studies, joins #democracyish to discuss the rise of Christian Nationalism and the threats this nation faces if they gain the reins of power. Wajahat and Danielle delve into her latest book, White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America, as our guide of the dystopian future of Ame...

Legendary journalist, executive producer and badass Soledad O'Brien joins #democracyish to discuss the 4th Estate and the importance of true journalism in this moment-who is doing it right and who is getting it wrong. She also gives us a preview of her upcoming documentary The Rebellious Life of Ms. Rosa Parks which will be streaming on Peacock October 19th. Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Al...

Andy Campbell author of the book: We Are Proud Boys: How a Right Wing Street Gang Ushered in a New Era of American Extremism joins this episode of #democracyish to explain how the terror organization went from "joke" to strategizing to overthrow our democracy with a little help from the Trump White House. This episode is exactly the alarm bell America needs to wake up to this threat. Danielle and...

Brian Tyler Cohen, host of No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen, joins democracyish to pull back the curtain on mainstream media's faux "both sides" stance and provides insight on how Democrats can capitalize on new media as a way to actually meet voters where they are. With just a few weeks left until midterms Danielle and Wajahat chat with Brian about how to break through the noise.  Hosts: Danielle Mo...

Sarah Kendzior, author of the new book, They Knew: How a Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent, joins Danielle and Wajahat on this week's democracyish to discuss all the ways in which the powers that be--including the Democratic establishment--feign shock and outrage over issues THEY KNEW would arise. We cover everything from the rise of fascism to the Epstein coverup in this episode--Buc...