Pod Save the People

AI program jails innocent man for 17 months, Katt Williams imperialist rant, Congress members denied access to Department of Education. Pod Save The People is back with the Blackest Book Club reading list in collaboration with Reconstruction and Campaign Zero. DeRay interviews author Dr. Brittany Friedman about her new book titled   Carceral Apartheid: How Lies and White Supremacists Run Our Priso...

Trump rewrites history on White House website, study on Harvard finds 43 percent of white students are legacy, athletes, or related to donors/staff, and the rise of Black educators on TikTok. Pod Save The People is back with the Blackest Book Club reading list in collaboration with Reconstruction and Campaign Zero. DeRay interviews author Aaron Robertson about his new book titled The Black Utopian...

Automated grocery prices increase depending on the shopper, Target follows suit in abandoning DEI initiatives, ICE officers issued an arrest quota, and the legacy of Florence Price - the first Black women to premiere works by a US orchestra.    News Automation in Retail Is Even Worse Than You Thought Meet Florence Price, the first Black woman to have her work premiered by a US orchestra Target rol...

Whistleblower exposes Russian political interference operation, Louisiana governor evicts homeless people ahead of Super Bowl, Mississippi infrastructure neglect leads to parasites in impoverished residents, and Doechii stuns in Black sitcom inspired music video. DeRay interviews Andrew Bakaj and Naomi Seligman of Whistleblower Aid.   News The Westminster whistleblower: how my friend Sergei tried...

Meta makes up with MAGA, Black students barred from empowerment clubs, tow companies allowed to sell people's cars, and the legacy of Dada Masilo.  Support California wildfire relief efforts with a donation to  Vote Save America & Crooked Ideas Action Fund Displaced Black Families GoFundMe Directory News Behind the Curtain: Meta's make-up-with-MAGA map Gone in 15 Days: How the Connecticut DMV...

An inside look into a white supremacist militia, GOP Congress member goes missing, housing costs force employed people into homelessness, and a new documentary on the late Luther Vandross.   News The Militia and the Mole Critically acclaimed Luther Vandross documentary now streaming: How to watch High Housing Costs Force Many Employed People Into Homelessness Driver who exploded Tesla Cybertruck a...

Trump rolls back on campaign promises,  Black feminist artist Lorraine O'Grady becomes an ancestor, and a debate on the future of the Democratic Party.    News Lorraine O’Grady, Conceptual Artist Who Advocated for Black Women’s Perspectives, Dies at 90 Why aren’t Black women in the conversation to lead the Democratic Party? Trump now says bringing down grocery prices, as he promised, will be 'very...

Conspiracies unfold as Florida prosecutors vacate convictions for people who bought crack made by the Sheriff's Office, Biden urged to empty federal death row before Trump presidency, and the most-known cause for depression debunked.   News Florida prosecutor seeks to clear records of people charged with buying police-made crack in 1980s Biden urged to empty federal death row before Trump takes of...

A deep dive into the self harm occurring within a Virginia Supermax prison, Putin's efforts to market Russia to Africans, and the declining reputation of the Black  church.   News Prisoners Intentionally Burned Themselves at Troubled Virginia Supermax The Black Church is Cooked Joe Biden Pardons His Son Hunter Inside the Effort to Market Russia and Putin To Africans Cynthia Erivo on Bringing Her B...

Schools eerily quiet about election results, Bernice King 2017 election advice resurfaces, an ode to Ella Jenkins legacy in children's music and Malcolm Peacock uses art to push boundaries.   News Schools Are Eerily Quiet About the Election Results, Educators Say Ella Jenkins, Chicago's first lady of children's music, dies at 100 Malcolm Peacock Asks, “When Is the Last Time You Trusted Yourself?”...

Hosts gather for a post-election reflection episode. Myles interviews author Brit Barron about her new book Do You Still Talk to Grandma? .    Follow @PodSaveThePeople on Instagram.

Election day is here: Kamala Harris makes SNL appearance, jury convicts former officer Brett Hankison of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor, a debate on celebrity in politics, and an ode to late music icon Quincy Jones. Kaya interviews Cassandra Welchlin , executive director of Mississippi Black Women’s Roundtable .    News 2024 Pre-Election Cold Open - SNL Quincy Jones, musical titan and ent...

Tensions high as the presidential election draws near, personal phones lawfully tracked to abortion clinics, and influential hip-hop producer Clark Kent passes from colon cancer. Myles interviews award winning author and producer George Johnson about their newest book titled Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I’d Known .    News DJ Clark Kent, influential hip-hop producer, reportedly...

Death row inmate receives life-saving subpoena, member of the school-integrating Little Rock Nine passes at 83, and Black US surfers reclaim the waters. DeRay interviews Ohio Congresswoman Emilia Sykes about her ongoing advocacy around issues related to Black maternal health, domestic violence, abortion, and more.   News Robert Roberson set to testify before Texas lawmakers days after they saved h...

Alaska exposed as state with the highest rate of women killed by men in the nation, Harris releases campaign agenda for Black men, pushback against racism's classification as health threat, and the resurfaced story of the soul group Superiors. DeRay interviews New York State Senator Zellnor Myrie about his ongoing Congressional efforts and NYC mayoral campaign.    News Domestic Violence, Child Abu...

Elite college students struggle with literacy, U.S. Supreme Court kicks off a new term, Mississippi voter suppression, and Israel marks one year since Oct. 7 Hamas attack. Myles interviews Herb Murrell of the Stylistics about their October 11th return to Carnegie Hall. News The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books Call her Daddy Podcast with VP Kamala Harris ‘Voting feels like a battle’: In...

New York City Council decriminalizes jaywalking, Black New Orleanians reclaim historical beach, and Questlove to direct documentary on Earth, Wind, and Fire. News NYC Mayor Eric Adams indicted on 5 federal public corruption charges, including bribery and wire fraud Modified ‘Jaywalking’ Repeal Passes Council In New Orleans, a ‘Black Beach’ Is Being Rescued From the Ruins Questlove To Direct Earth,...

Bodies of the poor leased for cash without family consent, independent grocery stores suffer under inflation, and a 1833 meteor shower falls on America's Deep South. DeRay interviews Jessica Pishko about her new book THE HIGHEST LAW IN THE LAND : How the Unchecked Power of Sheriffs Threatens Democracy.   News Cut up and leased out, the bodies of the poor suffer a final indignity in Texas Small gro...

A study exposes superfluous hiring of D.C. patrol officers, a grant program for Black women disbanded after right-wing pushback, and an overdue conversation about the depreciation of journalism.    News Study Finds D.C. Doesn’t Need More Police Officers Walking the Beat. Will Anyone Listen? Fearless Fund settles with DEI foes, ends grant program for Black women Katy Perry Defends Collaboration Wit...

Harris campaign releases initiatives ahead of presidential debate, American adults struggle with illiteracy, childcare funding under attack, a nonprofit newsroom receives past due support, and Sade teases new music as part of Transgender Awareness Compilation.    News Harris/Walz: A New Way Forward A Fifth of American Adults Struggle to Read. Why Are We Failing to Teach Them? Project 2025 plan cal...

The police tell us they are here to protect us. But what if their original purpose was something else altogether? Peabody Award-winning host Chenjerai Kumanyika takes listeners on a journey to uncover the hidden history of the largest police force in the world – from its roots in slavery, to rival police gangs battling across the city, to everyday people who resisted every step of the way. As our...

Myths uncovered: The 1994 Crime Bill, Democratic National Convention, and Black horror films.   The Biggest Myth About the 1994 Crime Bill Still Haunts Joe Biden. It Shouldn’t. Minyon Moore Helped Harris Rise. Now She’s Leading Her Convention. Ganja & Hess: The 50-year-old vampire movie masterpiece critics got all wrong   Follow @PodSavethePeople on Instagram.      

Hosts debate the prominence of celebrity culture in politics, a historic payout to Black farmers, and wealthy Arizonians blow threw the state budget.   News Trump says presidential civilian award is 'better' than top military honor whose recipients are 'dead' or 'hit' by bullets Kerry Washington, Mindy Kaling and more will serve as DNC hosts School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. In...

Black men rally for Kamala Harris, new map shows the deadliest neighborhoods for police killings, a fashion historian unveils a hidden archive, and a debate on politician accountability.   News New map unveils the deadliest neighborhoods for police killings Black Men Rally for Kamala Harris, and Confront an Elephant in the Room ‘I Am Speaking Now’: At a Rally in Detroit, Harris Stares Down Her Det...

Soaring death rates at Maricopa County Jail, Trump attends the National Association of Black Journalists Conference, Bloomberg donates record funding to HBCU medical schools, NYC restores budget to public libraries.  News 'Dying in the dark': Investigation finds 'astronomical' death rate in Maricopa County jails You Did It, NYC! Library Budgets Have Been Saved Opinion  At NABJ, Trump was both a mi...