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In early 2021, Danielle Moodie was joined by Phillip Goff, CEO of the Center For Policing Equity, to discuss how we re-imagine the ways society sees police, and how we can re-imagine what "policing" means in our society. In the year and a half since this conversation, we have seen American governments re-affirm their financial commitments to traditional policing...is it too late now to transform o...

In turbulent and trying times, the most important thing you can do is care for yourself. Danielle's friend Risikat Okedeyi, co-founder of STRÖB Apothecary, discusses tending to one's spiritual self in the troubling 2020s. Support Woke AF Daily by taking our listener survey: https://forms.gle/c24XmjSgez45NmHN7 . Get over 100 exclusive video episodes at Patreon.com/WokeAF . Learn more about your ad...

How do the rich get richer? Jim Freeman explains how racism plays a big part in padding the pockets of the already ultra-wealthy. Support Woke AF Daily by taking our listener survey: https://forms.gle/c24XmjSgez45NmHN7 . Get over 100 exclusive video episodes at Patreon.com/WokeAF . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat...

During the contentious 2021 New York City mayoral election cycle, Danielle Moodie spoke with friend and activist Maya Wiley about her run for mayor. While she did not win her race, it is worth looking back at her goals and aspirations for the city and how they differ from its current mayor, who is more concerned about pumping money and publicity into the police department. Support Woke AF Daily by...

Last year, Danielle was joined by Mark Rank, sociology professor and author of Poorly Understood: What America Gets Wrong About Poverty. They discussed the conditions that led to a country in which a majority will spend at least a year in poverty, and the conditions that cause that divide to persist and grow. While this newly released conversation may have been recorded last year, the issues are a...

Last year on Woke AF Daily, Danielle was joined by Professor Bree Picower, author of Reading, Writing, and Racism , for a discussion about how systemic racism is embedded in the American education system. With the dogwhistle controversy over what conservatives have called "critical race theory" being taught in schools, this conversation - being released in its entirety for the first time on this p...

Last year on Woke AF Daily, Danielle was joined by Color Of Change board chair Heather McGhee, about the insidious lie of white supremacy. The issue of white supremacy stoked by the disgraced and twice impeached criminal president Donald Trump has only worsened in the year and a half since Woke AF's Patreon supporters heard this full conversation, and we are proud to share it in its entirety for t...

President Biden is forgiving some student loan debt, while conservatives continue their crusade to fully privatize American education. Support Woke AF Daily by taking our listener survey: https://forms.gle/c24XmjSgez45NmHN7 . Get over 100 exclusive video episodes at Patreon.com/WokeAF . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...

It's the 76 day countdown to midterms. The clock is ticking on Merrick Garland's Department of Justice to live up to their name and hold Donald Trump accountable for his crimes. Support Woke AF Daily by taking our listener survey: https://forms.gle/c24XmjSgez45NmHN7 . Get over 100 exclusive video episodes at Patreon.com/WokeAF . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

Democrats are shying away from social issues, saying they need to run on "kitchen table issues". Danielle Moodie wonders how wanting your family to continue to have a functioning society on an inhabitable planet is NOT considered a kitchen table issue. Support Woke AF Daily by taking our listener survey: https://forms.gle/c24XmjSgez45NmHN7 . Get over 100 exclusive video episodes at Patreon.com/Wok...

Wealthy white men do whatever they want and face no accountability for it. Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner joins to give his thoughts on whether that will ever change. Support Woke AF Daily by taking our listener survey: https://forms.gle/c24XmjSgez45NmHN7 . Get over 100 exclusive video episodes at Patreon.com/WokeAF . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...

On this Feels Friday, Danielle is joined for the first time by Celeste Viciere, host of the podcast Celeste the Therapist . Make sure you check her out, because Danielle will be on her podcast next week! Support Woke AF Daily by taking our listener survey: https://forms.gle/c24XmjSgez45NmHN7 . Get over 100 exclusive video episodes at Patreon.com/WokeAF . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit pod...

Following the reversal of the Roe v. Wade decision, America is rapidly becoming a place where pregnant children are forced to give birth. Abortion advocate and TODAY.com writer Danielle Campoamor returns to discuss. Support Woke AF Daily by taking our listener survey: https://forms.gle/c24XmjSgez45NmHN7 . Get over 100 exclusive video episodes at Patreon.com/WokeAF . Learn more about your ad choice...

When America elected Joe Biden, he told us his administration would "follow the science." A year and a half in, Danielle Moodie isn't feeling it. Dr. Jonathan Metzl joins he does every week to discuss. Support Woke AF Daily by taking our listener survey: https://forms.gle/c24XmjSgez45NmHN7 . Get over 100 exclusive video episodes at Patreon.com/WokeAF . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podca...

Much is discussed about "the meaning of life." But what does it truly mean to live your best life in this world, despite the ills it throws at us? Danielle Moodie reflects after some time away. Support Woke AF Daily by taking our listener survey: https://forms.gle/c24XmjSgez45NmHN7 . Get over 100 exclusive video episodes at Patreon.com/WokeAF . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoice...

Some in the media are claiming the search of Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate will harm Democrats in midterm elections. Kurt Bardella joins to discuss. Support Woke AF Daily by taking our listener survey: https://forms.gle/c24XmjSgez45NmHN7 . Get over 100 exclusive video episodes at Patreon.com/WokeAF . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listene...

This month, Mark Thompson joins Danielle Moodie to Make It Woke by discussing the lack of action by Democrats ahead of midterms. Support Woke AF Daily by taking our listener survey: https://forms.gle/c24XmjSgez45NmHN7 . Get over 100 exclusive video episodes at Patreon.com/WokeAF . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informati...

Have Republicans passed the point of no return for their extremism? And what will Democrats do to combat them? Democratic strategist Leslie Mac joins to discuss. Support Woke AF Daily by taking our listener survey: https://forms.gle/c24XmjSgez45NmHN7 . Get over 100 exclusive video episodes at Patreon.com/WokeAF . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.c...

Three pandemics, an insurrection, and Republicans simply could not care less about the collapse of society as we know it. Dr. Jonathan Metzl, author of Dying of Whiteness, joins to give his weekly prognosis. Support Woke AF Daily by taking our listener survey: https://forms.gle/c24XmjSgez45NmHN7 . Get over 100 exclusive video episodes at Patreon.com/WokeAF . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

The current "teacher shortage," just like the supposed worker shortage, is not for lack of capable educators. It is instead for lack of school districts paying a living wage. Of course, this is by design so that conservatives can defund public education entirely. Support Woke AF Daily by taking our listener survey: https://forms.gle/c24XmjSgez45NmHN7 . Get over 100 exclusive video episodes at Patr...

This month's jobs report may be great news for the Biden Administration, but we need a wage report to see how much those new jobs are actually putting in Americans' pockets. Glenn Kirschner joins to discuss the intersection of Alex Jones, 1/6, and the Department of Justice. Support Woke AF Daily by taking our listener survey: https://forms.gle/c24XmjSgez45NmHN7 . Get over 100 exclusive video episo...

Laws. Courts. Journalism. These institutions which supposedly function for the sake of justice are not in fact here to save us. If they ever were, they are crumbling before our very eyes. Kaivan Shroff joins once again to discuss. Support Woke AF Daily by taking our listener survey: https://forms.gle/c24XmjSgez45NmHN7 . Get over 100 exclusive video episodes at Patreon.com/WokeAF . Learn more about...

Kansas has come through in a welcome victory for abortion rights, and a hopeful sign for what's to come. But we still need Democrats to rally around codifying abortion rights nationwide. Support Woke AF Daily by taking our listener survey: https://forms.gle/c24XmjSgez45NmHN7 . Get over 100 exclusive video episodes at Patreon.com/WokeAF . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/a...

The Republican party, backed by a majority of white women voters, wants to make AFAB bodies into incubators. Perhaps votes in Kansas and elsewhere will show the tide is changing. Dr. Jonathan Metzl joins for a monkeypox update. Support Woke AF Daily by taking our listener survey: https://forms.gle/c24XmjSgez45NmHN7 . Get over 100 exclusive video episodes at Patreon.com/WokeAF . Learn more about yo...

After over two years living through a deadly and highly infectious pandemic, you'd think America would be better prepared for ANOTHER deadly and highly infectious pandemic. You would think. Support Woke AF Daily by taking our listener survey: https://forms.gle/c24XmjSgez45NmHN7 . Get over 100 exclusive video episodes at Patreon.com/WokeAF . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.co...