Woke AF Daily

Bishop Tonyia Rawls joined Danielle at the Creating Change Conference for a riveting conversation about how LGBTQ+ people and left-wing Americans in general cannot allow Republicans to claim religion and faith all for themselves. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gio Santiago is the founder of META Center , an organization supporting transgender youth in Ohio, a state where trans rights and personhood are under attack. He joined Danielle at the Creating Change Conference for a conversation about the importance of staying and fighting in the places where marginalized people are under attack. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The cancer of guns is only deepening with every mass shooting that gets normalized in this country. Also being normalized? A presidential candidate with multiple indictments and more to come. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sarah Parker, Executive Director of Women's Voices of SW Florida , joined Danielle to talk about her experiences fighting for rights and freedom in a "red state" and why it's important for activists to stay and fight rather than abandoning states like Florida. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The administration that we are counting on to save us is not interested in saving all of us. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Continuing Woke AF's conversations from the Creating Change Conference, Danielle spoke with Andrea Montanez, the Senior Racial Equity, LGBTQ+, and Immigration Organizer at Hope CommUnity Center . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Throughout the next few weeks, Danielle Moodie brings you conversations she had at the National LGBTQ Taskforce's Creating Change Conference in New Orleans. First up is Jen Scott from Equality Ohio, who discussed the importance of voting for a deeply imperfect Democrat like Joe Biden. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this Fuck It Friday, Danielle Moodie reflects on her feeling that, in many ways, Donald Trump has already won. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this special episode of Woke AF Daily, Danielle presents a conversation with herself and Dr. Jonathan Metzl recorded live at the launch of his new book  What We've Become , followed by a live Q&A from the audience. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this Woke Wednesday, Danielle focuses in on some promising legal decisions that still require a lot of work ahead of us in the future. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Psychologist Dr. Suzanne Lachmann returns to Woke AF Daily to explain what Danielle calls "Republican mush brain." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brendan Ballou is the author of Plunder: Private Equity’s Plan to Pillage America , and he joined Danielle to give her - and the Woke AF Nation - an introductory lesson into the world of private equity, with some real-world examples of impacts it has had on vulnerable members of our society. Of course Danielle asks the big question: is there anything our government can do to stop it? See omnystudi...

Nimarata Haley, Tom Cotton, and the other chicken-s*** Republicans are melting down as we enter 2024, while their voting base freaks out over Taylor Swift. This week, Danielle also asks: does anything in the United States work better than anywhere else?  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Woke AF weekly contributor Jonathan Metzl's new book  What We've Become   is out now, and he spoke with Danielle Moodie about our widening political divide in a nation where some people see rampant gun violence as the cost of freedom. If the public health narrative won't save us from the gun epidemic, what will? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As we enter 2024, Danielle Moodie reflects: is Joe Biden really up to the task? And if he's not, what are Democrats going to do to stave off the very real threat of conservative authoritarianism? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New York Times best-selling author Keith Boykin is back with a new book entitled  Why Does Everything Have to Be About Race? He joined Danielle for a conversation about the different ways conservatives and liberals deploy that question, racial "boogeymen" that have been employed through the years, and among many other things, why Black men (still) support Donald Trump. See omnystudio.com/listener...

Our current economic structure is not working, and more people seem to be realizing it with each passing year. Nick Romeo, New Yorker writer and UC Berkley professor, has a new book out now entitled  The Alternative: How to Build a Just Economy . Danielle spoke with him about what a "just economy" means, and the imagination and shared sense of responsibility it will take to accomplish it. See omny...

From overseas in Gaza to here at home in the US, people are being treated as numbers. On this Friday, Danielle says "fuck it" to the dehumanizing conservative movement and its loudest cheerleaders, including Tim Scott and Nikki Haley. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is not a normal election. Dr. Jonathan Metzl joins to discuss how we ended up here and what the outlook is like for 2024. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Republican primaries are a race to the bottom, but America itself is also heading towards a low point with no signs of slowing down. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Frankie Miranda, President and CEO of the  Hispanic Federation , joined Danielle for an enlightening discussion about the diversity of opinions among Hispanic and Latinx voters, and the challenges Democrats face in 2024. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brooke Eden has been an active singer & songwriter for a decade, and came out in 2021 before getting engaged to her wife. She joined Danielle for a conversation about her experience being closeted in the country music industry and the discussions behind the scenes that led to her coming out publicly. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We aren't voting FOR Joe Biden. We are voting for another chance at tomorrow. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We don't have Morpheus or Neo to help us get out...we can only help ourselves. Today Danielle is joined by Dr. Jonathan Metzl for a difficult conversation about the realities facing Democrats ahead of the 2024 elections. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

America is on life support...2024 will decide whether or not it's terminal. Donald Trump is galloping to the White House, and Danielle asks what we are willing to do in response. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.