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The American Comeback

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SCOTUS Strikes Again!

<p>In yet another blow to our democracy the SCOTUS has decided who gets to protest and who doesn't. Take a guess who has more rights in this country right now--an insurrection...

The Black Republican Grift

<p>SiriusXM Host and NYT bestselling author Clay Cane joins #democracyish to discuss his new book, The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans and provide a much neede...

The Breaking Point?

<p>This week 7 amazing humanitarians from the World Central Kitchen were killed by Israeli forces. They shared their location and coordinated with the IDF and still that didn'...

America vs. Trumpism

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Humanity's Blackout

<p>"if a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it does it make a sound?!" If a genocide persists and every person that speaks out is silenced will the killing ...

Kitchens, Lies and Tik Tok

<p>Nothing says authenticity like a breathless Senator Kitchen Katie trying her damndest to scare the hell out of white women in America with her lies. Speaking of lies, Speci...

Everything is at Stake in 2024

<p>With Super Tuesday behind us, and Nikki Haley ending her campaign, Republicans make it clear the 4Xs indicted, 91 felony counts, rapist and grifter Donald Trump is their ch...

Committed to a Real Democracy

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Steps to Getting Sane

<p>Dr. Kirk Schneider author of the book: Life Enhancing Anxiety: Key to a Sane World, joins Danielle and Wajahat on this week's #democracyish to discuss how we can all learn ...

The Media's Black Boogeyman

<p>Columnist/Associate Editor, Adrian Walker, at the Boston Globe has been covering "The Murder in Boston" for 3 decades. A white married couple with a baby on the way ends up...

Nikki Haley vs. None of These

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Biden, We Have a Problem

<p>Whether it's Gen Z organizing on college campuses and in the streets or the Muslim community in Michigan telling Biden not to come or Black Pastors saying they're having tr...

Wartime on White Supremacy

<p>This is not a normal election and the media and frankly the Biden Administration needs to stop treating it like such. MAGA supremacists have waged war against the constitut...

The Winter of Cruelty

<p>CEO of JP Morgan Chase, Jamie Dimon told CNBC that "Democrats should stop bashing MAGA" and be nice. He also said that "Trump was right about some things". On this week's d...

How Can Progressives Unite During Israel/Gaza?

<p>Rabbi Sharon Brous, who was named the #1 most influential rabbi in the US, joins Wajahat to see if there's a path towards solidarity and healing among Jewish American commu...

Can We Humanize Immigration?

<p>Danielle and Wajahat are joined by Waj's former professor Bill Ong Hing to discuss his latest book: Humanizing Immigration: How to Transform our Racist and Unjust System. W...

2023. What a Year!

<p>Wajahat and Danielle reflect on 2023 and give us their thoughts on the best word to describe this year. What's yours?!? This year has certainly been a lot on all fronts but...

Language and Nuance Matte

<p>On this week's democracyish Danielle and Wajahat are joined by Jewish American author Nathan Thrall, whose latest book entitled: The Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy...

Should Biden be Worried?

<p>Sure, we are 11 months out from the election but the chatter about not voting and sitting this one out seems to be growing. While 2020 was about lack of excitement our fear...

AIPAC vs. The SQUAD

<p>Author and Washington Bureau Chief of Intercept, Ryan Grim, joins democracyish to discuss his new book: The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution. AIPAC is wagi...

The GOP's Reckoning

<p>It's hard to believe that a little over a decade ago Mitt Romney was the standard bearer of the Republican Party. Now, the retiring Senator is considering leaving the Party...

What's the purpose of Prison & Parole?

<p>Ben Austen, author of the new book Correction: Parole, Prison and the Possibility of Change, shares the story of two men that have been up for parole for decades following ...

Crushing the Vermin?!

<p>Donald Trump has gone full fascist with his latest lines of stochastic terrorism--referring to his political opponents as "vermin" and "internal enemies". He is painting th...

Censure This!

<p>It is not easy being a Black or Brown political commentator in America--Waj only makes it look that way! He went toe to toe on a recent show with a right-winger and not onl...

Democracy-ish (trailer)

Democracy-ish is a podcast dedicated to fighting for democracy and preserving your sanity in a time when both are under active assault by forces committed to white supremacy a...

Where is Our Humanity?

<p>We have entered week 3 of the war in Israel. Thousands have been killed. 1400 Israelis and by the time of this recording 9K+ Palestinians and counting--thousands of them ch...

The Sewer Overflows

<p><strong>*Original Record Date 10/23/23</strong>*</p><br><p>Every time we think things can't worse surprise, surprise they get worse. As the world teeters on war, the House ...

Exposing the Corporate B.S.

<p>Author and commentator Joan Walsh joins Democracy-ish to talk about her latest book which describes all the ways the 1% have created myths and lies to convince people to wo...

Holding Tight to OUR Humanity.

<p>This week has weighed heavy on the spirit and soul of the world. To watch death, destruction and devastation reign down on our screens is soul crushing. There are no two si...

Addiction to Chaos

<p>Republicans across the board are addicted to chaos. They do not want to create policy. They do not want a democracy, and their sicknesses surrounding their hatred and racis...

Why Dissent is a Part of Democracy

<p>Over the last several years our politics has been pushed from a place of collaboration to bold faced loyalty tests. In his latest book: Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeede...

Democracy Re-Awakening

<p>Historian and author of the upcoming book, Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America, Heather Cox Richardson joins Danielle and Waj this week on democracyish to di...

Beetlejuice; Beetlejuice; Beetlejuice

<p>How do you summon the trash inside the GOP?!! Utter Beetlejuice 3 times fast (a deep cut for you old heads:) Lauren Boebert showed us who the queen of trash was by getting ...

The Wheel of Hate

<p>Oh my it's a busy a week in America so Danielle and Waj decide to spin the wheel of hate and see where we land. From</p><p>Alabama to Arkansas to</p><p>Wisconsin and more w...

Racially Tinged Republicans

<p>How much overt racism has to occur at the hands and mouths of Republicans before they move from tinged to full dye job?!? We get into everything this week from the Right's ...

Dissecting the MAGA Cult

<p>When will mainstream media understand that the Republican Party is no longer a Party, it's a cult--but it's not as big as you think. After receiving a bunch of hate message...

Black Women vs. Trump

<p>The fourth indictment dropped like a bomb in the great state of GA by the brilliant D.A. Fani Willis. In her epic 98-page indictment she has finally named Trump what we hav...

Are Americans Funding Oppression?

<p>In a supersized episode of democracyish Danielle and Waj seek to do the impossible--unpack the Israeli and Palestinian conflict and the United States critical role--meaning...

Burn Hollywood Burn Part 2

<p>It's been 40 years since writers and actors have united to strike against the powers that be. Capitalism only works for a few. Pay the people what they are worth! Waj and D...

Burn Hollywood Burn Part 1

<p>For the first time in 40 years the writers and actors of Hollywood have linked arms and are taking on the studios and networks. While streaming is making record profits the...

Wheel of Chaos

<p>It's been a while since Waj and Danielle have been together and what a news cycle to walk back into. They didn't know where to start so join them for a new game: Wheel of C...

Groundhogs Day For Civil Rights

<p>1948 America looked a lot like 2023 as Democrats decided to punt racial progress and equality to appease white moderate voters. That was until young Hubert Humphrey took th...

The Republican's 1964 Remix

<p>What's old is new again and we're not just talking fashion. The Republican Party is remixing some of its worst hits when it comes to attacks on the education system, young ...

Muslims Going MAGA?!

<p>Wajahat took pen to paper and wrote a recent piece for the NYT entitled: We Muslims Used to Be the Culture War Scapegoats. Why Are Some of Us Joining the LGBTQ Pile On? On ...

The "Free" Market?

<p>Historian of Science and Tech and co-author of the book: The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market,Erik M. Conway, joins d...

Why Politics is Failing

<p>Esteemed Political professor and author of the new book Why Politics Fail, Ben Ansell, joins democracyish to discuss why our collective desires are being thwarted by our in...

The Transgender Panic

<p> It doesn't matter who the Republican candidate is the message is clear--their war on transgender Americans is here to stay. From Nikki "Not a Chance in Hell" Haley to Comm...

Roses from Concrete

<p>What happens when speaking truth to power gets you cancelled?!? What happens when sharing your experience of oppression and white supremacy get you silenced?!? We are livin...

Are Travel Warnings Necessary?

<p>This week the storied civil rights organization, The NAACP, issued a travel warning to Black Americans and LGBTQ+ folks for the state of Florida. With now, presidential can...

No Pushback for White Nationalism

<p>Elon Musk to Kaitlan Collins the mainstreaming or white nationalist ideology has never been stronger. With so much at stake with our democracy real journalism is needed now...

Grab Him by the Wallet!

<p>Well, well, well it seems that the Teflon on "Teflon Don" has begun to disintegrate. In a win for women and sexual assault survivors everywhere journalist E. Jean Carroll h...

Is Easy Money Really Easy?!

<p>We have been learning a lot about grifting in America--from Donald Trump and his flock to the Supreme Court, everyone seems to be on the get rich or die trying bandwagon--i...

Tucker Gets the Boot!

<p>We haven't seen a news cycle like this week in a while. Mercury is in retrograde and shaking up cable news. What was once thought unthinkable has occurred--Tucker Carlson, ...

The Great American Plunder

<p>Do you care about your ailing loved ones in nursing homes? How about your 401K? Private Equity firms have become modern day pirates preying on the most marginalized populat...

Can America's Democracy Be Saved?

<p>Political Historian, author and editor Eli Merritt joins #democracyish to provide some historical grounding for the place we find ourselves in America's story. America is a...

White Mainstream Media Never Fails to Disappoint

<p>From Marjorie Taylor Greene appearing on 60 minutes to the coverage of Trump's plane on a tarmac to the racist freak out over NCAA champion Angel Reese white mainstream med...

How Democrats Can Win The Argument

<p>Mehdi Hasan, MSNBC Host and author of the NYT Bestselling book: Win Every Argument, joins Wajahat and Danielle to discuss how Democrats can win the gun debate, what America...

Wealthy White Men Never Lose!

<p>Waj is back and pulling no punches! On today's episode the dynamic duo delve into #IndictmentWatch and discuss how the media plays the same games as the Republican Party. W...

Will Dems Meet the GOP on the Battlefield?

<p>Democratic strategist and founder of Omara Strategy Group, Atima Omara, joins #democracyish to chat with Danielle about what Dems need to do to beat Republicans at the cult...

The GOP's Eradication Solution

<p>After taking in the venom spewed over the weekend at CPAC one thing is clear--Republicans aren't interested in governing, compromise, or democracy. Their America is one of ...

Fox (not news) Kills

<p>We have known that Fox (not news) lies to its tens of millions of viewers each and every day, but now Rupert Murdoch admitted as much under oath in the Dominion lawsuit. Re...

What Could Go Right?!?

<p>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 Cou...

The Virus of White Supremacy

<p>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...

SOTU: According to the Rest of Us

<p>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 actuall...

Banning Black History

<p>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 i...

Bustin America's Racist Myths

<p>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 que...

Media Terrorism

<p>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 ...

Insurrectionist Protection Committee

<p> 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 co...

MAGA Comes Home to Roost

<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 Republica...

2022 Our Year in Review

<p>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 M...

Right Wing America's Boogeyman

<p>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 id...

Can We Win Over White Women?

<p>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 coal...

Can America Keep Resisting?

<p>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 t...

Mass Republican Delusion

<p>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. Da...

Can We Win a Civil War?

<p>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 th...

In The Deep: Stories That Shape Us

<p>We want you to introduce you to <em>In The Deep: Stories That Shape Us</em> An Authentic and powerful show all about the importance of telling our stories to shape our comm...

Persuading the Fasc-Curious

<p>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...

No Red Wave

<p>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...

The Cost of Journalistic Integrity

<p>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 ...

All the White Lies

<p>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 mainstre...

How Does Journalism Become More Agile?

<p>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 fiel...

White Evangelical Racism

<p>Anthea Butler, Geraldine Geraldine R. Segal Professor in American Social Thought and Chair of Religious Studies, joins #democracyish to discuss the rise of Christian Nation...

Straight Facts w/ Soledad O'Brien

<p>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 i...

We are proud Boys?

<p>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 ...

The BS of "Both Sides"

<p>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...

They Knew

<p>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 a...

Why We Have to Invest in LatinX Communities

<p>LA Times columnist and acclaimed author of Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump and the White Nationalist Agenda and Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir, Jean Guerrero, joins D...

How America's Workers Win!

<p>Our nation's middle class was built by workers' ability to unionize and gain better pay and treatment for themselves through collective bargaining. Yet, throughout the deca...

A Coup in Black Robes

<p>America wanted to believe that once the Capitol Building was pieced back together following Trump's insurrection that the coup to overthrow our democracy was over. What we ...

If Only America Listened to Women

<p> Before Donald Trump became president writer Julia Ioffe wrote a piece about Melania Trump that Melania didn't like and for that crime she received unprecedented amounts of...

How Republicans Will establish their Kingdom!

<p>Republicans are organizing their fascist takeover in plain sight. The writing is on the wall: defund public education, turn vulnerable communities into villains, continue t...

Can Religion Help Save Us?

<p>On today's #democracyish, Waj and Danielle are joined by Corey Nathan, host of the podcast: Talkin' Politics and Religion without Killing Each Other, to discuss whether or ...

The Democrats Secret Weapon

<p>State Senator Mallory McMorrow went viral for doing what Democrats at every level should do--taking on the bully--instead of running from them. Senator McMorrow breaks down...

Manchin's Climate Genocide

<p>The Earth is literally on fire. More than half of the planet is experiencing temperatures that have exceeded 100 degrees. Droughts are widespread, food shortages amass, and...

No Accountability for Rich White Men

<p>Mary Trump, host and best selling author, discusses her thoughts on the latest bombshells dropped by the January 6th committee and whether or not her infamous uncle, Donald...

How Democrats Fight Back!

<p>Rick Wilson, co-founder of Lincoln Project joins democracyish this week to lay down every single way Democrats can and should fight Republican Christo-Facism with fire. Why...

Where are the Fighters?

<p>Roe vs. Wade is dead. Donald Trump is a criminal--even worse than we all thought--and Democrats have their heads buried in the sand thinking that they will have another bit...

The Case Against Trump

<p> Neal Katyal, Former solicitor general under President Obama and Georgetown Law professor, has made the case for a criminal investigation into Donald Trump.</p><p>In his NY...

Hello Merrick?!! Anyone Home?

<p>The world has now witnessed two public hearings on the insurrection and what we have seen so far is jaw dropping. The question remains is this just the most public "show an...