The PoliticsGirl Podcast

I Disagree: A conversation with Jessica Tarlov

One of the things I’m known for is getting into it with right-wingers on CNN roundtables, but the OG woman of distinction who does this so beautifully, is Jessica Tarlov

Find Hope While Not Ignoring Reality: A conversation with Democracy Forward’s Skye Perryman

Are you feeling completely overwhelmed? Did you read that UN report about the climate, or you watching how badly the war is going, or afraid to eat anything in America ri

Survivor’s Guide to Earth: A Conversation with Matthew Cooke

It’s not our fault we feel helpless and isolated in this broken world. That’s by design. We’re the victims of the greatest information war in history - from our media mod

Save the Teachers. Save the World: A Conversation with Dr. Jen Rafferty

As we go back to school, we’ve got to remember teachers are the soil we plant our children in for 8 hours a day, so while the emotional well-being of teachers might seem

Last Line of Defense: A Conversation with California Attorney General Rob Bonta

The Attorney General’s job is to enforce the laws on behalf of their people, and state Attorney Generals are even more essential now that we have a federal Attorney gener

We Don't Believe You: A Conversation with Anne Applebaum

There are plenty of groups that see this drastic change in the American political system as something that can work for them. If the goal is power, or retained power, eve

We Can Do Better Than This

We went away this summer and the trip reminded me that many of our peer nations live far better than we do. Not just with their universal healthcare and walkable cities,

Fascism isn’t New to America: A Conversation with Joseph Kelly

America is once again in a battle over who we are and what we stand for. Does this country only belong to a privileged group, or is it for, as our Declaration Of Independ

I Don’t Recognize This Country: A Conversation with John Pavlovitz

John Pavlovitz reminds us that what’s happening in America isn’t independent of who we are. That any position of privilege we may hold in this world is a currency we must

States Rights Baby! A Conversation with the State’s Project’s Daniel Squadron

The power to really take back our country is most efficient, and the least expensive, through the states. We can work together with our people to flip state houses across

Hang On America: A Conversation with Heather Cox Richardson

Our country is a mess. As Heather Cox Richardson says, we have a president doing everything he can, with the assistance of the Supreme Court, and the capitulation of the

Let’s Get Our Country Back: A Conversation with Oath’s Brian Derrick

We’re fired up and ready to get the country back, but what’s the most effective action to take for us to do that? In my opinion, donating to Oath, or telling Oath what yo

The Biggest Scandal…A Conversation with Heidy Torres

Latin American expert Heidy Torres sounds the alarm on HondurasGate, a scandal of epic proportions that no one is talking about. The leaked audios show coordination betwe

This Administration is a Joke: A Conversation with Timothy Snyder

America is a wreck. The question is what are we going to do about it? As today’s guest, Timothy Snyder reminds us, every action we take, every group we join, every act of

Never Ending Election Lies: A Conversation with Marc Elias

Donald Trump and the Republicans, with an assist from the Supreme Court, seem willing to do anything they can to make sure they retain power in 26, regardless of the will

Pass the Torch! : A Conversation with Run for Something’s Amanda Litman

We can no longer wait to be saved. It’s time to step up and save ourselves because Democratic leadership isn’t going to do it - if anything they need to be encouraged to

We’re Giving These Guys Money?! : A Conversation about the Presidential Slush Fund with Liz Oyer

Liz Oyer talks to us about the president’s outrageous corruption and the complete distain he and his allies have for the American people and the rule of law. This billion

Can We Vote Our Way Out of This? : A Conversation with Authoritarian Expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat

Ruth Ben Ghiat reminds us that unless we want America to become a white, christian ethno-state, we need to be engaging now. Now is the best time as the administration set

I Don’t Understand What America is Doing! - A Conversation with Joanna Johnson

Why are we at war? Why are they trying to trick us into thinking the economy is good as if we don’t pay our own bills? Why do they keep taking the White House keep taking

The Return of Jim Crow: A Conversation with the ACLU’s Sophia Lin Lakin

Don’t think for a moment that the dismantling of the 1965 Voting Rights Act stops with disenfranchising Black voters. Once Republicans are finished suppressing Black vote