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Pod Save the People

DeRay’s new show on activism, social justice, culture, and politics.

Organizer and activist DeRay Mckesson explores news, culture, social justice, and politics through deep conversations with influencers and experts, and the weekly news with fellow activists Brittany Packnett Cunningham and Sam Sinyangwe, and writer Clint Smith.

Each week brings a news analysis, followed by deep conversations about social, political and cultural issues with experts, influencers, and diverse local and national leaders.

Executive Producers
DeRay Mckesson & Jessica Cordova Kramer
jessica@podsavethepeople.com

Show Producer
Brock Wilbur

Latest Episodes

Pod Save the People

Present Not Permanent (Amb. Susan Rice)

Nov.12.19

DeRay, Brittany, Clint, and Sam discuss Twitter banning political ads, Harvard's reparations, Native peoples' adoption opportunities, and the oppressive National Venting Center just created by the Trump administration.

EP 137/
Nov.12.19
Pod Save the People

Students Deserve Better (Kerry Washington and Julián Castro)

Nov.5.19

DeRay, Brittany, Clint, and Sam discuss college admissions, standardized testing, NCAA student athletes, and diversity in the suburbs.

EP 135/
Nov.5.19
Pod Save the People

Net Positives

Oct.29.19

Deray, Brittany, Clint, and Sam discuss how Facebook bought a police force, cell phones driving the fall of crime rates in the 90s, the destruction of Central Park communities, and Historically Black Colleges.

EP 135/
Oct.29.19
Pod Save the People

Take A Break But Don’t Quit (with Alphonso David)

Oct.22.19

Deray, Brittany, Clint, and Sam discuss Puerto Rico's indefinitely delayed financial relief, environmental effects of urban living, genetic mutations worth testing for, and the LAPD's use of undue force against the homeless.

EP 133/
Oct.22.19
Pod Save the People

Brittany Got Married!

Oct.15.19

Deray, Brittany, Clint, and Sam discuss the effect of incarcerated family members on children, the transgender Supreme Court battle, Baltimore's mass sweep of illegal convictions, and the trap-release-trap process of avoiding medical bills for inmates.

EP 133/
Oct.15.19
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