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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 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
Justine Daum
justine@podsavethepeople.com

Latest Episodes

Pod Save the People

Look for Unlikely Allies

Apr.16.19

DeRay, Clint, Brittany and Sam discuss Georgetown's reparations fund, the new Black Maternal Health Caucus, life-long prison sentences without the possibility of parole, and “proactive policing.” New York Times Magazine Staff Writer Emily Bazelon joins DeRay to talk about the power of prosecutors, transforming the American court system and ending mass incarceration.

EP 107/
Apr.16.19
Pod Save the People

Inside Outside Strategy (LIVE from Portland, OR)

Apr.9.19

DeRay, Sam and Brittany are LIVE from Portland, Oregon. They’re joined by Representative Jennifer Williamson and Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty to talk about the treatment of incarcerated women, Elizabeth Warren’s housing crisis plan, policing, Trump's budget and more.

EP 106/
Apr.9.19
Pod Save the People

There Is No Straight Line (LIVE from Seattle, WA)

Apr.2.19

DeRay, Brittany and Sam are LIVE from Seattle, Washington with Mayor Jenny Durkan. They discuss overlooked news, houselessness, presidential candidates, policing, and more.

EP 105/
Apr.2.19
Pod Save the People

Rest Doesn’t Mean Failure (LIVE from Los Angeles, CA)

Mar.26.19

DeRay and Sam are LIVE from Los Angeles with Pod Save America's Jon Lovett, Congresswoman Maxine Waters and Erica Chidi Cohen, reproductive rights advocate and LOOM co-founder.

EP 104/
Mar.26.19
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We Don’t Agonize, We Organize (LIVE from San Francisco, California)

Mar.19.19

DeRay, Brittany and Sam are LIVE from San Francisco with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, San Francisco Mayor London Breed and Katherine Maher, the executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation.

EP 103/
Mar.19.19
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