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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

Podcasts

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
Pod Save the People

Mango Season

Mar.12.19

DeRay, Brittany, Sam and Clint talk about the unequal distribution of federal disaster funds, how a messenger’s identity affects a movement’s momentum, kidney donations, and artificial intelligence. Actor André Holland joins DeRay to discuss his new film "High Flying Bird," the commodification of Black athletes and how art helps him work through trauma.

EP 101/
Mar.12.19
Pod Save the People

History is Today (Episode 100)

Mar.5.19

DeRay, Clint, Brittany and Sam talk about a Black man who outsmarted a neo-Nazi group, the high cost of insulin, a decrease in Black homeownership, and the trauma of attending a school proximate to homicides. Nedgine Paul Deroly, co-founder & CEO of Anseye Pou Ayiti, joins DeRay to discuss how she's working to improve education in Haiti.

EP 100/
Mar.5.19
Pod Save the People

Unforced Errors (LIVE from Philadelphia, PA)

Feb.26.19

DeRay, Sam and Brittany are LIVE from Underground Arts in Philadelphia, PA. Plus, DeRay is joined by Philly district attorney Larry Krasner to discuss equity and criminal justice.

EP 100/
Feb.26.19
Pod Save the People

Early Polling (LIVE from Brooklyn, NY)

Feb.19.19

DeRay, Brittany and Sam are LIVE from The Bell House with founder and editor in chief of FiveThirtyEight Nate Silver and comedian Hari Kondabolu.

EP 99/
Feb.19.19
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