Woke AF Daily

Malia Lazu, author of From Intention to Impact, joined Danielle for a discussion against the history of whitelash in America and how it's manifesting in its current form as attacks against DEI programs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Krystale Littlejohn returned to Woke AF Daily to discuss the new book Fighting Mad and how we fight for reproductive rights after the fall of Roe v. Wade.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this Friday, Danielle reflects on stories from Alabama up to the Supreme Court, and shares a dream that can still become our reality.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Where we were is not where we are, and where we are is not where we want to be. Danielle Moodie and Dr. Jonathan Metzl discuss our present moment.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this Woke Wednesday, Danielle Moodie feels that the window of opportunity is closing...not voting in 2024 isn't an option when Donald Trump and the Supreme Court are putting out a hit job on democracy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Susie Banikarim is an Emmy-award winning journalist and the co-host of the In Retrospect podcast. She joined Danielle to discuss the media's malpractice when it comes to reporting on Trump and whether any lessons have been learned in the 2024 election news cycle.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Glenn Kirschner, legal analyst and Justice Matters host, returns to Woke AF Daily to discuss the numerous cases involving Donald Trump, the Supreme Court's intervention, and how likely it is that he will even see a criminal trial before the election.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this Friday, Danielle gives her take on special counsel Robert Hur's contradictory report and testimony - and Merrick Garland's continued failures as Attorney General - the hypocritical "Tik Tok ban" bill, and finally, the delicate topic of how America can back away from supporting Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu without Jewish Americans feeling unsupported.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It has been four years of COVID-19, and four years of Danielle's conversations with Dr. Jonathan Metzl. They reflect on that milestone and how our perceptions as a society have been altered in that time.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week marks four years since the WHO declared COVID-19 to be a pandemic. Today, Danielle examines the buried trauma that many Americans have experienced as well as her own story of what she experienced at the start of the outbreak.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Patrick Gaspard, CEO of the Center For American Progress Action Fund, joined Danielle to discuss the dire need for Democrats and American liberals to have a counter to "Project 2025", the Trumpist authoritarian agenda.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the night of this year's State of the Union address, Joe Biden delivered when he needed to the most, while the Republican party continues to push its regressive propaganda. While they are working to send us back to the days of the nuclear family, there is also the issue of nuclear power - journalist Sarah Scoles, author of Countdown: The Blinding Future of Nuclear Weapons joined Danielle to discuss.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Recorded before this year's State of the Union address, Danielle gets frank about Joe Biden's prospects in the face of the party that wants to seat the first fascist president.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Danielle talks with Dr. Jonathan Metzl about feeling a "sense of stuck" between a rock and a hard place as we approach the 2024 elections.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The whole world is watching as American democracy collapses. Republicans are pushing for it and Democrats are not doing nearly enough to fight back.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

William He founded Dream For America when he was just sixteen years old and has been doing political work since the age of 11. Danielle spoke with him about his organization's work and the political issues that matter to his generation in this election cycle.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gina Ortiz Jones is the founder of the Find Out PAC, a Texas group targeting three state Supreme Court justices - Jimmy Blacklock, John Devine, and Jane Bland - who f*cked around with reproductive freedoms. Danielle talks with her about how they're going to make them find out.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this Friday, Danielle calls out the New York Times and other mainstream media outlets for the media blackout and disinformation around the extreme protest of former serviceman Aaron Bushnell, who died from self-immolation while crying out for a free Palestine. We are our own last stand for truth and democracy. We have to fight.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As Mitch McConnell announces he is stepping down from his position as Senate Minority Leader, Danielle Moodie reflects on his time in leadership and the many times Democrats chose to "compromise" rather than fight back. Jonathan Metzl returns to recap the discussions he's been having as he tours to promote his new book What We've Become.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this Woke Wednesday, Danielle takes on the media's intentionally irresponsible coverage of Aaron Bushnell's self-immolation to protest Israel's continued genocide in Gaza. She also directly compares Fanni Willis with Clarence Thomas, the man who continues to get away with political grift from the highest office in the country, and opines how the Alabama Supreme Court's ruling on IVF may end up hurting Republicans in this year's elections.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Propaganda, host of Hood Politics with Prop, joined Danielle for a crossover conversation about the origins of their podcasts, the importance of letting people know that politics is connected with our everyday lives, and...why some Black men love Donald Trump.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lee Saunders, president of AFSCME - the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees - joined Danielle Moodie for a conversation about the rise of labor movements, their historical significance, and why we need to push even harder to reform labor laws in America.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"It can't happen here." It can, it is, and it only will get worse if we allow Trumpism to win in 2024.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Danielle was joined by Reverend Mark Thompson a few weeks ago to discuss the New York Times report on Black pastors urging President Biden to call for a cease-fire in Gaza. In the weeks since then, hundreds if not thousands more Palestinians have been killed, and the AME Church Bishops Council has called not just for a ceasefire but for an end of US aid to Israel. Is the Biden administration's continued support of Israel worth losing the support of Black voters in the 2024 election?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this Woke Wednesday, Danielle discusses the tragic story of the killing of Nex Benedict, a nonbinary high schooler in Oklahoma, and how tragedies like these underscore the importance of keeping Trump and Republicans out of government.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bishop Tonyia Rawls joined Danielle at the Creating Change Conference for a riveting conversation about how LGBTQ+ people and left-wing Americans in general cannot allow Republicans to claim religion and faith all for themselves.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gio Santiago is the founder of META Center, an organization supporting transgender youth in Ohio, a state where trans rights and personhood are under attack. He joined Danielle at the Creating Change Conference for a conversation about the importance of staying and fighting in the places where marginalized people are under attack.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The cancer of guns is only deepening with every mass shooting that gets normalized in this country. Also being normalized? A presidential candidate with multiple indictments and more to come.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sarah Parker, Executive Director of Women's Voices of SW Florida, joined Danielle to talk about her experiences fighting for rights and freedom in a "red state" and why it's important for activists to stay and fight rather than abandoning states like Florida.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The administration that we are counting on to save us is not interested in saving all of us.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Continuing Woke AF's conversations from the Creating Change Conference, Danielle spoke with Andrea Montanez, the Senior Racial Equity, LGBTQ+, and Immigration Organizer at Hope CommUnity Center.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Throughout the next few weeks, Danielle Moodie brings you conversations she had at the National LGBTQ Taskforce's Creating Change Conference in New Orleans. First up is Jen Scott from Equality Ohio, who discussed the importance of voting for a deeply imperfect Democrat like Joe Biden.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this Fuck It Friday, Danielle Moodie reflects on her feeling that, in many ways, Donald Trump has already won.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this special episode of Woke AF Daily, Danielle presents a conversation with herself and Dr. Jonathan Metzl recorded live at the launch of his new book What We've Become, followed by a live Q&A from the audience.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this Woke Wednesday, Danielle focuses in on some promising legal decisions that still require a lot of work ahead of us in the future.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Psychologist Dr. Suzanne Lachmann returns to Woke AF Daily to explain what Danielle calls "Republican mush brain."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brendan Ballou is the author of Plunder: Private Equity’s Plan to Pillage America, and he joined Danielle to give her - and the Woke AF Nation - an introductory lesson into the world of private equity, with some real-world examples of impacts it has had on vulnerable members of our society. Of course Danielle asks the big question: is there anything our government can do to stop it?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nimarata Haley, Tom Cotton, and the other chicken-s*** Republicans are melting down as we enter 2024, while their voting base freaks out over Taylor Swift. This week, Danielle also asks: does anything in the United States work better than anywhere else? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Woke AF weekly contributor Jonathan Metzl's new book What We've Become is out now, and he spoke with Danielle Moodie about our widening political divide in a nation where some people see rampant gun violence as the cost of freedom. If the public health narrative won't save us from the gun epidemic, what will?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As we enter 2024, Danielle Moodie reflects: is Joe Biden really up to the task? And if he's not, what are Democrats going to do to stave off the very real threat of conservative authoritarianism?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New York Times best-selling author Keith Boykin is back with a new book entitled Why Does Everything Have to Be About Race? He joined Danielle for a conversation about the different ways conservatives and liberals deploy that question, racial "boogeymen" that have been employed through the years, and among many other things, why Black men (still) support Donald Trump.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our current economic structure is not working, and more people seem to be realizing it with each passing year. Nick Romeo, New Yorker writer and UC Berkley professor, has a new book out now entitled The Alternative: How to Build a Just Economy. Danielle spoke with him about what a "just economy" means, and the imagination and shared sense of responsibility it will take to accomplish it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From overseas in Gaza to here at home in the US, people are being treated as numbers. On this Friday, Danielle says "fuck it" to the dehumanizing conservative movement and its loudest cheerleaders, including Tim Scott and Nikki Haley.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is not a normal election. Dr. Jonathan Metzl joins to discuss how we ended up here and what the outlook is like for 2024.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Republican primaries are a race to the bottom, but America itself is also heading towards a low point with no signs of slowing down.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Frankie Miranda, President and CEO of the Hispanic Federation, joined Danielle for an enlightening discussion about the diversity of opinions among Hispanic and Latinx voters, and the challenges Democrats face in 2024.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brooke Eden has been an active singer & songwriter for a decade, and came out in 2021 before getting engaged to her wife. She joined Danielle for a conversation about her experience being closeted in the country music industry and the discussions behind the scenes that led to her coming out publicly.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We aren't voting FOR Joe Biden. We are voting for another chance at tomorrow.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We don't have Morpheus or Neo to help us get out...we can only help ourselves. Today Danielle is joined by Dr. Jonathan Metzl for a difficult conversation about the realities facing Democrats ahead of the 2024 elections.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

America is on life support...2024 will decide whether or not it's terminal. Donald Trump is galloping to the White House, and Danielle asks what we are willing to do in response.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.