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S4 Ep 122The Spectacular Failure of Mainstream Journalism
EThe media is covering the Republican primary like it's a normal election. When the "front runner" is a twice impeached, four times indicted criminal with 91 felony counts, this is not a normal election. Will Bunch sounds the alarm for The Philadelphia Inquirer: https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/media-2020-election-trump-authoritarianism-20230827.htmlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 121How Sports Shape the Gender Debates
EKatie Barnes is an award-winning sports journalist who joins Danielle to talk about their upcoming book Fair Play: How Sports Shape the Gender Debates, giving their insider perspective on the culture war that has been decades in the making.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 120Circus of the Morons
EOn this post-debate Fuck It Friday, Danielle says "fuck it" to the entire Republican clown car, especially so-called "frontrunners" Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswami - who may as well be running for second place, after the criminal frontrunner still running the party.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 119The System is Burning
EDanielle Moodie and Dr. Jonathan Metzl debate whether we need to burn this entire system down...but as Danielle sees it, the system is already burning.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 118Cult of the 30 Percent
EIt doesn't matter who is on stage for the Republican debate tonight - that is the party of Donald Trump.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 117Issues Are Animating
ETatenda Musapatike, founder and CEO of Voter Formation Project, joins Danielle for a discussion on how voters can be engaged in more than just the last two months of a campaign.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 116Roots of a Poison Tree
EImara Jones, founder and chief executive of TransLash, returns to Woke AF Daily for a deep discussion on transmisogynoir and the right wing anti-trans hate machine sweeping the United States.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 115The Party of Political Violence
EThe danger the Republican cult poses to America only grows as Trumpists are now threatening judges. Will jurists be next? Will anyone be brave enough to stop the violence BEFORE it happens?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 114Authoritarian Rager
ERon DeSantis and Donald Trump aren't alone...the last decade has seen an unprecedented rise of fascism across the globe, and no one is doing enough to stop it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 113Cruel Summer
E4 indictments. Over 90 charges. Donald Trump is a mob boss. Shonda Rimes couldn't write a drama this juicy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 112Queerness and Blackness Under Heteropatriarchal Capitalism
ERaquel Willis, Executive Producer of iHeartMedia's Outspoken network - which includes the show you are listening to right now! - joins Danielle for a lengthy and thought provoking conversation about living at multiple intersections of marginalization in our late capitalist society.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 111Meeting Crazy in the Middle
EDanielle brings Dying Of Whiteness author Dr. Jonathan Metzl back on to discuss how you come to the table with people who do not live in the same reality.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 110Republicans Overplaying Their Hand
EOn this Fuck It Friday, Danielle Moodie has oh so many to give.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 109Gaping Inequality
EKim Kelly, author of Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor, returns to Woke AF Daily for a provocative and enlightening discussion about the summer of strikes and the attitudes of generation Z and the upcoming generation Alpha regarding work-life balance.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 108Reflections on the Mainstream Media
EThey're doing what they've always done.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 107Clock of Privilege
EDonald Trump's is running out.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 106Reproductive Terrorism
EDanielle Campoamor returns to Woke AF Daily to discuss the developments since the Supreme Court's overturning of the Roe v. Wade decision, and how failure to address climate change is already having a devastating impact on reproductive health.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 105Mountain of Evidence
EElie Mystal, justice correspondent at The Nation, returns! He gives his expert perspective on the Trump indictments, AND has something to say about a certain iconic rapper who sat down with Tucker Carlson.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 104Models For Victory
EVicky Hausman is the co-founder and co-CEO of Forward Majority, a PAC focused on protecting free and fair elections. She speaks with Danielle in this timely episode about building power for 2030, starting now.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 103Bullhorn of Racism
EDanielle's resident ex-Republican and country music expert Kurt Bardella returns to discuss Jason Aldean, Ron DeSantis, and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 102This is Not Normal
EA twice-impeached former president with multiple indictments running for office again as the frontrunner is NOT normal. Jen Taub joins to discuss.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 101Reframing Conversations About Education
EDr. Jonathan Metzl joins for another difficult conversation about the state of our country.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 100It’s the End of the World as We Know It
EAnd all you can do is try to feel fine.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 99How Did We Get Here?
EIt all started with Tricky Dick...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 98The Cost of Ignorance
EOn this Woke Wednesday, Danielle reflects on the costs that purposeful ignorance has had on our planet and our people.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 97Integration, Not Assimilation
ECNN journalist John Blake joins Danielle for a gripping discussion about his life as a "closeted bi-racial" man, as chronicled in his book More Than I Imagined. Read an excerpt via CNN here: What a Black man discovered when he met the White mother he never knew.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 96White American Psychosis
EDr. Jonathan Metzl returns to discuss the offensive music video for "You Can't Do That in a Small Town" by Jason Aldean, a country artist who did not grow up in a small town.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 95America is On Life Support
EMAGA is a cancer and it is infecting all of America with its poison.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 94The Story of America's Collapse
EMatthew Solomon is the director of Reimagining Safety, a documentary that dares to ask: do police really keep us safe? What does justice and safety look like in the 21st century?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 93MAGA Bootlicking Bots
EThe long-awaited Trump indictments are bittersweet as his sycophants continue to worship a false idol.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 92Failure to Launch
ENo matter what the media says, Ron DeSantis's presidential campaign - just like his state - is crashing and burning...just like our justice system, where Supreme Court justices can be bought and sold.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 91House of Lies
EPolitical analyst and influencer Kaivan Shroff returns to Woke AF Daily to discuss the fallout from the Supreme Court's disastrous decisions around affirmative action and student debt relief.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 90Ignorance is Not Bliss
EOn this short but stuffed Fuck It Friday, Danielle says "fuck it" to Tommy Tuberville, Rand Paul, Moms For Liberty, and Ron DeSantis. What and who are YOU saying "fuck it" to this Friday?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 89Hanging On By a Thread
EDr. Jonathan Metzl returns to Woke AF Daily to discuss "our national autobiography," this nation's national trauma and deep-seated division.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 88Exhausted by the BS
EOn this Woke Wednesday, Danielle is pushed to her limit by the mainstream media, on top of our rapidly escalating climate crisis.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 87Our Existential Moment
ESamuel Freedman, author of Into the Bright Sunshine, joined Danielle for an illuminating historical discussion connecting the civil rights movement with today's struggles.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 86The Perils of the Model Minority
EDanielle Moodie is back! Joined by Varun Nikore of AAPI Victory Alliance, they discuss the NRA's newest target: Asian Americans.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 85Our New American Nightmare
EDanielle wraps up the Woke AF Summer Cookout by reflecting on Frederick Douglass's speech "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?"See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 84Grooming Hate
ETouré, friend to Danielle Moodie and the media world, host of Touré Show and former co-host of Danielle's other podcast Democracy-ish, met up with her IN STUDIO for a spirited conversation about the state of America as the country recognizes the 4th of July.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 83Birthing a Cruel Nation
EDr. Christina Greer returns to Woke AF Daily to talk about what the fourth of July means to her.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 82Abusive Relationship With America
EToshi Reagon, musician & creator of Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower: The Opera, joins Danielle at the Woke AF Summer Cookout on this "independence day" to ask one question: independence from what?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 81Fourth of Their Lie
EDanielle kicks off the Woke AF Summer Cookout with some explosives when Make It Plain host Mark Thompson joins to discuss what July 4 means for Black Americans historically and today.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 80Indoctrination Nation
EOn this Fuck It Friday, Danielle says "fuck it" to...everything, ahead of this July 4 weekend.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 79Queer Joy Isn't Easy
EAs we approach the end of Pride 2023, "producer extraordinaire" (Danielle's words!) Andrew Marshello joins once again for a reflection on how different this year's Pride feels from recent years past.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 78Fearing for the Future
EOn this Woke Wednesday, Danielle Moodie wonders if this nation will make it to its 250th anniversary.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 77Pride is a Fight
EAnna DeShawn, co-founder of The Qube and host of Queer News the Podcast, joined Danielle to discuss navigating being a modern Black queer creator in the tech space.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 76Designing Our Future
EDanielle Moodie spoke with Bridget Todd, host of There Are No Girls On the Internet, about the risks and realities of AI, and the new season of her podcast.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 75Chained to the Bottom
EOn this Fuck It Friday, Danielle says "fuck it" to late capitalism entirely.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 74The Intensity of Our Moment
EPrentis Hemphill is the co-founder of The Embodiment Institute, and joined Danielle to discuss what their organization is all about, and what Pride means to them. Check out their podcast Finding Our Way here: findingourwaypodcast.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

S4 Ep 73Rest is Our Resistance
EDanielle is back after some much-needed rest over the Juneteenth holiday, just in time for Woke Wednesday!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.