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Aug 23, 2024•31 min
democracy-ish
democracy-ish is a bold and unfiltered political podcast dedicated to defending democracy and maintaining your sanity in an era where both are under attack. Hosted by outspoken political commentators Danielle Moodie and Wajahat Ali, this podcast exposes the dangerous forces of white supremacy and ignorance that threaten our nation's future. For too long, America's political landscape has been dominated by a white-centric narrative, ignoring the true diversity of our multiracial society. Danielle and Wajahat dive deep into the pressing issues that mainstream media often overlook, offering sharp, real, and entertaining conversations on how we can build a multiracial democracy. If you're looking for insightful analysis, candid discussions, and a fresh perspective on today's most critical political issues, democracy-ish is your go-to podcast.
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Episodes
Trump’s Legal Storm & Kamala’s Unexpected Allies
In this episode of democracy-ish , Danielle Moodie is joined by Jennifer Taub, host of Morning Jen , for a riveting discussion on Donald Trump’s legal troubles and upcoming sentencing. They also cover Nancy Pelosi’s influence, David French’s support for Kamala Harris, and unexpected Republican backing for Kamala. The episode explores the Trump Team’s gambles reported by the Washington Post, Elon Musk’s union conflicts, and more. Jennifer’s legal insights add depth to the conversation. Catch her ...
Aug 16, 2024•28 min•Season 1Ep. 264
We're Not Going Back
The Democratic ticket is solidified and democrats couldn't be more in array over it! The joyful warriors Harris/Walz are a beautiful and stark contrast to the weird and joyless Republican ticket. As Coach Walz's has said "we have 90 days until this election. We'll sleep when we're dead"!!! Lets Go. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Aug 09, 2024•33 min•Season 1Ep. 263
Say it to My Face!
In today's episode of democracy-ish Waj and Danielle discuss VP Kamala Harris's momentum and call out to Trump! We get into the NABJ/Trump fiasco, the disappearance of Project 2025 and more! Make sure to check out our show on YouTube every Friday at 4pm Eastern on Mary Trump Media ! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Aug 02, 2024•33 min•Season 1Ep. 262
The Seismic Shift
On this week's democracyish Waj and Danielle discuss the seismic shift that occurred on Wednesday when President Biden dropped out of the race and enthusiastically endorsed VP Kamala Harris. It's been only days since this has happened but Black women, Black men and other groups have already organized in mass to raise money and awareness. We discuss this and more on today's episode of democracyish Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 26, 2024•30 min•Ep. 261
America in Disarray
With 3.5 months to go until the election establishment democrats have decided go do everything they possibly can to ensure that Trump wins and democracy is destroyed. Instead of rallying around Joe Biden they have decided to eat their own and risk the lives of millions of vulnerable Americans whose lives will forever be changed because of Projects 2025. Waj and Danielle discuss this and more on the next democracyish. Make sure to check out our show on YouTube every Friday at 4pm Eastern on Mary ...
Jul 19, 2024•29 min•Season 1Ep. 260
Circle the Wagons!
On today's democracyish Danielle and Wajahat break down the foolishness unfolding at the hands of mainstream media and Democrats. The two talk about what is at stake in this election and how Republicans like Senator Josh Hawley, who recently referred to himself as a Christian Nationalist, are saying the quiet part out loud and on a bullhorn. Waj and Danielle talk about this and more as they bring democracyish to Mary Trump Media and go full video! Welcome to the next iteration of democracyish! Y...
Jul 12, 2024•27 min•Season 1Ep. 259
The End is Near!
On todays's democracyish Waj and Danielle lay bear America's grim future if THE PEOPLE choose not to vote for democrats in November. It's a dark episode but it is the truth. Please share this episode with everyone you know who care about. We still have time but not a lot. Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Senior Producer: Quinton Hill Distributor: DCP Entertainment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 04, 2024•26 min•Season 1Ep. 258
American Dystopia
On today's show Danielle and Wajahat spin the wheel and take us through the heatwave we're not discussing with any urgency on mainstream media, AIPAC's mega millions to unseat candidates who criticize genocide and the two year anniversary of the end of Roe v. Wade. We're managing a lot in America these days and everything is getting worse by the day. Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Senior Producer: Quinton Hill Distributor: DCP Ente...
Jun 27, 2024•30 min•Season 1Ep. 257
America's Piñata
On today's episode Danielle and Wajahat spin the news wheel and discuss a range of topics including immigration. Immigration as they both say has been an issue that has been discussed their entire lives with absolutely no robust change whatsoever. When will it end?! Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Senior Producer: Quinton Hill Distributor: DCP Entertainment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jun 20, 2024•32 min•Season 1Ep. 256
The Unearned Rage of the Alitos
A brilliant independent journalist named Lauren Windsor did the unimaginable, got the Alitos to share their real thoughts on the country and she recorded it! Let's just say they both let their White Christian Nationalist flags fly on this one. Danielle and Wajahat unpack this recent SCOTUS scandal and more. Also, we both have news! Waj has launched a substack! Go to the lefthook.substack.com and subscribe. Danielle has launched a capsule merch collection at DanielleMoodie.com entitle...
Jun 13, 2024•34 min•Season 1Ep. 255
Jim Crow 2.0
Representative Byron Donalds, a Trump sycophant, and poor excuse for a Black man recently said Black people were better off under Jim Crow. Oh really?!? Danielle and Wajahat get into this and so much more mayhem on this episode of #democracyish Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Senior Producer: Quinton Hill Distributor: DCP Entertainment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jun 06, 2024•27 min•Season 1Ep. 254
"Model Minorities" for Genocide?
Dr. OiYan Poon, race and education scholars and author of: Asian American is not a Color: Conversations on Race, Affirmative Action and Family joins #democracyish to break down the "model minority" stereotype, discuss solidarity and tells us what group has been influencing some of the biggest organizations. Danielle and Wajahat discuss this and more on the next #democracyish Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Senior Producer: Quinton Hill &nb...
May 30, 2024•35 min•Season 1Ep. 253
A Democracy or a Reich!
How many more red flags do Americans need to see before they realize this election isn't a game? Or one they can just sit out? This week Donald J. Trump reshared an ad that mentioned a "United Reich" that isn't a typo-- it's straight Hitler talk. Waj and Danielle discuss this and more on this week's democracyish! Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Senior Producer: Quinton Hill Distributor: DCP Entertainment Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...
May 23, 2024•28 min•Season 1Ep. 252
Trump and His Minions
It seems like the final stage of the Trump cult has been completed. This week members of the Republican Party showed up clad in their best Trump ensembles ready to do their master's bidding in front of the court house. Incredible where we are when members of congress leave their jobs to go defend their candidate who's caught up in an election interference case with a porn star! Wild times friends... and Waj and Danielle dig into all of this and more on the next democracyish! Hosts: Danielle Mood...
May 16, 2024•34 min•Season 1Ep. 251
Luck, Chance and 2024
Danielle and Wajahat speak with social welfare professor and author Mark Robert Rank about his latest book: Random Factor: How Chance and Luck Profoundly Shape Our Lives and the World Around Us. We discuss why luck matters when discussing public policy and our views on the American identity. Waj and Danielle also unpack the latest with Israel and Gaza and how it's effecting the 2024 election! This and more on the next democracyish. Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Produc...
May 09, 2024•35 min•Season 1Ep. 250
What Have We Become?
Author and professor Dr. Jonathan Metzl joins democracyish to discuss the recent college protests, the rise in violence and gun culture in America. Folks, it's a super size episode where Wajahat and Danielle ask "who is benefiting from the chaos?" Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Senior Producer: Quinton Hill Distributor: DCP Entertainment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 02, 2024•38 min•Season 1Ep. 249
The American Comeback
This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/ DEMOCRACY and get on your way to being your best self. Professor of comparative political science and author of the book: Comeback: Routing Trumpism, Reclaiming the Nation and Restoring Democracy's Edge, Steve Fish joins Danielle and Waj on #democracyish and when we say "class is in session" on this episode we mean it! We discuss what Democrats can do to take back America from the grips of despair. You won't wa...
Apr 25, 2024•38 min•Season 1Ep. 248
SCOTUS Strikes Again!
In yet another blow to our democracy the SCOTUS has decided who gets to protest and who doesn't. Take a guess who has more rights in this country right now--an insurrectionists that tried to kill the VP or a peaceful BLM protestor?!? Waj and Danielle discuss this and more on this week's democracyish! Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Senior Producer: Quinton Hill Distributor: DCP Entertainment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo...
Apr 18, 2024•27 min•Season 1Ep. 247
The Black Republican Grift
SiriusXM Host and NYT bestselling author Clay Cane joins #democracyish to discuss his new book, The Grift: The Downward Spiral of Black Republicans and provide a much needed history lesson on this insidious group and how in many ways the past is indeed prologue. We also tackle the latest 1864 ban that Arizona Republicans have resurrected. Waj and Danielle dig into this and so much more on this week's democracyish! Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Producer: Adell Coleman ...
Apr 11, 2024•33 min•Season 1Ep. 246
The Breaking Point?
This week 7 amazing humanitarians from the World Central Kitchen were killed by Israeli forces. They shared their location and coordinated with the IDF and still that didn't matter. Netanyahu's response "well, that happens in war"--no actually it doesn't! Wajahat and Danielle unpack the latest on the Israeli war and ask when will we see a breaking point?!? Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Senior Producer: Quinton Hill Distributor: DC...
Apr 04, 2024•29 min•Season 1Ep. 245
America vs. Trumpism
This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/ DEMOCRACY and get on your way to being your best self. On today's show we are joined by the incomparable author, podcaster, pundit and our friend Mary L. Trump! Mary's latest book "Who Could Ever Love You" drops on September 10th! We discuss what the media is getting wrong in their horse race coverage of election 2024 and all that is at stake! Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Producer: ...
Mar 28, 2024•33 min•Season 1Ep. 244
Humanity's Blackout
"if a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it does it make a sound?!" If a genocide persists and every person that speaks out is silenced will the killing persist?! For both the answer is yes. What we need to be reminded of in moments like these is that our power is in our collective voice and truth. How we stand up for one another, how we speak out, matters. Waj and Danielle discuss media blackouts, biases and more on the next democracyish! Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat ...
Mar 21, 2024•23 min•Season 1Ep. 243
Kitchens, Lies and Tik Tok
Nothing says authenticity like a breathless Senator Kitchen Katie trying her damndest to scare the hell out of white women in America with her lies. Speaking of lies, Special Counsel Robert Hur found himself defending his report on Biden being "old and meekly with a poor memory" when in fact his report doesn't match the transcript where he said that Biden had a "photographic memory". Finally Wajahat and Danielle close out this episode with the debate over Tik Tok! It's a jammed packed episode fr...
Mar 14, 2024•33 min•Season 1Ep. 242
Everything is at Stake in 2024
With Super Tuesday behind us, and Nikki Haley ending her campaign, Republicans make it clear the 4Xs indicted, 91 felony counts, rapist and grifter Donald Trump is their choice. While the names on the 2024 presidential ballot may be the same but the stakes are much higher. Danielle and Wajahat dig into all you need to know about election 2024! Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Senior Producer: Quinton Hill Distributor: DCP Entertainme...
Mar 07, 2024•26 min•Season 1Ep. 241
Committed to a Real Democracy
This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/ DEMOCRACY and get on your way to being your best self. On today's jam packed episode of democracyish Wajahat and Danielle delve into the Michigan primaries and the 100K ballots cast for "uncommitted" by Muslim Americans angered by the Biden Administration's full throated support for Israel without showcasing the same empathy and compassion for Palestinians. We also discuss Aaron Bushnell's extreme act of protes...
Feb 29, 2024•40 min•Season 1Ep. 240
Steps to Getting Sane
Dr. Kirk Schneider author of the book: Life Enhancing Anxiety: Key to a Sane World, joins Danielle and Wajahat on this week's #democracyish to discuss how we can all learn to move through our anxiety, pause, reflect and respond rather than react. An important episode for managing our emotions during these challenging times. Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Senior Producer: Quinton Hill Distributor: DCP Entertainment Hosted on Acast. ...
Feb 22, 2024•29 min•Season 1Ep. 239
The Media's Black Boogeyman
Columnist/Associate Editor, Adrian Walker, at the Boston Globe has been covering "The Murder in Boston" for 3 decades. A white married couple with a baby on the way ends up shot on the "wrong side of town", a black man is blamed and then the story takes flight from there. We get into a conversation on race, media and policing on this episode of democracyish Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Senior Producer: Quinton Hill Distributor: D...
Feb 15, 2024•27 min•Season 1Ep. 238
Nikki Haley vs. None of These
[Democracy-ish] is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/DEMOCRACY and get on your way to being your best self. How can you lose against no one?!? Ask Nikki Haley who was recently gobsmacked by "None of These Candidates" in the Nevada Republican primary and it was truly breathtaking. Meanwhile Trump is headed to the SCOTUS to convince them the presidency isn't an officer of the country and therefore he can be on ballots even though he incited an insurrection. Waj a...
Feb 08, 2024•30 min•Season 1Ep. 237
Biden, We Have a Problem
Whether it's Gen Z organizing on college campuses and in the streets or the Muslim community in Michigan telling Biden not to come or Black Pastors saying they're having trouble aligning their parishioners with Biden on genocide in Gaza--every critical constituency of the Democratic Party is ringing a 5-alarm bell--and on this week's episode Waj and Danielle ask, is anyone in Biden world listening?!? Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Senior ...
Feb 01, 2024•27 min•Season 1Ep. 236