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The Conversation

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Cenk Uygur and a rotation of guest hosts sit down for quick but substantive interviews with political and cultural thought leaders from around the US and the world. Expect to see politicians from both sides of the aisle, media personalities, actors, directors, and more.
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Episodes

Insurrectionists are Running for Office

Adrienne Lawrence hosts. Free Speech for People Legal Director Ron Fein joins to break down what section 3 of the 14th amendment means for capitol rioters trying to run for office in 2022. Abortion Access Front Founder Lizz Winstead joins to comment on the fear that healthcare providers are experiencing due to abotion restrictions around the country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 06, 202226 min

Love and Politics

Sen. Nina Turner hosts. Author, activist, and spiritual leader Marianne Williamson joins to reflect on her presidential campaign, and shares her thoughts on how to resolve the world's most pressing issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 05, 202228 min

""Less Than Lethal"" Confict

Cenk Uygur hosts. Dr. Robert Bishop discusses his idea of "less than lethal" methods of conflict. Ryan Grim answers Cenk's questions about why DC journalists still support Hillary Clinton, and why Pramila Jayapal thinks the BBB fail should be considered a success. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 04, 202235 min

Blue Before Black

Adrienne Lawrence hosts. Washington Post Columnist Radley Balko joins to discuss tensions in the Little Rock Police Department over their black police chief. Progressive congressional candidate for NJ-10 Imani Oakley joins to discuss her campaign. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 30, 202126 min

Keep Pushing

Sen. Nina Turner hosts. Gary Chambers Jr sits down with Sen. Nina Turner to talk about his activism, his past congressional campaign, and his school board speech that went viral. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 29, 202127 min

Gen Z Goes to Congress

David Shuster hosts. FL-10 Congressional candidate Maxwell Alejandro Frost talks about his campaign and the possibility of him becoming the youngest member of congress. Former Obama campaign advisor David Tafuri joins to discuss Putin's pressure on the Ukraine border. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 28, 202126 min

GOAT, Greatest Of All Time

David Schuster hosts. Brittany Ramos DeBarros joins to discuss her candidacy for NY-11. Wayne Hsiung shares his rescuing of a goat, that has landed him in a legal battle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 23, 202124 min

The Future of Art

Sen. Nina Turner hosts. Disrupt Art founder Rob Richardson shares how he uses NFTs to empower black and brown artists around the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 22, 202126 min

Tik Tok Challenges are THE WORST

Cenk Uygur hosts. Former Buffalo mayoral candidate India Walton reflects on her campaign and the controversy that surrounded the election. Sentinel Security Solutions CEO Charles Marino joins to discuss the recent Tik Tok challenge that encouraged students to bring guns to school. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 21, 202134 min

Ron Perlman Joins The Conversation

Award-winning actor Ron Perlman joins to discuss his new film ""Don't Look Up"". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 21, 202129 min

Sleeping Out For the Unhoused

Adrienne Lawrence hosts. Sister District Co-Founder Gaby Goldstein discusses the importance of state legislators in regards to protecting abortion rights. RI State Senator Cynthia Mendes explains why she's sleeping outside of the RI statehouse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 16, 202125 min

Danny Glover Joins The Conversation

Senator Nina Turner sits down in conversation with actor and activist Danny Glover to talk about his upbringing, his activism, gentrification, and reparations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 15, 202127 min

American Kleptomania!

Cenk Uygur hosts. Author Casey Michel joins to discuss his book ""American Kleptocracy: How the U.S. Created the World's Greatest Money Laundering Scheme in History"". Business leader, entrepreneur, and anti-poverty advocate Joe Sanberg shares why he is funding the effort to raise California's minimum wage to $18/hour. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 14, 202135 min

America Through a Foreign Lens

Jonathan Larsen hosts. Guardian Journalist Michael Sainato joins to discuss the end of the pause for student loan repayments. Executive Director of Renew Democracy initiative Uriel Epshtein joins to talk about the rise in authoritarianism around the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 13, 202126 min

White Supremacy and Nancy Pelosi

David Shuster hosts. Shahid Buttar joins to discuss his progressive challenge to Nancy Pelosi. Daily Beast Political Columnist Max Burns talks about the future of Roe V Wade, and how Democrats can protect it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 09, 202126 min

Black Brilliance

Sen. Nina Turner hosts. Civil Rights Attorney Charles Coleman Jr joins to discuss what the fight for civil rights looks like in the 21st century. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 08, 202128 min

The REAL Wire

Cenk Uygur hosts. HIT Strategies CEO joins to discuss what focus groups have revealed about Democrats messaging with black voters. Director Sonja Sohn and lawyer Jeremy Eldgridge discuss the true story behind the new HBO documentary ""The Slow Hustle"". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 07, 202136 min

Trump, baby!

Cenk Uygur hosts. Joe Walsh, conservative and host of the ""White Flag with Joe Walsh"" podcast, talks about how much the Republican party has changed since Trump was elected.Trump, GOP, Republican Party, Tucker Carlson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 06, 202127 min

Fighting for the Innocent

Adrienne Lawrence hosts. Civil Rights and Wrongful Conviction Attorney joins to talk about the case of Kevin Strickland and his wrongful conviction. Senior Communications and Political Director Bruna Sollod joins to discuss the state of play on immigration reform. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 02, 202126 min

Embracing Power and Morality

Sen. Nina Turner hosts. Dr. Darrick Hamilton, Henry Cohen Professor of Economics and Urban Policy, and Founding Director of the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy at The New School, joins to discuss economic justice and stratification economics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 01, 202127 min

Should Garland Resign?

David Shuster hosts. Co-founder and President of Free Speech For People talks about why he believes Attorney General Merrick Garland should resign. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 30, 202114 min

Two Americas

Senator Nina Turner speaks with Democracy for America CEO Yvette Simpson about racial inequity in America, and how the country is divided into two unequal parts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 24, 202127 min

Chicken Guys

Cenk Uygur hosts. TYT Investigates Managing Editor Jonathan Larsen joins to share the latest in his ongoing investigation of the National Prayer Breakfast, including Chick-fil-a's connection to The Family. CA-46 congressional candidate Mike Ortega discusses his campaign against a corporate Democrat incumbent. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 23, 202131 min

Where is Generation Occupy Now?

Cenk Uygur hosts. Journalist, professor and author of the new book, Generation Occupy: Reawakening American Democracy Michael Levitin joins to discuss how Occupy Wall Street has influenced politics over the last 10 years. Insider's economy reporter Ben Winck talks through what will happen if the debt ceiling is not raised. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 22, 202131 min

Radical Honesty

Adrienne Lawrence hosts. Civil Rights and Consumer Law Lawyer attorney Sheryl Ring joins to share the anti-trans discrimination she's experienced in the courtroom as a trans woman. Award-winning historian and author Keisha Blain joins to discuss her latest book ""UNTIL I AM FREE: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America"". Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 18, 202126 min

Reparations NOW

Sen. Nina Turner speaks with Tim Black, host of the Tim Black Show, about the progressive movement and why it needs to get behind reparations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 17, 202126 min

Authoritarianism in the GOP

Cenk Uygur hosts. Executive Director of the Western States Center and senior fellow with the Southern Poverty Law Center Eric K Ward discusses the threat of authoritarianism in the Republican Party. Brown University Professor Corey Brettschneider talks about the debate over and the history of religious freedoms in America. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 16, 202136 min

Congressman Jamaal Bowman on Why He Voted No

Cenk Uygur sits down with Congressman Jamaal Bowman to discuss why he voted no on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 15, 202131 min

With Great Power Comes Great Anonymity

David Shuster hosts. Dr. Daniel Gade joins to discuss his book ""Wounding Warriors"" and how disability benefits can potentially hurt injured veterans. David Pepper joins to discuss how corruption in politics starts on the state level. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 11, 202125 min

Martin Luther King Jr's Family Joins The Conversation

Senator Nina Turner is joined by People for the American Way President Ben Jealous and Martin Luther King Jr's family, including son Martin Luther King III, his wife Arndrea Waters King, and their daughter Yolanda Renee King. They discuss the importance of activism in the fight for voting rights for all Americans. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 10, 202128 min
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