Donald Trump is going to continue to be who he is. The Democratic party is going to continue to be who they are. We need to continue doing what we can to prepare and push back, because all we can trust is ourselves. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 16, 2024•18 min•Season 5Ep. 77
While we still have a functioning government, we need to seize all of the power we can. Chris Melody Fields Figueredo, Executive Director of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center , returns to Woke AF Daily to discuss what's on the ballot besides candidates in 2024. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 15, 2024•22 min•Season 5Ep. 76
For the last week or more we have been engulfed in a news cycle around a singular story of Joe Biden's age. It is time to move on. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 12, 2024•22 min•Season 5Ep. 75
Jonathan Metzl joins Danielle to discuss the extremely turbulent state of the Democratic party right now and the continued urgency of this election. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 11, 2024•25 min•Season 5Ep. 74
On this Woke Wednesday, there is one fact to get woke to: there are only four months until the election and not enough time to replace Joe Biden. He's staying in the race and he is our only chance at defeating Donald Trump. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 10, 2024•20 min•Season 5Ep. 73
Republicans want everyone else to submit to their draconian authority...by any means necessary. If we somehow manage to win and save this nation, we need to focus on building power in the years that follow. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 09, 2024•19 min•Season 5Ep. 72
Last week Danielle spoke with Skye Perryman, President and CEO of Democracy Forward , about this rogue Supreme Court, Representative Ocasio-Cortez's recent comments regarding judicial impeachment, and the importance of not giving in to cynicism. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 08, 2024•27 min•Season 5Ep. 71
We are at war. The fourth estate is dead. And we are supposed to be celebrating America? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 05, 2024•20 min•Season 5Ep. 70
The Supreme Court is systematically stripping our civil liberties away. Standing with Biden is the only choice we have. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 04, 2024•24 min•Season 5Ep. 69
The moment is now - it is happening here and it is happening fast. We have six months to save democracy and we all need to be prepared for what happens if we fail. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 03, 2024•18 min•Season 5Ep. 68
The Supreme Court has declared that presidents are in fact above the law - more on that tomorrow on Woke Wednesday. Today Danielle speaks with her friend Kierra Johnson, Executive Director of the National LGBTQ Task Force, about the very real threats to our democracy and the tools we do still have to organize and resist. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 02, 2024•26 min•Season 5Ep. 67
Joe Biden is an imperfect candidate. But right now, he is the candidate we have. This is it - we are standing in the face of full-on authoritarianism if Donald Trump wins this election. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jul 01, 2024•32 min•Season 5Ep. 66
SCOTUS is continuing to fuck with everyone's rights, and if Trump wins in November it will only get exponentially worse. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 28, 2024•20 min•Season 5Ep. 65
Danielle reacts to the unprecedented primary defeat of Jamaal Bowman, and Jonathan Metzl returns to discuss his thoughts on the Surgeon General's declaration that guns are a public health crisis. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 27, 2024•32 min•Season 5Ep. 64
With Project 2025, the Republican party and the American right wing want to send us back to the days of chattel slavery and complete oppression of women. That is what is at stake in 2024. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 26, 2024•19 min•Season 5Ep. 63
"States' rights" do not actually matter to the Republican party. What matters is power, and Democrats have spent too much of the last few decades ceding power to their political opponents. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 25, 2024•19 min•Season 5Ep. 62
We are in the hottest part of hell - depending on where you're living, you may be feeling that literally - but GLSEN executive director Melanie Willingham-Jaggers joins to discuss why it's so important to believe in and fight for a better future. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 24, 2024•28 min•Season 5Ep. 61
And those of us on the left should be pursuing power with the same level of passion and strategy. Meanwhile, Democrats have compromised with terrorists for decades - leading to this precarious moment. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 21, 2024•20 min•Season 5Ep. 60
Danielle gives her thoughts on Juneteenth being a federal holiday, and talks with Jonathan Metzl about the steady decline of America as convicted felon Donald Trump's presidential campaign continues to heat up. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 20, 2024•25 min•Season 5Ep. 59
Who? The mainstream media, big corporations...anyone and everyone who will materially benefit from another Trump presidency, despite what the consequences will be for the rest of us. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 19, 2024•21 min•Season 5Ep. 58
That is the current state of women in the Republican party. Check out Rebecca Traister's piece " Are Republican Women Okay? " to learn how we got here, and get at Danielle on socials - @DeeTwoCents and @DanielleMoodie_ - to join the conversation with your own take. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 18, 2024•23 min•Season 5Ep. 57
Cathy Renna, Director of Communications for the National LGBTQ Task Force , joins her friend Danielle to talk about the importance of Pride, finding a local Pride event near you - even as an ally, if you aren't LGBTQ+ yourself - and of telling our own stories. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 17, 2024•27 min•Season 5Ep. 56
This week, the courts delivered not one but two good stories. However, we know that Republicans will not stop fighting - and Democrats need to start giving some of that same energy to combat the GOP's 19th century vision for our future in which they have the power to control what we do with our own bodies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 14, 2024•21 min•Season 5Ep. 55
That's exactly what NRA and the gun lobby are - taking advantage of crises and tragedies to sell guns to marginalized communities such as the LGBTQ+ community after the Pulse nightclub shooting. Jonathan Metzl returns to Woke AF Daily to discuss how we can organize and move forward. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 13, 2024•30 min•Season 5Ep. 54
The Republican party has been operating within a framework of criminality for decades, the conviction of Donald Trump has only solidified it. Republicans are not exhausted, but Democrats are lacking the urgency to fight back. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 12, 2024•20 min•Season 5Ep. 53
Joelle Espeut, Program Director at the Normal Anomaly Initiative , spoke with Danielle about the Black Queer AF media tour, why it's important to portray a diversity of queer stories and identities, and the meaning of hope and liberation during Pride. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 11, 2024•25 min•Season 5Ep. 52
Gun culture is not normal, and the normalization of gun ownership - especially among marginalized communities - has to be stopped. Hudson Munoz, Executive Director of Guns Down America , joined Danielle to discuss his own experiences with queer friends being influenced by the gun lobby. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 10, 2024•25 min•Season 5Ep. 51
America is under a hate dome, and the pressure is only heating up. We - the 70% who are NOT Trump supporters - are the majority. Where is our voice? Where is our power? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 07, 2024•22 min•Season 5Ep. 50
Gio Santiago is back on Woke AF Daily, this time as part of the Here We Are campaign, discussing his personal story and highlighting the value of telling our own stories rather than having them be told for us. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 06, 2024•27 min•Season 5Ep. 49
Democrats are missing opportunities to craft a narrative about convicted felon Donald Trump and the entire criminally complicit Republican party...and apparently given his new border policy, Biden would rather cast his lot with the racists! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jun 05, 2024•20 min•Season 5Ep. 48