Your Political Playlist is your definitive guide to politics in the new Presidential administration and the new Congress, explained by the women who know it best. Every week join host Emily Tisch Sussman, a veteran of political campaigns, for smart, bite-size conversations with women at the seat of power and activism. Over the past three seasons, the show has brought you over 50 guests, including Secretary Hillary Clinton, Stacey Abrams, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, broken news in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Hill, and Politico and named one of Refinery29’s Podcasts to Look Forward to.
Podcast Categories: News & Politics
All Rev’d Up
All Rev’d Up explores where faith intersects politics and culture. Reverend Irene Monroe and Reverend Emmett G. Price III (AKA “The Revs”) come from different black faith perspectives, they’re of different generations, they hail from different parts of the country, and they come together in this podcast to talk about faith in a different way. They don’t always agree, but they always hear each other out. Dive into conversations around race, faith, and this week’s headlines with The Revs every other Wednesday. When something happens in the world, you want their take on it.
XXceedingly Persuasive
Formerly XXceedingly Persuasive, episodes 1 through 50! In XXP, Mackenzie Joy Brennan (Court Attorney for the NY Supreme Court) and Brooke Rogers (politics writer) tackle the fearsome world of law and policy one issue at a time.
XXceedingly Persuasive offers nuanced analyses in digestible doses– adding the cultural, historical and political context to current issues. As young women from different backgrounds and fields, Mackenzie and Brooke show that these issues can be hashed out in a way that feels like a chat with friends: with an eye toward reason, an openness to learning and one or three Michelob Ultra(s)™️.
On Instagram @BrookeAngeline & @MkzJoyBrennan
On Twitter @BkeRogers & @MkzJoyBrennan
To watch video episodes or submit questions, go to mkzjoybrennan.com!
Theme music by Shithead’s Rainbow
Cover Photo by Natasha Wilson; text excerpt edited from United States v. Virginia, 518 U.S. 515, 546 (1996)
(Hosts’ views are expressed solely in personal capacities and should not be imputed to the Court System, Judges or judicial officers therein, or any publication. No content is intended as political endorsement or formal legal advice.)
The Clearing – Pineapple Street Media / Gimlet
When April Balascio was 40 years old, something she’d feared for decades was finally proven true. Her father, Edward Wayne Edwards, really was a murderer. The Clearing is about what came after April called a detective in 2009 to tell him about her suspicions — a call that led to her father’s arrest and eventual conviction on multiple murders — and tracks the emotional journey as she and host Josh Dean dig back into her childhood, unravel the truth of her father’s life, and overturn a viral online narrative that had turned Edward Wayne Edwards into a kind of serial killer caricature. Produced by Pineapple Street Studios in association with Gimlet.
Fired Up with Brad Jenkins
The former White House aide to President Obama is back. Known for entertaining and mobilizing millions of young people, Jenkins is firing up audiences with an insider’s view into the hearts and minds of political leaders, artists, influencers, and everyday heroes. In these 1-on-1, long form interviews, Jenkins and his guests dig deep to explore the things that get them fired-up to love, laugh, and inspire.
Through Her Eyes
“Through Her Eyes” is a weekly podcast hosted by human rights activist Zainab Salbi that explores contemporary issues from a female perspective. In our first season, we sit down with newsmakers such as Rep. Ilhan Omar, Olympic medalist Aly Raisman and author Patti Davis, Ronald Reagan’s daughter. Every Tuesday, check out yahoonews.com for our exclusive video episodes of this podcast.
Smoked
In the 1980s, racing prodigy Randy Lanier shot to stardom at the Indy 500—and funded his racing through a secret double life as one of the biggest pot kingpins in American history. Now, after serving nearly 30 years in prison, Lanier’s tale of weed, speed and the road ahead highlights society’s changing relationship with marijuana, and the legacy of those already incarcerated for it.
Carrier
What happens when a truck driver picks up a loaded trailer, but has no idea what’s really inside? Tony, Grammy, and Emmy award winner Cynthia Erivo journeys down a dark and lonely highway in this seven-part original scripted thriller. With immersive audio techniques that create a dimensional listening experience, the audience is strongly advised to use caution, wear headphones if possible, and listen… carefully.
Produced by QCODE. Starring Cynthia Erivo. Written and Directed by Dan Blank.
LOCKED
A disturbing crime, a desperate act, and how one case could change the way prisons treat some transgender inmates. This podcast follows the case of Adree Edmo, a transgender inmate in Idaho who sued the state for gender confirmation surgery. The state appealed, and now the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals must rule.
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Conspiracyland
Conspiracyland’s “The Strange Story of Havana Syndrome,” hosted by Yahoo News chief investigative correspondent Michael Isikoff, is an investigation into the baffling medical ailments– headaches, dizziness, extreme fatigue and even brain injuries– that have been reported by over 1,100 American diplomats and spies in recent years, confounding the U.S. intelligence and diplomatic communities. These symptoms are commonly known as Havana Syndrome because they were first surfaced in Cuba more than five years ago though they have long since been reported all over the world. But what and who was causing them remains a mystery. As Conspiracyland documents, the reports about Havana Syndrome were used as a political trigger to upend U.S. relations with Cuba: They set off a chain of events that led the Trump administration to reverse President Obama’s efforts to normalize relations with the island nation, a rollback that has continued under President Biden. It also has led to an endless spate of news stories suggesting these health ailments were the result of targeted microwave attacks by a foreign power, with the Russian intelligence services under the control of Vladimir Putin considered the leading candidate. But as Conspiracyland reveals, the real story of Havana Syndrome is starting to look very different than it did at the time.
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