Majority Minority

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Season 2: W. Kamau Bell Nov 01, 2017

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Comedian W. Kamau Bell, host of CNN’s “United Shades of America with W. Kamau Bell” and co-host of the podcast Politically Re-Active, tells White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez and Congressional correspondent Bill Douglas about using comedy as a tool for activism, hanging with the Klan, and the need for whites to “cape up” against racial injustice.

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Season 2: DeRay Mckesson Nov 01, 2017

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DeRay Mckesson, a leading Black Lives Matter activist and host of Pod Save the People, joins White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez and Congressional correspondent Bill Douglas to discuss the future of BLM, working as political insider vs. outside, and criticism that he’s more of an “actorvist” than activist.

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Season 2: Larry Wilmore Nov 01, 2017

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Larry Wilmore, former host of Comedy Central’s “The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore,” joins White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez and Congressional correspondent Bill Douglas to talk about his new podcast Black on the Air, his journey into political comedy and the challenge of writing jokes about President Donald Trump.

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Season 2: Rep. Nanette Barragán Nov 01, 2017

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Rep. Nanette Barragán, D-Ca., the youngest of 11 children born to Mexican immigrants, opens up to White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez and Congressional correspondent Bill Douglas about her large extended family, and the expectation some members have that she can fix our broken immigration system.

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Season 2: Leon Fresco Nov 01, 2017

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Leon Fresco, a former senior Justice Department official under President Obama, joins White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez and Congressional correspondent Bill Douglas to talk about being a real-life “Michael Clayton,” working as fixer for companies who need someone to navigate the Washington bureaucracy behind closed doors.

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Welcome to Season 2 Oct 30, 2017

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Sit down with us as we talk to the people of color changing the face of Washington. Guests this season include Rep. John Lewis, the last living speaker from the 1963 March on Washington; Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson; Symone Sanders, former Bernie Sanders presidential campaign press secretary; Emmy Award-winning comedian W. Kamau Bell; Larry Wilmore, the former host of “The Nightly Show;” and many more. Season 2 debuts Nov. 2 with McClatchy co-hosts White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez and Congressional correspondent Bill Douglas.

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Episode 6: April Ryan May 11, 2017

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On this week’s episode, April Ryan, Washington Bureau Chief for American Urban Radio Networks — and the National Association of Black Journalists 2017 Journalist of the Year — joins White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez and Congressional correspondent Bill Douglas to discuss diversity in the White House press corps, her “off the record” dinner with then-President Bill Clinton, and “‘black’ questions” that make the Donald Trump administration uncomfortable.

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Episode 5: Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart May 05, 2017

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Cuban-American Republican Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida, a driving force behind immigration reform in the House, joins White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez and Congressional correspondent Bill Douglas to discuss his family ancestry, his immigration goals during the Trump administration, and the “catastrophic” impact of then-President Obama’s Cuba policies.

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Episode 4: Rep. Luis Gutiérrez Apr 27, 2017

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Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-Ill.), now in his 25th year in Congress, joins White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez and Congressional correspondent Bill Douglas to discuss his path from Chicago to Puerto Rico to the Capitol, his reflections on identifying as “American,” and how he came to call then-President Obama the “Deporter in Chief.”

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Episode 3: Armstrong Williams Apr 20, 2017

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Conservative media mogul Armstrong Williams, former advisor and spokesman for Dr. Ben Carson's presidential campaign, joins White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez and Congressional correspondent Bill Douglas to challenge concepts of diversity and the public perception of Steve Bannon, and to discuss his journey from Marion, S.C., to Washington D.C.

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