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Keep it in the Chat (with Reshma Saujani) Mar 29, 2022

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DeRay, Kaya, Myles and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week— including home appraisal racial bias, mild COVID linked with brain damage, two Black brothers exonerated from a murder charge, and an interactive Prince exhibit in Chicago. DeRay interviews author and activist Reshma Saujani about her new book Pay Up: The Future of Women and Work (and Why It's Different Than You Think).

News:

Kaya https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/long-covid-even-mild-covid-linked-damage-brain-months-infection-rcna18959

DeRay https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/23/us/michigan-brothers-exonerated-murder.html

Myles https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/55767/1/lets-go-crazy-in-the-new-interactive-prince-exhibition-chicago-superfly

De’Ara https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/03/23/home-appraisal-racial-bias/

For a transcript, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople

Read Out Loud (with Bridget Todd) Mar 22, 2022

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DeRay, Kaya, Myles and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week— including a judge's criminalization of mothers who report domestic abuse, Black women targeted by big Pharma, Black Americans leading the NFT/crypto revolution, and the trials and triumph of artist Campbell Addy. DeRay interviews activist and speaker Bridget Todd about the roots of the internet, the impact that it has, and why it disproportionately harms women, communities of color, and LGBTQ folks.

Kaya https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-02-drug-pregnant-women-doesnt-fda.html

DeRay https://www.propublica.org/article/she-said-her-husband-was-abusive-a-judge-took-away-her-kids-and-ordered-her-arrest

Myles https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-black-americans-are-leading-the-nft-crypto-revolution-201819748.html

De’Ara https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/17/style/campbell-addy-feeling-seen.html

For a transcript, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople

Free Keith Davis Jr. (with Nicole Lynn Lewis) Mar 15, 2022

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DeRay and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week— including three Black women oversee voting access for more than 37 million Americans and eight young burglars exposure of cointelpro + FBI misconduct. DeRay interviews author and CEO Nicole Lynn Lewis about her non-profit organization Generation Hope and her personal memoir PREGNANT GIRL: A Story of Teen Motherhood, College, and Creating a Better Future for Young Families.

De'Ara https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/3-black-women-secretaries-state-are-protecting-voting-rights-rcna18754

DeRay https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/07/us/burglars-who-took-on-fbi-abandon-shadows.html

For a transcript, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople

Check In (with Lizz Winstead) Mar 08, 2022

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DeRay, Myles, and Kaya cover the underreported news of the week— including US basketball players stuck in Ukraine and Russia, Hertz car rental report returned cars as stolen, and a free library by Solange’s Saint Heron studio featuring books by Black creators. DeRay interviews activist and comedian Lizz Winstead about her legacy on the Daily Show and her recent advocacy around the Mississippi abortion case.

Myles https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/solange-saint-heron-free-library-rare-black-books-1235088292/

Kaya https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/33408315/former-ncaa-basketball-star-maurice-creek-heads-home-getting-stuck-ukraine

DeRay https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/fifty-people-join-lawsuit-saying-hertz-reported-cars-they-returned-as-stolen

For a transcript, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople

More to Learn (with Candice Benbow) Mar 01, 2022

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DeRay, Myles, De'Ara and Kaya cover the underreported news of the week— including skyrocketed ambulance costs, a Florida bill targeting transgender youth, a Baltimore museum of art and the efforts of Destination Crenshaw. DeRay interviews theologian and author Candice Benbow about her new book Red Lip Theology: For Church Girls Who've Considered Tithing to the Beauty Supply Store When Sunday Morning Isn't Enough.

DeRay https://www.axios.com/ambulance-rides-are-getting-a-lot-more-expensive-cee897fe-63b7-4412-aa67-718109773e79.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_content=health-ambulance

Myles https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/texas-governor-calls-citizens-report-parents-transgender-kids-abuse-rcna17455

De'Ara https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-10-13/destination-crenshaw-projects-get-city-approval-what-big-names-in-black-art-are-making-for-l-a

Kaya https://www.npr.org/2022/02/23/1082350352/baltimore-museum-of-art-guarding-the-art

For a transcript, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople

Continue the Fight (with Prof. Gregory Cooke) Feb 22, 2022

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DeRay, Myles, and Kaya cover the underreported news of the week— including billions of dollars in hoarded welfare funds, a senate vote to evict Black people to Africa, and a Miss Cleo psychic documentary. DeRay interviews filmmaker and historian Professor Gregory S. Cooke about his documentary Invisible Warriors: African American Women in World War II.

Myles https://www.vibe.com/news/movies-tv/miss-cleo-psychic-documentary-1234648679/

Kaya https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/02/20/mississippi-black-africa-mccallum/

DeRay https://www.propublica.org/article/states-are-hoarding-52-billion-in-welfare-funds-even-as-the-need-for-aid-grows

For a transcript, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople

Do It Now (with Dr. Kristen Nwanyanwu) Feb 15, 2022

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DeRay, Myles, and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week— including Black people enslaved long after Emancipation Proclamation, a Missouri art gallery celebrating Black History Month, and the life and death of the true "Godmother of Funk". DeRay interviews Dr. Kristen Nwanyanwu about her work as an vitreoretinal surgeon and her research on health disparity and treatment gaps for Black people and people of color.

Myles https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-60330415

De’Ara https://khqa.com/news/local/black-history-month-art-exhibit-featured-in-hannibal

DeRay https://www.vice.com/en/article/437573/blacks-were-enslaved-well-into-the-1960s

For a transcript, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople

Stick to the Values (with Dustin Gibson) Feb 08, 2022

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DeRay, Kaya, and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week— including reparations for Black Californians, representation on executive boards, and a possible resurrection of the War on Drugs. De'Ara interviews Dustin Gibson about his roots, disability justice work and recent Justice Rising Award from the Open Society Foundations.

Kaya https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/02/02/california-could-pay-black-americans-reparations-after-2023/9293476002/?gnt-cfr=1

De’Ara https://fortune.com/2022/02/01/black-women-on-boards-representation-executives-diversity/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=broadsheet&utm_content=2022020314pm&tpcc=nlbroadsheet

DeRay https://twitter.com/notcapnamerica/status/1488973685096697860?s=20&t=5HhvrFgr2jo92k6PgTLtdw

For a transcript, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople

All About the Work (with Portia Wood) Feb 01, 2022

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In the debut episode of Black History Month, DeRay, Kaya, Myles and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week— including a not so shocking outcome of the child tax credit, a booming private prison industry despite federal ban, the disillusionment of a young Biden official, and two spiritual icons' effort towards building a community of love. DeRay interviews Portia Wood about her mission as a generational wealth planning attorney and the importance of the work within the Black community.

News:

Myles https://www.lionsroar.com/bell-hooks-and-thich-nhat-hanh-on-building-a-community-of-love/

DeRay https://www.grid.news/story/politics/2022/01/26/a-year-after-bidens-executive-order-on-private-prisons-business-is-still-booming/

De’Ara https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-political-scene/the-disillusionment-of-a-young-biden-official

Kaya https://www.npr.org/2022/01/27/1075299510/the-expanded-child-tax-credit-briefly-slashed-child-poverty-heres-what-else-it-d

For a transcript, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople

Make Room For New (with Samantha Tweedy) Jan 25, 2022

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DeRay, Kaya and De'Ara cover the underreported news of the week— including a documentary honoring Black women's World War II contributions, racial disparity in access to COVID treatment, and women more likely to die after operation by male surgeons. DeRay interviews Samantha Tweedy about her life experience and current work as president of the Black Economic Alliance Foundation.

News:

DeRay https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/04/women-more-likely-die-operation-male-surgeon-study

Kaya https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katiecamero/covid-treatment-inequality

De’Ara https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/31/black-rosies-world-war-ii/

For a transcript, please visit crooked.com/podsavethepeople

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