Thinking CAP
Summary: Thinking CAP is a weekly podcast featuring the nation’s top progressive leaders and influencers. The show covers the major issues at the intersection of activism, race, policy, and politics. Hosted by Daniella Gibbs Léger and Ed Chung.
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Podcasts:
Igor sits down with former State Department official Max Bergmann to break down James Comey’s testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee.
This week, Michele & Igor chat with Markos Moulitsas, Founder of Daily Kos and John Burton, Political Director at Daily Action about how to sustain the resistance with community, self-care and text messages.
Melissa Harris Perry joins Michele and Igor to discuss the role of cable news in the 2016 election, the history of black women resisting in America and the importance of making structural change in racism, misogyny and discrimination, not resisting the person or the symbol behind them.
Christy Goldfuss joins to breakdown Trumps possible withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, a move that would leave the U.S. standing alone with Syria and Nicaragua as the only other nation refusing to come together to make global climate goals.
This week we talk voter suppression and discuss the North Carolina case shot down by the Supreme Court on Monday and Trump’s independent voter fraud commission. Our guests are Jason Kander, President of Let America Vote and Dale Ho, Director of the Voting Rights Project at the ACLU.
On the first episode of Thinking CAP, Michele and Igor talk with Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) about the growing calls for impeaching President Donald Trump and Booker’s moving speech on Tuesday at CAP’s 2017 Ideas Conference. Also, we hear from Ben Wikler, Washington Director of MoveOn.org, who tells the story of MoveOn and online activism and shares how we can sustain the Resistance.
CAP launches a new podcast Thinking CAP hosted by Michele Jawando and Igor Volsky. One issue each week, a snapshot of the news shaping the conversation and how you can take action.
