The Mother Jones Podcast

Joining host Jamilah King for a hilarious—and blistering—conversation about what the Oscars are getting right and wrong are April Reign, the founder of the #OscarsSoWhite hashtag, and Tre'vell Anderson, the Entertainment and Culture Director at Out Magazine.

Whether you like it or not, the 2020 race has already begun. But with so many new candidates, who poses the most serious threat to President Trump’s chance at a second term? Andrea González-Ramírez, Refinery29, and Josh Barro, New York Magazine, join Jamilah King in the studio for this lively political panel.

This week, we take a look at one family's fight against America's broken healthcare system—one that’s failing some of the most vulnerable among us.

The State of the Union address: What exactly is the point? Host Jamilah King explores this time-honored presidential moment with two guests: James Fallows, staff writer at The Atlantic, and Jeffrey Engel, founding director of the Center for Presidential History.

A special breaking news edition pulls apart Robert Mueller's indictment of Trump's longtime adviser, Roger Stone.

Surviving the shutdown: Today, Mother Jones listeners who are employed by the federal government share their wrenching stories of trying to make ends meet as the longest government shutdown in US history grinds into its fifth week.

Host Jamilah King is joined by our DC bureau chief David Corn, and Terrell Jermaine Starr, senior reporter at The Root, to help you find your way through the confusing, potentially terrifying news about the President and his loyalties.

WTF is the Green New Deal? Today, we take a historical look at the polarizing plan, beginning with Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s depression-era economic jumpstart, and trace how ideas of environmental justice and the green economy have evolved across presidencies.

Happy New Year! This week, as the podcast team gears up for a brand new 2019 season, we’re revisiting two of our most talked-about segments from 2018.

Moral philosopher and author Kwame Anthony Appiah talks to Mother Jones Editor-in-Chief Clara Jeffery about how to be a better you.

As 2018 ends and progressive communities continue to resist the Trump administration, DeRay Mckesson tells engaging stories from the frontlines of activism.

On this week's show, host Jamilah King hands over interviewing duties to a surprise guest: Co-creator and star of the Comedy Central hit Broad City, Ilana Glazer. This podcast was recorded live in Brooklyn in October by Generator Collective, a group Glazer co-founded that, among other civic engagement gigs, gets interesting people in front of crowds to talk about policy and politics. Just a few days after this recording, Glazer closed down another event in the series when the venue, a synagogue in Brooklyn, was vandalized with anti-Semitic slurs in the wake of Pittsburg's Tree of Life massacre. In this episode, Glazer interviews our very own voting rights reporter, Ari Berman, about the dark history and current absurdities of voter suppression in America—and President Lyndon B. Johnson's toilet habits.

Mother Jones interviews iconic pop artist David Byrne about Talking Heads, police shootings, Janelle Monáe, stage fright, “True Stories” and fake news.

This week, trans listeners share candid, revealing stories about life under Trump.

Two of the biggest, brightest minds in the media business join us in the studio this week: Washington Post media columnist Margaret Sullivan and Vox media critic Carlos Maza. Host Jamilah King leads a lively discussion about Facebook's scandals, its ongoing battle against disinformation, and what the media learned—if anything—from the 2016 presidential campaign.