Government & Politics & Social Justice Episodes:
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ICYMI: How Can We Show Up For Mutual Aid? with Dean Spade
This holiday season, we’re inviting Getting Curious listeners to reflect on what it means to be in community. In that spirit, we’re re-releasing a conversation about mutual aid …
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Why Are Toxic Products (Still) On Our Shelves? with Dr. Norah MacKendrick
If you take a shower and use basic cosmetics, you could be exposed to more than 100 chemicals. Add in your furnishings and food, and we’re talking several …
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What’s At The Heart Of Black Disability Politics? with Professor Sami Schalk
In 1977 more than 100 disabled activists in San Francisco took over a federal building for 25 days. It was the longest non-violent occupation of a federal building …
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Who Does America’s “Child Welfare System” Serve? with Professor Dorothy Roberts
Each year, more than 250,000 children in America are removed from their families by judicial means—and more than 3.5 million children are investigated by child welfare agencies. Most …
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How Did Queer People Experience Nazi Germany? with Dr. W. Jake Newsome
In 1871, Germany adopted an anti-sodomy statute called Paragraph 175. Sixty years later, the Nazis broadened that law—and it quickly became the basis for persecuting Germany’s queer population. …
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What’s The Meaning Of “Raizado”? with Mónica Ramírez
There are more than 62 million Latine people living in the United States. Some are US-born, others are recent immigrants, and still more have had family members here …
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Can State Legislatures Save Us? with Gaby Goldstein and Lala Wu of Sister District
You want LGBTQIA+ rights? You want reproductive justice? You want to end mass incarceration? You want environmental protections? You want living wages? You better vote for state legislature, …
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When Viruses Spread, Who’s Most Vulnerable? with Dr. Steven W. Thrasher
A note from Jonathan and team Getting Curious: we recorded this episode in May, the same day the first case of monkeypox was documented in the US. Today …
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If Faith Moves Mountains, Can It Also Move Climate Action? with Dekila Chungyalpa
In 2015, Senator Jim Inhofe brought a snowball to Congress to “prove” that climate change wasn’t real. Only God, he claimed, could change the climate. He was wrong …
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How Has White Supremacy F*cked With Reproductive Justice? with Professor Jacki Antonovich
Well, here we are. Roe v. Wade has been overturned, and it’s more urgent than ever to rally for reproductive rights across the country—and understand how we got …
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