Introducing Politically Re-Active
Coming soon, a new podcast from W. Kamau Bell and Hari Kondabolu. Subscribe now to be sure to get all of the latest episodes as they are launched!
View ArticleDog Whistling with Ian Haney-López
Our first show!On the first episode of this brand new show, comedians W. Kamau Bell and Hari Kondabolu start digging into the strange facets of our political system. Berkeley professor Ian Haney-López...
View ArticlePrivate Prisons with Shane Bauer
We still have a show!Mother Jones journalist Shane Bauer joins hosts W. Kamau Bell and Hari Kondabolu to talk about his recent and crazy article about working as a guard at a private prison in...
View ArticleKathleen Hanna on 3rd Wave Feminism & Why She's "With Her"
A brief history of third wave feminism and how some of those ideas fit into politics todayPunk and feminist icon Kathleen Hanna join W. Kamau Bell and Hari Kondabolu on Politically Re-Active to talk...
View ArticlePastor Michael McBride Says Stop Reaching for Whiteness
We talk Black Lives Matter and setting white people free.There are two things that Pastor Michael McBride is sure of: Jesus... and white supremacy. The activist and religious leader join W. Kamau Bell...
View ArticleRobert Reich on Min. Wage, the Bern, & His Date with Hillary
Robert Reich wants to save capitalism?The richest people in the U.S. right now are wealthier than they have been “ever in the history of humankind,” says former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich. So why...
View ArticlePramila Jayapal on Majority Minority Districts & Teaching Hari How to Dress...
Hari and Kamau also get into #GOPSoWhite.
View ArticleDemocracy Now’s Amy Goodman Gives Us the Election Unfiltered
(Almost) Live from the DNC!Kamau and Hari are in Philadelphia for the Democratic National Convention! ...or at least they’re in the recording studio just outside of the convention. In this episode,...
View ArticleHow Van Jones Keeps His Cool in the Cable News Circus
And why does he call himself Van...Our guest this week is one of Fox News’s least favorite people. Coincidentally, he’s one of Kamau and Hari’s favorites! Van Jones is a CNN commentator and activist...
View Articledream hampton on Black Liberation in the Hour of Chaos
And the price of being a critical woman of color.She was tight with Biggie and has the ear of some of today’s biggest musicians, but writer, filmmaker, and social justice activist dream hampton...
View ArticleDavid Daley on How Republicans Ratf**ked American Democracy
No really, that's what it's about.The year 2012 looked like the start of a promising era for Democrats. Obama had just won his second term as president, the Dems had taken a big majority in the...
View ArticleDave Zirin on Loving and Hating the Olympics
Today we're talking about sports! (And politics)Every four years, Americans pick a president. And every fours summers, the world’s nations send its most muscled and agile to compete in a display of...
View ArticleLindy West on Seeing Women as Real People
And how movies in the 80s were really kinda creepy.This week on Hari and Co. Politically Re-Active, Kamau and Hari chat with author, columnist and legendary internet-troll confronter, Lindy West! West...
View ArticleShaun King on Controversy, Color, and Kaepernick
And Kamau's musical take on the Star Spangled Banner.Our guest this week is known for his bold and relentless writing on racial injustice and police brutality. Surprise: the “alt right” is not a fan....
View ArticleJasiri X: Hip Hop and the Movement
Also - bonus episode tomorrow!Before Kendrick Lamar electrified the Grammys and Beyonce got mainstream America in “Formation,” rapper Jasiri X was making music with a message. His social...
View ArticleBONUS EPISODE: NoDAPL, Mailbag, & Our Old Pal Adam Mansbach
The long-awaited Mailbag Episode!HOLD UP; WAIT A MINUTE – it’s a bonus episode in three acts! As Native tribes continue their protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline, Kamau and Hari catch up with the...
View ArticlePresidential Debate Tailgate with John Dickerson
The host of CBS' Face the Nation talks about the skill of moderating presidential debates.In a first for Politically Re-Active, Kamau and Hari chat with a member of the mainstream media! John...
View ArticleRachel Maddow on Donald Trump, Dick Cheney, and River Monsters
Not Loch Ness Monsters, River Monsters.Decompress from the presidential debate with your favorite hosts and this week’s guest, Rachel Maddow! With just under six weeks to go until the election, the...
View ArticleRosa Clemente on Third Parties in a Broken System
Hip-hop activist, journalist, and community organizer Rosa Clemente has a few good reasons why she doesn’t rock with the Dems. For one, they keep trying to kick her party – the Green Party – off of...
View ArticleComedian Zahra Noorbakhsh & Chicano Band Las Cafeteras are Everything Trump...
The East LA band Las Cafeteras has a saying: “if we can’t dance together, we can’t move together.” The Chicano/Chicana group continues our discussion on the intersection of art and activism today: not...
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