System Check with Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian Warren

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System Check with Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian Warren

Diagnosing and repairing a malfunctioning democracy, with hosts Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian Warren.

Episodes

  1. 10: Political Violence Is No Anomaly in American History

    01/08/2021

    10: Political Violence Is No Anomaly in American History

    Throughout our nation’s history, the threat—and actuality—of political violence has served to thwart and suppress Black agency and emancipation.

    35 min
  2. 9: The System Check Book Club

    01/01/2021

    9: The System Check Book Club

    Featuring Maria Hinojosa, Rumaan Alam, Scott Farris, John Nichols, and Shana Redmond.

    1h 9m
  3. 8: Could This Pandemic End Up Making Our Healthcare System Stronger?

    12/18/2020

    8: Could This Pandemic End Up Making Our Healthcare System Stronger?

    The poor Black and brown communities hit hardest by Covid-19 have the most to gain from an overhaul of how this country administers care.

    43 min
  4. 7: The Pandemic Didn’t Have to Be This Bad

    12/11/2020

    7: The Pandemic Didn’t Have to Be This Bad

    The decades of disinvestment in our public health infrastructure has now cost hundreds of thousands of lives.

    38 min
  5. 6: There Is No Room to Mess Up This Presidential Transition

    12/04/2020

    6: There Is No Room to Mess Up This Presidential Transition

    Thousands of appointments will have consequences for the next four years, and beyond.

    35 min
  6. 5: It’s Time America Abolished Poverty

    11/27/2020

    5: It’s Time America Abolished Poverty

    We know how to do it. On this week’s show, we lay out the path to a poverty-free future.

    40 min

  7. 11/20/2020

    4: Why Are People Poor?

    It doesn’t happen by accident. On this week’s show, we dig into the systemic reasons poverty exists in the richest country in the world.

    33 min
  8. 3: How Georgia Turned Blue

    11/13/2020

    3: How Georgia Turned Blue

    An exceptionally talented activist and leader, a new model of organizing, and years of tireless work—that’s how you change the system.

    49 min

  9. 11/06/2020

    2: White Supremacy Is Baked Into Our Electoral System

    On this week’s episode, the deep, foundational biases of our democracy come back to haunt us—again.

    43 min

  10. 10/30/2020

    1: Every Vote Must Count

    On the first episode of System Check, we talk to Sherrilyn Ifill and Alicia Garza about the convoluted system of casting your vote.

    49 min
  11. 1: Introducing: System Check

    EPISODE 1

    1: Introducing: System Check

    Diagnosing and repairing a malfunctioning democracy. A new podcast, hosted by Melissa Harris-Perry and Dorian Warren, from The Nation magazine.

    2 min

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