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Conservatives are using their hardline view of Christianity to justify banning abortion and waging war on the LGBTQ+ community. With faith increasingly shaping politics, Jasmine and Yochi sit down with Rachel Laser, CEO of Americans United For Separation of Church and State, and The Raben Group’s Dr. Derrick Harkins to talk about why progressives have ceded the public debate over religion to conservatives — and what they need to do to take it back. 

From bathroom bans to Bud Light boycotts, Republicans have declared war on the transgender community. With red states passing new anti-trans bills by the day, Elliot, Jasmine, and Yochi sit down with trans activist Charlotte Clymer to talk about why Democrats need to fight back harder, how the bans will hurt Republican candidates in 2024, and what's behind President Biden's surprising evolution from trans skeptic to trans supporter.

Republicans have declared war on "wokeism," but what does being “woke” actually mean? On our newest episode, Yochi and The Raben Group's Jasmine Burton sit down with Dr. Candis Watts Smith, a Duke University professor and author of the new book, “Stay Woke: A People's Guide to Making All Black Lives Matter," to talk about the forgotten history of the word, how conservatives are trying to make "woke" as politically toxic as critical race theory, and what progressives need to do to reclaim it before it's too late.

Ever wonder what it's like to testify on Capitol Hill and face questions from MAGA Republicans like Matt Gaetz? On a special episode of For the Win, our own Elliot Williams takes us behind the scenes of his recent appearance before a House committee probing the alleged "weaponization" of the federal government — and the hate mail that followed.

The GOP was once the party of big business. Now it’s attacking corporate America like never before — and reserving special scorn for so-called ESG investing. On our newest episode, Yochi talks with Robert Raben, founder and president of The Raben Group, about the growing ESG crackdown, how Republicans are using government power to punish allegedly “woke” companies, and why the fight will reshape the country’s economic and political landscape. 

Historian Ruth-Ben Ghiat, author of "Strongmen: From Mussolini to the Present," joins Abby and Yochi to talk about the modern Republican Party's growing embrace of right-wing extremism and political violence, why January 6 may have been inevitable, and how the former president governed like an authoritarian-in-chief rather than an American president.