For The Win

The Raben Group
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For The Win

A roadmap to notching policy wins in the Trump Era and beyond.

  1. 12/12/2023

    AI-pocalypse Now: Artificial Intelligence, Elections, and the Future of the World’s Most Revolutionary New Technology

    On an all-AI episode, Yochi and guest host Andrea Nill Sánchez talk with media advocate Jessica J. González the co-CEO of Free Press, about how artificial intelligence can spread election disinformation, why tech companies can't be trusted to police themselves, and why lawmakers need to regulate AI before it's too late.

    30 min

  2. 11/29/2023

    Chaos on Capitol Hill: Navigating the Turmoil with Kevin Madden

    Congress is a mess. From ongoing threats of government shutdowns to turmoil around picking a House Speaker, it's clear that the People's House is in disarray. On our newest episode, Jasmine and Elliot sit down with Kevin Madden, a longtime aide to House Republican leaders Tom DeLay and John Boehner, and presidential nominees George W. Bush and Mitt Romney, to discuss Mike Johnson's recent appointment as Speaker, the current climate in Congress, and what it will take to save the GOP from itself.

    30 min

  3. 11/15/2023

    Toni Newman on why HIV is hitting Black women disproportionately hard

    Now that Republicans have a new speaker, they are going to try pushing through the harsh cuts to federal funding for HIV prevention and treatment that they've been threatening for months. Here’s the surprising thing: that would hit Black women harder than any other. On our newest episode, Jasmine and Yochi sit down with Toni Newman, a leading HIV advocate, to talk about why Black women have the highest HIV rates in the country and what can be done to prevent the epidemic from ravaging them even more harshly.

    30 min

  4. 10/04/2023

    Busy weeks in the world of unions with Faiz Shakir

    These have been busy weeks in the world of unions, with an ongoing actors strike in Hollywood stopping production of your favorite shows and movies and a strike by the United Auto Workers slowing production of our favorite cars. On our newest episode, Jasmine, Yochi, and guest host Andrea Nill Sanchez sit down with Faiz Shakir, the founder and executive director of More Perfect Union and former campaign manager for Bernie Sanders, to discuss the current surge in support for unions and what opportunities — and pitfalls — lie ahead.

    31 min

  5. 08/29/2023

    Damon Hewitt on right-wing push to get companies to abandon DEI efforts

    Conservatives won their long legal fight to eliminate affirmative education in higher education — and now they've trained their sights on corporate America. On our newest episode, Jasmine and Elliot sit down with Damon Hewitt, president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, to talk about the new wave of lawsuits designed to force companies to abandon their diversity and inclusion efforts, why the Supreme Court might hand them another victory, and how progressives should fight back.

    28 min

  6. 08/08/2023

    Gen Z Goes to Congress with Rep. Maxwell Frost

    Rep. Maxwell Frost is the first member of Gen Z to be elected to Congress — and the first lawmaker to publicly shout "f--k Ron DeSantis" at a rock concert. On our newest episode, Jasmine and Yochi sit down with Rep. Frost to talk about imposter syndrome, why far-right Republicans like Marjorie Taylor Greene make him worry about his own safety, and the challenge of balancing his own sense of urgency with the reality of being in a slow-moving and dysfunctional Congress.

    28 min

  7. 07/24/2023

    Jonathan Eig on MLK Jr.'s lesser-known views

    Generations of Americans have studied Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s heroic civil rights work, but his more radical views on issues ranging from income inequality to war have been largely ignored. On our newest episode, Yochi and Jasmine speak with PEN America Literary Award winner and best-selling author Jonathan Eig about his book, "King: A New Life," what the public gets right about Dr. King, what it gets wrong, and why it matters.

    28 min

  8. 07/05/2023

    Wesley Lowery on journalist's impartiality as democracy under attack

    Generations of journalists have been told to be impartial when reporting the news. But how can reporters remain objective when American democracy is under attack? On our newest episode, Elliot, Yochi, and Jasmine speak with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling author Wesley Lowery about his departure from The Washington Post, the media’s white supremacy problem, and his provocative new book, “American Whitelash: A Changing Nation and the Cost of Progress.”

    45 min
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A roadmap to notching policy wins in the Trump Era and beyond.

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  • Creator
    The Raben Group
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2023
  • Episodes
    80
  • Rating
    Clean
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