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John Lewis goes from being in awe of college life to his first Good Trouble - which includes his first arrest. The people involved in this episode are almost too many to list here - some of the people referenced or discussed include: Bernard Lafayette, James Bevel, James Lawson, Diane Nash, Septima Clarke, Rosa Parks, C.T. Vivian, C.H. Fitzgerald,...
On this quest: John Lewis and the Voting Rights Movement - a special 6 PART SERIES.
Shirley Chisholm: Part 2. If you've enjoyed our shows, this is a must-listen series - discussing one of the great trailblazers in American politics.
Walk the walk! On this quest, we discuss Shirley Chisholm: a real trailblazer in American politics.
On this quest, we discuss Mary Golda Ross: the first Native American woman to become an engineer.
Patsy Mink is who we discuss this week - the first woman of color and first Asian American woman elected to the House of Representatives. Patsy's from Maui, Hawaii - and Peyton draws deep ecological and political parallels between Hawaii and Louisiana. Plus: Worker strikes numbering in the 1000s, the Revolution of 1954, , you don't have to be in...
Friends Jessica Hare (activist) and Anthony Walker (activist, comedian) join Peyton and Kedro for a discussion about the group they're a part of, Patrol Creep, and the toxic men they seek to make public and take down. We also talk about several of Anthony 'the Hot Medic' Walker's videos and try to find a favorite - Hide from Antifa!, Camo...
Trans 101 is in session. Kedro asks Peyton questions that a lot of people may be thinking. General key terms like - what exactly is Transgender, Cisgender, Asexual, and on. An important discussion on pronouns - don't say "preferred" pronouns. How the Trans movement is compartmentalized with the Gay Rights Movement but isn't the same. The concept of...
Keep Georgia on your mind - YT Bell has great stories of her time as a local representative in Clarkston, Georgia (one of the most diverse parts of the country). Kedro talks with YT about access, access, access. YT is a community advocate, organizer, and leader - from being a Fair Fight Senior Fellow 2020 to giving a commencement address...
The life of Ed Roberts - Disability Rights Movement pioneer and Father of the Independent Living Movement is discussed by Peyton and Kedro in detail. This is an incredible, fun, informing, empowering, and entertaining story that starts with a description of San Mateo and the Bay Area when Ed was young, with a story Kedro's grandpa told him for some...
Kedro speaks with John Feal - 9/11 first responder, activist, organizer, and much more discusses how his Mom taught him to care for and protect others, a detailed saga of how the 9/11 First Responder legislation passed - including machine-gun escorts and electric handshakes, how John Feal got Jon Stewart to channel his Daily Show magic to give the...
We talk about Dr. Rachel Levine, our country's newest Assistant Secretary of Health! She loves to quote Yoda from Star Wars and is the first Trans person to be confirmed by the Senate for a position. Peyton and Kedro talk about her education, other famous people that went to Tulane University in New Orleans, that Jim Carrey vampire movie 'Once...
Kedro talks with Yterenickia 'YT' Bell: (then) national Director for Care in Action, a Fair Fight 2020 senior fellow, a Georgia State University triple graduate, Georgia organizer, and much more. YT discusses the new Georgia voter suppression laws in SB202 and GA Rep Park Cannon's arrest - comparing it to Rep Nikema Williams similar arrest in 2018....
Peyton returns soon - the show begins with the work she's doing with LATransAdvocates.org ! In this episode, RBG's demotion in Oklahoma because of her pregnancy, Ruth attends law classes - cares for her sick husband - raises a young child - and ensures her husband can graduate, too. Ruth starts to submit cases to the Supreme Court, Dorothy Kenyon...
