Podcast Episodes

Words Matter Library Special State the Union Edition

Season 2

On what should be the eve of Donald Trump's second State of the Union address, we add Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1941 “Four Freedoms” speech and Ronald …

7 years, 1 month ago

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Trumpistan in Chaos

Season 2 Episode 3

The longest government shutdown in US history continues as Donald Trump and Senate Republicans continue to hold the paychecks of more than 800,000 Am…

7 years, 1 month ago

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Words Matter Library: 'A Letter from Birmingham Jail' & 'Where do we go from Here?' By Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Season 2

This week, to honor legacy of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr we proudly put “A Letter from Birmingham Jail” and “Where Do We Go from Here?” …

7 years, 1 month ago

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Professor Eddie Glaude, Jr. on Race in America

Season 2 Episode 2

Professor Eddie Glaude Jr. argues in his groundbreaking book Democracy in Black that we live in a country founded on a “value gap”—with white lives v…

7 years, 1 month ago

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Words Matter Library: 'Democracy in Black' by Professor Eddie Glaude, Jr.

Season 2

We are proud to put "Democracy in Black" by Professor Eddie S. Glaude Jr. into the Words Matter Audible Library. Part manifesto, part history, part m…

7 years, 1 month ago

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Welcome to 2019!

Season 2 Episode 1

Welcome to Season 2 of Words Matter. The federal government is still shutdown, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is the only adult in the room and the race …

7 years, 2 months ago

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Words Matter Library: 'Madam Speaker - Nancy Pelosi’s Life, Times and Rise to Power'

Season 2

As Nancy Pelosi retakes the Speaker’s gavel and the leadership of the Democratic opposition to Donald Trump, we add “Madam Speaker - Nancy Pelosi’s L…

7 years, 2 months ago

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2018 Words Matter Library Review

Season 1 Episode 21

As our first season comes to a close, we review the titles put into the Words Matter Audible Library in 2018. From Steve Kornacki’s “The Red and the …

7 years, 2 months ago

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Words Matter Library: "Profiles in Courage" by John F. Kennedy

Season 1

In this addition of the Words Matter Library brought to you by Audible we add this Pulitzer Prize winning book by President John F. Kennedy. Profiles…

7 years, 2 months ago

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Roger Ailes & Trump State TV - an interview with Gabe Sherman

Season 1 Episode 20

Would Nixon have survived if Fox News was around in 1974? Author of the “Loudest Voice in the Room,” Gabe Sherman explains how the GOP propaganda net…

7 years, 2 months ago

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