The Bakari Sellers Podcast

Bakari is joined by the Second Gentleman of the U.S. Doug Emhoff to discuss teaching law at Georgetown University while married to the Vice President (1:01), he and Kamala’s approach to starting a blended family (7:34), and his fight against anti-Semitism as the first Jewish principal in the White House (11:53). Plus, Emhoff gets into the role he envisions for himself as First Gentleman (14:26), and his outlook on the season according to his fantasy football team (18:21).Host: Bakari SellersGuest: Doug EmhoffProducer: Donnie Beacham Jr.Executive Producer: Jarrod Loadholt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bakari is joined by author and cofounder of Betches Media Sami Sage to discuss how she got the female led entertainment brand started when she was just 21 years old (3:11), and her new book ‘Democracy in Retrograde: How to Make Changes Big and Small in Our Country and in Our Lives’ (12:15). Plus, the big and small changes she thinks will help save democracy (19:40).Host: Bakari SellersGuest: Sami SageProducer: Donnie Beacham Jr.Executive Producer: Jarrod Loadholt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bakari is joined by Axios congressional reporter Stephen Neukam to talk about the state of swing-state Senate races (2:18), before digging into the Maryland race between Larry Hogan and Angela Alsobrooks (11:15). They then discuss the prospect of having more Black senators than ever and the potential impact of that on the Senate (13:39).Host: Bakari SellersGuest: Stephen NeukamProducer: Donnie Beacham Jr.Executive Producer: Jarrod Loadholt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bakari welcomes Mother Jones national voting rights correspondent Ari Berman to discuss protecting the vote in the face of new restrictions (3:22), whether proposed voting rights bills go far enough (10:11), and his most recent book ‘Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People―and the Fight to Resist It’ (13:32)Host: Bakari SellersGuest: Ari BermanProducer: Donnie Beacham Jr.Executive Producer: Jarrod Loadholt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bakari is joined by journalist and author of ‘Defectors’ Paola Ramos to discuss working in the Obama administration and for the Clinton campaign in 2016 (1:01). Then, they break down the appeal some Latinx voters have for the MAGA movement (5:58) and who’ll get their future support in the event of a Trump loss (15:47).Host: Bakari SellersGuest: Paola RamosProducer: Donnie Beacham Jr.Executive Producer: Jarrod Loadholt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bakari and Tara Palmeri, Puck senior political correspondent and host of ‘Somebody’s Gotta Win,’ merge podcasts to discuss why both parties feel like they’re heading toward victory in November (1:43), undecided voters and whether or not they actually exist (20:28), what President Kamala Harris’s cabinet could look like (33:15), and predictions on what to expect after Election Day (36:50).Host: Bakari SellersGuest: Tara PalmeriProducers: Donnie Beacham Jr. and Chris SuttonExecutive Producer: Jarrod Loadholt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bakari is joined by senior political correspondent for The Wall Street Journal Molly Ball to discuss her take on the state of the presidential race (4:44), housing as a key issue in both campaigns (14:24), and the business world’s response to Kamala Harris’s economic plan (20:45).Host: Bakari SellersGuest: Molly BallProducer: Donnie Beacham Jr.Executive Producer: Jarrod Loadholt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bakari is joined by former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice to discuss what made her agree to join the Domestic Policy Council (5:15), her thoughts on the 2024 election so far (8:16), and the impact of a chaotic administration (versus one that’s steady) on a foreign policy adviser (16:57).Host: Bakari SellersGuest: Susan RiceProducer: Donnie Beacham Jr.Executive Producer: Jarrod Loadholt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bakari is joined by Angela Alsobrooks, county executive of Prince George’s County and current candidate for the Senate, to discuss her relationship with Vice President Kamala Harris (2:46), why her Senate race appears to be so close (8:59), and the plan to get young Marylanders out to vote (17:12).Host: Bakari SellersGuest: Angela AlsobrooksProducer: Donnie Beacham Jr.Executive Producer: Jarrod Loadholt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bakari is joined by Astead Herndon, national politics reporter for The New York Times, to talk the state of the race heading into the first debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump (:50) and what to look forward to in the weeks leading up to the election (14:18).Host: Bakari SellersGuest: Astead HerndonProducer: Donnie Beacham Jr.Executive Producer: Jarrod Loadholt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices