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Historian of Science and Tech and co-author of the book: The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market,Erik M. Conway, joins democracyish and takes Waj and Danielle on a journey to how the business lobby destroyed our concept of government for and by the people. It's a BIG episode folks!Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Senior Producer: Quinton Hill Distributor: DCP Entertainment Help our show better serve you by completing the show survey below:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_PCmhqQmQNSTpyepBSPrdLkuGqBORPhx7gcPWUCIG1X5GMQ/viewformSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/democracy-ishSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Esteemed Political professor and author of the new book Why Politics Fail, Ben Ansell, joins democracyish to discuss why our collective desires are being thwarted by our individual needs. We want climate change, democracy and other rights but what are we willing to sacrifice? Waj and Danielle get into a gripping conversation with Ben we think y'all will enjoy!Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Senior Producer: Quinton Hill Distributor: DCP Entertainment Help our show better serve you by completing the show survey below:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_PCmhqQmQNSTpyepBSPrdLkuGqBORPhx7gcPWUCIG1X5GMQ/viewformSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/democracy-ishSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

 It doesn't matter who the Republican candidate is the message is clear--their war on transgender Americans is here to stay. From Nikki "Not a Chance in Hell" Haley to Communion Wafer Mike Pence the Republican Party isn't mincing words as they amp up their rhetoric towards roughly 1 million Americans--namely, a minority of a minority. It's time to connect the dots between their rhetoric, the both-sides BS of CNN and the rise in violence. Waj and Danielle tackle this and more under the haze of an apocalyptic orange sky!Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Senior Producer: Quinton Hill Distributor: DCP Entertainment Help our show better serve you by completing the show survey below:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_PCmhqQmQNSTpyepBSPrdLkuGqBORPhx7gcPWUCIG1X5GMQ/viewformSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/democracy-ishSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What happens when speaking truth to power gets you cancelled?!? What happens when sharing your experience of oppression and white supremacy get you silenced?!? We are living at the breaking point of all we have believed to be true. On today's episode Wajahat shared an incredibly infuriating situation that happened to him while being invited as a guest speaker at a company during AAPI month and Danielle reflects on what Pride month means in this moment. This one is juicy folks! Buckle up.Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali  Executive Producer: Adell Coleman  Senior Producer: Quinton Hill  Distributor: DCP Entertainment  Help our show better serve you by completing the show survey below: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_PCmhqQmQNSTpyepBSPrdLkuGqBORPhx7gcPWUCIG1X5GMQ/viewformSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/democracy-ishSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week the storied civil rights organization, The NAACP, issued a travel warning to Black Americans and LGBTQ+ folks for the state of Florida. With now, presidential candidate Ron DeSantis waging war on anyone not affiliated with white evangelicals, the NAACP says it's basically a terrorist state.On this episode of #democracyish, Danielle and Waj wonder if issuing travel advisory to hostile states is the beginning of our new normal?!!Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Senior Producer: Quinton Hill Distributor: DCP Entertainment Help our show better serve you by completing the show survey below:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_PCmhqQmQNSTpyepBSPrdLkuGqBORPhx7gcPWUCIG1X5GMQ/viewformSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/democracy-ishSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Elon Musk to Kaitlan Collins the mainstreaming or white nationalist ideology has never been stronger. With so much at stake with our democracy real journalism is needed now more than ever--but will we ever get real pushback so we can get to the truth?!? Waj and Danielle discuss this and more on the next #democracyish Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Senior Producer: Quinton Hill Distributor: DCP Entertainment Help our show better serve you by completing the show survey below:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_PCmhqQmQNSTpyepBSPrdLkuGqBORPhx7gcPWUCIG1X5GMQ/viewformSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/democracy-ishSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Well, well, well it seems that the Teflon on "Teflon Don" has begun to disintegrate. In a win for women and sexual assault survivors everywhere journalist E. Jean Carroll had her day in court AND WON against the twice impeached, once indicted (for now), now confirmed sexual abuser, Donald Trump. Danielle and Waj get into the verdict, the Republicans reactions and whether we think America as we know it will ever recover. This and more on the next #democracyish Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Senior Producer: Quinton Hill Distributor: DCP Entertainment Help our show better serve you by completing the show survey below: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_PCmhqQmQNSTpyepBSPrdLkuGqBORPhx7gcPWUCIG1X5GMQ/viewformSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/democracy-ishSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We have been learning a lot about grifting in America--from Donald Trump and his flock to the Supreme Court, everyone seems to be on the get rich or die trying bandwagon--it's this American capitalist mentality that makes the cryptocurrency industry so enticing. But is it truly safe for the average Jose's and Joe's looking for a leg up? Danielle and Waj chat with actor and author of the new book "Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud", Ben McKenzie about what we need to pay attention to when it comes to crypto!Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Senior Producer: Quinton Hill Distributor: DCP Entertainment Help our show better serve you by completing the show survey below: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_PCmhqQmQNSTpyepBSPrdLkuGqBORPhx7gcPWUCIG1X5GMQ/viewformSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/democracy-ishSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We haven't seen a news cycle like this week in a while. Mercury is in retrograde and shaking up cable news. What was once thought unthinkable has occurred--Tucker Carlson, white supremacist golden boy is out at Fox. Not to be outdone--for entirely different reasons Don Lemon is out at CNN! Waj and Danielle discuss the shakeup and where we think cable news and mainstream media is headed next. Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Senior Producer: Quinton Hill Distributor: DCP EntertainmentHelp our show better serve you by completing the show survey below:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_PCmhqQmQNSTpyepBSPrdLkuGqBORPhx7gcPWUCIG1X5GMQ/viewform Support the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/democracy-ishSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do you care about your ailing loved ones in nursing homes? How about your 401K? Private Equity firms have become modern day pirates preying on the most marginalized populations in order to make a buck--and if that isn't terrible enough they are now coming for what is left of the Middle Class. Waj and Danielle sit down with Brendan Ballou author of the new book, Plunder: Private Equity's Plan to Pillage America. In this episode of democracy-ish we pull the curtain back behind these elitist institutions to see what is really at play.Hosts: Danielle Moodie & Wajahat Ali Executive Producer: Adell Coleman Senior Producer: Quinton Hill Distributor: DCP EntertainmentSupport the show: https://www.dcpofficial.com/democracy-ishSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.