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Our Body Politic

Created and hosted by award-winning journalist Farai Chideya, Our Body Politic is unapologetically centered on reporting on not just how women of color experience the major political events of today, ... Read more

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Ranked #1

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Women of Color Leading the Charge Towards Workplace Equity

Women of Color Leading the Charge Towards Workplace Equity

What does the movement for workplace equity and inclusion look like today? This week, Our Body Politic guest host and ac... Read more

8 Jul 2022

50mins

Ranked #2

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Remembering George Floyd and Reimagining Abortion and Community Care

Remembering George Floyd and Reimagining Abortion and Community Care

This week, Farai is joined by Washington Post investigative journalists and co-authors, Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorun... Read more

1 Jul 2022

50mins

Ranked #3

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Breaking Down the Jan 6 Hearings with Jill Wine-Banks

Breaking Down the Jan 6 Hearings with Jill Wine-Banks

This week, Our Body Politic presents a special episode where Farai exclusively speaks to former Watergate prosecutor, le... Read more

24 Jun 2022

50mins

Ranked #4

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Remembering Urvashi Vaid and Creating Liberation

Remembering Urvashi Vaid and Creating Liberation

This week, Our Body Politic honors politics and pride, featuring a past interview between Farai and the late intersectio... Read more

17 Jun 2022

50mins

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Ranked #5

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Repairing A Nation And Fighting Online Disinformation

Repairing A Nation And Fighting Online Disinformation

This week, Farai speaks to the filmmakers of a new documentary The Big Payback Erika Alexander and Whitney Dow along wit... Read more

10 Jun 2022

50mins

Ranked #6

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Finding Joy in Stories, Service, and the Great Outdoors

Finding Joy in Stories, Service, and the Great Outdoors

This week, we are revisiting some of OBP’s most joyous interviews starting with Farai’s conversation with two publishers... Read more

3 Jun 2022

50mins

Ranked #7

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Spotlighting Black Women & Femmes in Pop Culture and Seeking Wellness in the Face of Tragedy

Spotlighting Black Women & Femmes in Pop Culture and Seeking Wellness in the Face of Tragedy

At Our Body Politic, the impact and experiences of Black women and other women of color takes center stage. This week, F... Read more

27 May 2022

49mins

Ranked #8

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Voices of Buffalo, Rep. Ruben Gallego on Racial Terror, and CRT

Voices of Buffalo, Rep. Ruben Gallego on Racial Terror, and CRT

This week, U.S. Representative Ruben Gallego of Arizona speaks with Farai about how his past experience as a Marine comb... Read more

20 May 2022

50mins

Ranked #9

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Preparing for and Fighting Against a Post-Roe Future

Preparing for and Fighting Against a Post-Roe Future

Given the recent leaked draft of a Supreme Court decision which could overturn Roe v. Wade, we do a special episode with... Read more

13 May 2022

50mins

Ranked #10

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Aging with Purpose and Redefining Strength for Black Women

Aging with Purpose and Redefining Strength for Black Women

What does it mean to age with purpose? In this week’s show, we are invited to hear a past conversation between Farai and... Read more

6 May 2022

50mins

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