Radio Dispatch is a weekly podcast covering progressive politics, hosted by siblings John and MJ Knefel. The show features journalists, authors, organizers, and artists, as well as John and MJ's own original reporting and analysis. From civil liberties and privacy to civil rights and intersectional feminism, Radio Dispatch covers the news from a point of view that values recognizing and discussing power and privilege. John and MJ's journalism can be found at Rolling Stone, Buzzfeed, Vice, The New Inquiry and more. Listeners are the most important part of Radio Dispatch, and the show strives to amplify the stories and narratives from those on the other end of the microphone.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 22 days 7 hours 30 minutes
Long live the Forever War
Neither candidate challenges the premise of the forever war, and listener mail.
Obama acknowledges CIA bombing of Laos
The NYT panics about micro-aggressions on campus, Obama acknowledges the CIA's bombing of Laos, and listener mail.
Phyllis Schlafly is dead at 92
Phyllis Schlafly is dead at 92, Trump gets graded on a curve, maternal mortality rates in the US are on the rise, and Megan Rapinoe kneels in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick.
The Get Down and the South Bronx
The Get Down and the birth of hip hop, Trump's Latino surrogates have started abandoning him, and listener mail about getting started in journalism.
Trump’s incoherence on immigration
Trump's incoherent immigration speech, reviewing a defense of Obama's foreign policy.
Resistance to charter schools grows
The growing resistance to charter schools and the ed reform movement, and that awful article about how to talk to women with headphones on. [caption id="attachment_91754"…
MapSwipe Helps MSF Crowdsource Cartography
MapSwipe is a new crowdsourcing cartography app, the school readiness gap is closing, and listener mail. [caption id="attachment_92149" align="alignnone" width="300"] Photo: Courtesy of…
Kaepernick’s Protest, Beyonce Shines at VMAs
Colin Kaepernick continues his protest of the National Anthem, Beyonce steals the show at the VMAs, and listener mail. [caption id="attachment_89353" align="alignnone" width="465"] Photo…
Radio Dispatch Live With Mychal Denzel Smith
Mychal Denzel Smith joins us for Radio Dispatch Live to discuss his New York Times bestselling book Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching. [caption id="attachment_91957"…