Notes from America with Kai Wright

Notes from America with Kai Wright is a show about the unfinished business of our history, and its grip on our future.

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/anxiety

Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 39m. Bisher sind 362 Folge(n) erschienen. .

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 9 days 9 hours 25 minutes

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The US of Anxiety Wants to Hear from You


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 August 9, 2018  4m
 
 

The United States of Anxiety Season Three: There's an Election Coming


Women gained the right to vote nearly a century ago. Yet, power is still concentrated in the hands of men. In a year that’s seen a surge of female candidates, the question at the heart of the 2018 midterms is: Who is our democracy for?


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 September 14, 2018  3m
 
 

Welcome to 'The Stakes'


From host Kai Wright and the team that brought you The United States of Anxiety, a new show about what's not working about our society, how we can do better and why we have to. In episode one, we investigate one of the longest-running public health epide


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 April 23, 2019  29m
 
 

episode 1: The Dream Was Not Mine


Jennifer Willoughby was in an abusive marriage. Saily Avelenda was unhappy with her congressman, who'd held office for over two decades without facing a serious contender. They didn’t know they were about to topple two political giants. Plus, want to kno


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 September 17, 2018  36m
 
 

episode 2: We've Been Here Before


When Barbara Mikulski arrived in the Senate, all the podiums were built for men… and so was Washington's power structure. So she changed it. In this episode, Mikulski and three of her female Senate colleagues look back at Anita Hill's testimony and the 1


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 September 18, 2018  18m
 
 

episode 3: The Pedestal


Paula Casey is on a mission. She wants to erect a statue in Memphis dedicated to those who fought for a woman’s right to vote more than a century ago. The problem: There’s a Confederate monument in the way. And… meet the woman who vowed to shut down wome


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 September 25, 2018  27m
 
 

episode 4: The 'Indoor Man' and His Playmates


Playboy was never just about the pictures or the articles. The magazine helped create a men's liberation movement, founded on the notion that men could have anything they wanted. From Donald Trump to Harvey Weinstein, Hugh Hefner's concept of the "indoor


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 October 2, 2018  31m
 
 

episode 5: The Original Nasty Woman


Jeannette Rankin had a belief: That women were essential to the health of our democracy. She became the first woman elected to Congress over a century ago. Now, Kathleen Williams is vying to follow in her footsteps. Plus, what if we filled all 435 seats


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 October 10, 2018  32m
 
 

episode 6: Ida B. Wells


Journalist and activist Ida B. Wells is in some ways a forgotten figure, overlooked even in black civil rights history. But her reporting on lynchings across the South was unwavering in its mission: calling America out on racial injustice. And, why black


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 October 18, 2018  27m
 
 

episode 7: The Women of Texas's Secret Resistance


Rural Texas has a reputation as solid Republican territory, but hidden within those large swathes of red are small, individual flecks of blue. In this episode, we bring you the story of a group of progressive, Texan women who are organizing — in secret —


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 October 25, 2018  22m
 
 
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