Politically Re-Active with W. Kamau Bell & Hari Kondabolu
Topic Studios
86 episodes
9 months ago
W. Kamau Bell and Hari Kondabolu are comedians who take politics seriously — and longtime friends, trying to help keep each other sane. Join them as they pull the alarm on the dumpster fire that is American politics, and talk to the creators, thinkers, and leaders doing the work to defend and reinvent our democracy.
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W. Kamau Bell and Hari Kondabolu are comedians who take politics seriously — and longtime friends, trying to help keep each other sane. Join them as they pull the alarm on the dumpster fire that is American politics, and talk to the creators, thinkers, and leaders doing the work to defend and reinvent our democracy.
Politically Re-Active with W. Kamau Bell & Hari Kondabolu
1 hour 44 minutes
4 years ago
Chase Strangio + Dr. Connie Wun + Derek DelGaudio
Three powerful, absolutely-nothing-like-one-another conversations on this week's jam-packed mega-episode:The ACLU's Chase Strangio blows open the absurdity and cruelty of state legislation targeting trans youth who want to play sports—and agrees with Hari about Rodney Dangerfield's relevance to the conversation.Dr. Connie Wun lifts up the humanity of the victims of the spa killings near Atlanta and connects their murders to America's long history of racist and colonial violence against Asians and Asian-Americans. And she makes the case that cops won't end hate crimes—but organized communities can.Then Derek DelGaudio, creator of In & Of Itself and author of AMORALMAN, communes with Kamau about magic, identity, performance, and only-childness.Find our guests:Chase Strangio (@chasestrangio) https://www.aclu.org/news/by/chase-strangio/Dr. Connie Wun (@conniewunphd) https://www.conniewunphd.comDerek DelGaudio (@derek_del) Trans-led orgs recommended by Chase:Transformation Project (South Dakota) https://www.transformationprojectsd.org Transgender Education Network of Texas https://www.transtexas.orgGrassroots orgs highlighted by Connie:AAPI Women Lead https://www.imreadymovement.orgAdvancing Justice https://www.advancingjustice-aajc.orgCAAAV https://caaav.orgDRUM: Desis Rising Up and Moving https://www.drumnyc.orgRed Canary Song https://www.redcanarysong.netVietLead https://www.vietlead.orgVietRISE https://vietrise.org18 Million Rising https://18millionrising.orgAlso mentioned in the show:Disclosure http://www.disclosurethemovie.com/about
Find us:Hari Kondabolu (@harikondabolu) http://www.harikondabolu.com/W. Kamau Bell (@wkamaubell) http://www.wkamaubell.com/Find the show:Twitter (@PoliticReActive)Facebook (@politicallyreactive)Instagram (@politicallyreactive)Produced by Topic Studios. Part of the WarnerMedia Podcast Network.Full credits. www.PoliticallyReActive.com
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Politically Re-Active with W. Kamau Bell & Hari Kondabolu
W. Kamau Bell and Hari Kondabolu are comedians who take politics seriously — and longtime friends, trying to help keep each other sane. Join them as they pull the alarm on the dumpster fire that is American politics, and talk to the creators, thinkers, and leaders doing the work to defend and reinvent our democracy.
