From the award-winning journalist Farai Chideya
A podcast unapologetically reporting how women of color impact today’s major political events.
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Our Body Politic’s weekly episodes feature in-depth conversations about the economy, health, politics, education, the environment, and the most prescient issues – because all issues are women’s issues.
Around the World: The Latest in Geopolitics from Ukraine to China to Nigeria
Guest host Hagar Chemali, foreign policy expert and Creator and Host of the YouTube show "Oh My World!", looked closely at the latest in international policy, from the conflict in Ukraine to US and China relations, and finally, the recent election in Africa’s largest...
The State of America Summit: How Storytelling and Civic Engagement Go Hand-in-Hand
Our Body Politic joined the 92nd Street Y's State of America Summit. I led a panel featuring Danielle Allen, Suketu Mehta, Bird Runningwater, and Dr. Anna Malaika Tubbs. We discussed the future of civic engagement and journalism and explored how we define...
Black Women on Creating a New Media Landscape
Our Body Politic travels to SXSW in Austin, Texas, where guest host and ESPN Executive Marsha Cooke leads a panel about the future of media and how Black women are at the forefront with Mary Annaïse Heglar, Co-creator and Co-host of the Hot Take podcast and Lauren...
Pandemic Woes and How Black Women Helped Build the Biden Administration
Three years after the first lockdowns in the US, we look at how public health has changed and how we have changed with it. Plus a new book, “Black Women Will Save the World: An Anthem,” explores black women’s contributions to the Biden administration. Featured...
A Few Our Body Politic Guests
“Our Body Politic manages to be both a political and cultural cheat sheet, and extremely listenable.”
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• • • About The Host • • •
Farai Chideya
Host of Our Body Politic
I listen critically to stories about our human journey, and track the data on people, governments, and our global society.
Sign up for my weekly insights about American demographics, equity and equality, voter behavior and other perspectives you won’t hear about anywhere else.
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