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27: New from The Nation: More Than Enough
January 15th, 2020
1:22
New for Next Left listeners, the latest podcast from The Nation, featuring conversations about guaranteed income, deservedness, and the country …
26: How Bernie Sanders Is Making the Next Left Possible
November 19th, 2019
31:47
The roots of the Next Left podcast go back almost exactly a year—energized by the wave of progressive activism sweeping the country, we wanted to …
25: Barbara Lee Is Proud to be the Progressive OG
November 12th, 2019
32:32
Next Left has this year highlighted political newcomers, rising stars, and challengers to the status quo. But as we spoke with first-time candidates …
24: No More Blue Dog Democrats!
November 5th, 2019
27:31
Jessica Cisneros is having a moment. She's 26-year-old lawyer from Laredo, Texas, is making her first bid for office in a district that stretches …
23: The Politician Amazon Is Dead Set on Defeating
October 29th, 2019
31:28
When Kshama Sawant was elected to the Seattle City Council in 2013, her local victory made international news. An immigrant from India and an academic who taught economics, hers was an interesting story—especially …
22: Chesa Boudin Wants to Bring Restorative Justice to San Francisco
October 22nd, 2019
31:50
Chesa Boudin is part of something: a national movement to change the way that district attorneys operate within the criminal justice system. He wants to make the change in San Francisco, as that city's new DA. Boudin is …
21: Fear Is Changing Sides in Puerto Rico
October 15th, 2019
29:20
Manuel Natal Albelo is, at age 33, one of the most dynamic and popular political figures in Puerto Rico. He is breaking the old boundaries of …
20: How a Black, Socialist City Councilman Won His Seat in the Heart of the South
October 8th, 2019
30:25
South Fulton, Georgia Councilman khalid kamau prefers to be introduced simply as "Councilman khalid." He wants to dispense with the formalities, and …
19: Katherine Clark Has Been Calling for Impeachment for Months
October 1st, 2019
33:30
Most members of Congress don't begin as members of Congress. They start in their hometowns, with campaigns for the city council or a county post or …
18: Chokwe Antar Lumumba: Being a Radical Means Getting to the Root Causes of Injustice
September 24th, 2019
32:59
Jackson, Mississippi Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba has a vision that distinguishes him from most elected officials in the United States, even from most progressive elected officials. He is not afraid of the world radical, …
17: Ruth Buffalo is changing politics in North Dakota
September 17th, 2019
33:19
The records of the State Historical Society of North Dakota contain a bland notation of an infrastructure project from almost seventy years ago. They tell us that the Garrison Dam was built by the US government to …
16: Meet the Only Member of Congress Who Has Been a FARC Captive
September 10th, 2019
31:30
The US Congress has historically been defined by a seniority system that has too frequently rewarded members for the length of their tenures rather than the strength of their ideas. But that’s changing, as young …
15: Tiffany Cabán Has Only Begun to Fight
September 3rd, 2019
33:58
Tiffany Cabán started 2019 as a 31-year-old public defender in her native New York City. She knew that the criminal justice system wasn’t working for …
14: A Blue Texas Is Not Enough. We Need a Progressive Texas.
August 27th, 2019
31:46
The smarter politics that is emerging in America recognizes that every elected position has the potential to serve as a platform for transformational …
Rashida Tlaib Speaks Truth to Power, and Donald Trump Hates That (Rebroadcast)
August 20th, 2019
28:39
Donald Trump has gone to extraordinary lengths to diminish, disempower and smear Rashida Tlaib. The President has been ranting and raving about the Democratic congresswoman from Michigan since she took office earlier …
13: Want to Change Your City? Start In Your Community
August 13th, 2019
32:04
You may have seen Philadelphia City Council Member Helen Gym rallying recently with Senator Bernie Sanders to save Philadelphia’s Hahnemann Hospital from closure. That fight earned national headlines. But it was typical …
12: No Native American Women Had Ever Been Elected to Congress—Until Last Year
August 6th, 2019
28:13
Congresswoman Deb Haaland has some ideas about what it means when President Trump tells newly-elected congresswomen to go back where they came from.
Haaland is, herself, a newly-elected member of Congress from New …
9: Pramila Jayapal Is Not Backing Down
July 16th, 2019
33:03
When Women Disobey activists sat in at the Senate Hart Office Building in the summer of 2018, Pramila Japayal was asked to address the protest against the Trump administration's brutal approach to border and immigration …
7: Franklin Bynum Is a Texas Judge Who Wants to Abolish Prisons
July 2nd, 2019
31:38
Franklin Bynum is a judge. Sometimes, he even wears the black robes associated with the job. But the title and the robes don't begin to tell his …
6: It Took Losing an Election to Really Crystalize Ro Khanna’s Vision
June 25th, 2019
34:17
California Congressman Ro Khanna took on a Democratic incumbent in a 2016 primary because he said Democrats needed to fight harder for economic and social and racial justice, for peace and a new approach to foreign …
5: Sara Innamorato: "Creating an Economy Where Everyone can Live a Life of Dignity"
June 18th, 2019
31:27
This week on Next Left, the Pennsylvania state legislator “fighting the right fights” for working class people.
What draws people into politics? …
4: Rashida Tlaib: There’s a "Real Human Impact of Doing Nothing"
June 11th, 2019
28:08
This week on Next Left, the outspoken representative who is holding Trump accountable.
Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib is a veteran defender of civil …
3: Lee Carter: "Your Elected Representative Is Part of the Problem"
June 4th, 2019
33:38
This week’s podcast takes us to Virginia, where we talk to Lee Carter, Marine Corps veteran, Democratic Socialist, Lyft driver, and member of the Virginia House of Delegates. When Carter was elected in 2017, as part of …
2: Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez: "I Was Scared, But I Did It Anyways"
May 28th, 2019
31:40
This week we're in Chicago, city of big dreams and big politics. Historically, Chicago was a machine town. Democratic bosses prevented reformers and …
1: Ilhan Omar: “There’s a Reason That I Got Elected to Be in Congress and it has Nothing to do with the Fact that I’m a Refugee”
May 21st, 2019
33:07
From the grass roots to the ballot box, we are witnessing an explosion of progressive political energy. New candidates are running for offices high …
1: Next Left, Coming May 21
May 14th, 2019
1:45
From the grass roots to the ballot box, we are witnessing an explosion of progressive political energy. New candidates are running for offices high …
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