Best Andrea Cambron Podcasts (2024)

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Enlighten Me - Episode 40 - No Church In The Wild 33:36

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Show Credit: WERA-FM, 96.7|Show Title: No Church In The WildColin Kaepernick's story highlights so many problematic stances the NFL takes regarding the relationship between the owners and its players. Attorney Charles Coleman Jr., has been following this closer than I ever would and he will join me to talk about the protest, the boycott and how kne…

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Enlighten Me - Episode 39 - DETROIT 25:45

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Show Credit: WERA-FM, 96.7|Show Title: DETROITNot only are we still in the middle of a couple of wars overseas that we can’t seem to finish, but our government is currently going through it’s own constitutional crisis. This might be the single biggest challenge of our generation. Nothing of this magnitude can be created in a vacuum, so Scott Kurash…

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Enlighten Me - Episode 38 - Spotlight: Stacey Abrams 31:16

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Show Credit: WERA-FM, 96.7|Show Title: Spotlight: Stacey AbramsIn the first installment of Spotlight on Enlighten Me, the former Georgia House Minority Leader will join me, and you may be surprised at how she views being a single black woman running for office. Her story is inspiring for everyone who seeks to challenge themselves in life, and I hop…

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Enlighten Me - Episode 37 - Care In Chaos 27:22

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Show Credit: WERA-FM, 96.7|Show Title: Care In ChaosAs the debate over healthcare looms in the form of “repeal and replace”, or “just repeal” or “try to replace at another more convenient time”, the good folks over at Rewire News have peered into a byproduct of the debate.On the program today, the women behind the doc: Calla Hales, the 27 year old …

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Enlighten Me - Episode 36 - What Are YOU Doing For Preparedness? 25:00

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Show Credit: WERA-FM, 96.7|Show Title: What Are YOU Doing For Preparedness?"Why is propaganda so much more successful when it stirs up hatred than when it tries to stir up friendly feeling?" - Bertrand RussellOn the program, Elizabeth (Liza) Goitein, Co-Director of the Liberty & National Security Program at the Brennan Center will give her analysis…

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Enlighten Me - Episode 35 - Ripple Of Hope 34:31

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Show Credit: WERA-FM, 96.7|Show Title: Ripple Of HopeThe three years after John F Kennedy’s death proved to be a pivotal time not only for Robert Kennedy, but for the Democratic party itself. Author John Bohrer will join me to discuss his book The Revolution of Robert Kennedy: From Power To Protest After JFK to talk about the parallels between the …

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Enlighten Me - Episode 34 - CHIP[ping] WIC 20:18

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Show Credit: WERA-FM, 96.7|Show Title: CHIP[ping] WICAccording to the most recent data by the Census Bureau “Almost two-thirds (65 percent) of children, lived in households that participated in at least one or more of the following government aid programs: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program…

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Enlighten Me - Episode 33 - Usual Suspects 28:52

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Show Credit: WERA-FM, 96.7|Show Title: Usual SuspectsOn the program, Hillman award winner Adele Stan, columnist for the American Prospect, will join us to give her analysis on the latest developments with the FBI investigation into the Trump campaign colluding with Russia. Also, did misogyny play a role into former FBI Director James Comey’s letter…

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Enlighten Me - Episode 32 - C.R.E.A.M. 32:47

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Show Credit: WERA-FM, 96.7|Show Title: C.R.E.A.M.If there is anything I have learned these past few years regarding economic policies that have shaped the American worker, inequality and the forces behind it are what make the U.S. economy function the way it does. A small percentage of the population gets rich, while the rest fight for crumbs at th…

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Enlighten Me - Episode 31 - S.O.S. 34:39

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Show Credit: WERA-FM, 96.7|Show Title: S.O.S.On the program, Tasha Eurich, author of Insight, shows us that we are not as self aware as we think. She’ll also outline steps on how to truly see ourselves clearly. It could probably help a lot of people in the political sphere right about now.ALSO– A couple of new indie films that deserve support are m…

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Enlighten Me - Episode 30 - With Every Minute, Seize The Chance To Turn It Around 29:38

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Show Credit: WERA-FM, 96.7|Show Title: With Every Minute, Seize The Chance To Turn It AroundThe new administration is currently seeking to eliminate Title X family planning funding, as well as add Teresa Manning to the Department of Health and Human Services where she will oversee the department assigned to women’s health and family planning for lo…

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Enlighten Me - Episode 29 - The Power of the People 32:33

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Show Credit: WERA-FM|Show Title: The Power of the PeopleUS District Court judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos ruled in Texas recently that SB 14, the voter ID Bill passed in 2011 was passed with the intent to discriminate against minority voters. This is something civil rights leaders, voting rights advocates and legal scholars have been fighting against fo…

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Enlighten Me - Episode 28 - The Complexity of Women 47:52

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Show Credit: WERA-FM|Show Title: The Complexity of WomenOn the program, Zoe Carpenter of The Nation has been looking into African American maternal birth rates. If we claim to care about black babies, let’s care about what has happened to them from the start.Also, how did certain topics become single issue deal breakers in political discourse? And …

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Enlighten Me - Episode 27 - Inspire. Empower. Stand Up. 32:40

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Show Credit: WERA-FM, 96.7|Show Title: Inspire. Empower. Stand Up.As a young teen, I always wondered what my mother did at the conferences she attended in Washington, DC. One year, she brought back a t-shirt with the AAUW logo. On it, was a phrase that I have seen throughout the years. “When women succeed, America succeeds.” So i’m happy to come fu…

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Enlighten Me - Episode 26 - Fortitude 47:58

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Show Credit: WERA-FM, 96.7|Show Title: FortitudeOn the program, Dr. E. Faye Williams, President & CEO of the National Congress of Black Women talks about the history of the organization as well as her role in protecting the rights of black women.Also, the Center for American Progress released their report, The Pillars of Equity: A Vision for Econom…

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Enlighten Me - Episode 25 - Binders Full Of Women 17:01

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Show Credit: WERA-FM, 96.7|Show Title: Binders Full Of WomenOn the program, Rewire Federal policy reporter Christine Grimaldi talks about #ADayWithoutAWoman as well as her piece regarding the American Health Care Act, the proposal from House Republicans regarding health care in America. Opponents argue it has changed a lot of provisions that helped…

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Enlighten Me - Episode 24 - Because of Them, We Can 35:46

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Show Credit: WERA-FM, 96.7|Show Title: Because of Them, We CanBlack women’s contributions to this society have been enormous, far ranging and all encompassing. On today’s program Dr. Tracee Jamison-Hooks, a research Electrical Engineer for the NASA Goddard Spaceflight Program. She was also the first African American to receive a PhD in Electrical E…

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Enlighten Me - Episode 23 - Fight The Power 47:54

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Show Credit: WERA-FM, 96.7|Show Title: Fight The PowerOn the program, civil rights activist Kevin Alexander Gray will talk about the history of the civil rights struggle, as well as his views on the administrations outreach toward African-Americans during black history month. Cinematographer Hans Charles will also join the program to talk about his…

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Enlighten Me - Episode 22 - Black Love, Black Power 27:10

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Show Credit: WERA-FM, 96.7| Show Title: Black Love, Black PowerStefanie Brown James and Quentin James are committed to engaging the African American electorate to empower themselves. Their decades of service in community engagement and progressive politics led them to found The Collective PAC, and organization dedicated to building Black political …

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Enlighten Me - Episode 21 - Past Is Prologue 25:43

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Show credit: WERA-FM, 96.7|Show Title: Past is Prologue“How can a community that evolved for more than 100 years only carry on in the memories of a few surviving members?”On the program today, Jason Green, the co-producer of The Quince Orchard Project will answer these questions and more. As a fifth generation descendant of the area, I’m sure he ca…

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Enlighten Me - Episode 18 - There Are No Children Here 23:40

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Show Credit: WERA-FM, 96.7|Show Title: There Are No Children Here https://enlightenmeonwera.com/2017/01/18/11-18-17-false-prophets-leading-no-one/On the program, Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, Director of the Hamilton Project and Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution will join me. She has been studying issues related to reducing child poverty an…

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Enlighten Me - Episode 19 - The Resistance 31:12

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Show Credit: WERA-FM, 96.7|Show Title: The Resistance https://enlightenmeonwera.com/2017/01/25/01-25-17-the-resistance/I talked to Adele Stan, Contributor for The American Prospect on her thoughts on the women's March on Washington and what we need to do to move forward. Her recent piece on intersectionality and feminism is a must read.The Women’s …

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Enlighten Me - Episode 20 - Black Girl Magic 21:26

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Show Credit: WERA-FM, 96.7|Show Title: Black Girl Magic https://enlightenmeonwera.com/2017/02/01/02-01-17-black-girl-magic/It wouldn’t be Black History month to me if I didn’t start off by showcasing powerful black women. Why? Because who tried to save the world? Exactly.On the program, Tara Murray, former Deputy Legal Director of the London-based …

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Enlighten Me - Episode 17 - #LetGirsLearn 29:58

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Show Credit: WERA-FM,96.7|Show Title: #LetGirsLearn https://enlightenmeonwera.com/2017/01/11/1-11-17-letgirlslearn/First Lady Michelle Obama has put her name behind Let Girls Learn, the initiative to “address challenges preventing adolescent girls from attaining a quality education that empowers them to reach their full potential.”On the program, A…

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Enlighten Me - Episode 16 - Give us, Us Free 29:22

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Show Credit: WERA-FM, 96.7|Show Title: Give us, Us Free https://enlightenmeonwera.com/2017/01/04/1-04-17-give-us-us-free/What would you say if I told you that almost 40 percent of people currently in the American prison system are incarcerated unnecessarily? That’s the latest report from the Brennan Center, which gave recommendations on how to redu…

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Enlighten Me - Episode 15 - If At First You Don't Succeed, Dust Yourself Off And Try Again 50:28

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Show Credit: WERA-FM,96.7|Show Title: If At First You Don't Succeed, Dust Yourself Off And Try Again https://enlightenmeonwera.com/2016/12/14/12-14-16-if-at-first-you-dont-succeed-dust-yourself-off-and-try-again/On the program today, civil rights attorney Charles Coleman will talk about the mistrial in the case of Walter Scott, the man who was shot…

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Enlighten Me - Episode 14 - The 13th 42:41

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Show Credit: WERA-FM, 96.7|Show Title: The 13th https://enlightenmeonwera.com/2016/12/07/12-07-16-the-13th/This is the premise upon which Ava Duvernay seeks answers for what has happened to black and brown communities across the United States after the 13th amendment was ratified 151 years ago on Dec. 6th 1865. If you have yet to see the film, you …

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Enlighten Me - Episode 13 - It's The Media, Stupid 26:53

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Show Credit: WERA-FM, 96.7|Show Title: It's The Media, Stupid https://enlightenmeonwera.com/2016/11/30/11-30-16-its-the-media-stupid/ Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief of Rewire says we can’t let Donald Trump control the press. I’ll get her take on how the free press should report during a Donald Trump presidency. Enlighten Me Wednesday 4-5p ET WERA-F…

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Enlighten Me - Episode 12 - The Trump Effect 31:58

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Show Credit: WERA-FM, 96.7|Show Title: The Trump Effect https://enlightenmeonwera.com/2016/11/16/11-16-16-the-trump-effect/ Steve Snyder, Editorial Director of The 74 will join the program. The 74 has compiled more than 140 instances of school bullying and intimidation since Donald Trump was elected. Enlighten Me Wednesday 4-5p ET WERA-FM 96.7|@Enl…

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Enlighten Me - Episode 11 - When Women Succeed, America Succeeds 53:43

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Show Credit: WERA-FM, 96.7|Show Title: When Women Succeed, America Succeeds https://enlightenmeonwera.com/2016/10/26/10-26-16-when-women-succeed-america-succeeds/What would happen with a feminist in the White House? or, How would women go about getting the fair pay we truly deserve? And even after the election — Our children. How have they been aff…

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Enlighten Me - Episode 10 - America, Oh What A Night 24:24

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Show credit from WERA-FM 96.7|Show Title: America, Oh What A night|https://enlightenmeonwera.com/2016/11/09/11-09-16-america-oh-what-a-night/In what the polls, the pundits and everyone but the people thought to be the case, Donald Trump became the President-elect of this here United States.I give my thoughts and analysis with Adele Stan, the Washin…

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Enlighten Me - Episode 9 - Dark And Lovely 29:21

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Show credit from WERA-FM 96.7|Show Title: Dark And Lovely|https://enlightenmeonwera.com/2016/11/02/11-02-16-dark-and-lovely/Indian American Aswathi Thomas wrote a piece in Huffington Post on the effects that colorism have had on her and other dark skinned Indian Americans in the hopes that we can dismantle the stereotype that fair skin equates to b…

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Enlighten Me - Episode 8 - Work. Life. Balance. 22:42

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Show credit from WERA-FM 96.7|Show Title: Work. Life. Balance.|https://enlightenmeonwera.com/2016/10/19/10-19-16-work-life-balance/A new report from the Center for American Progress crunches the numbers. Parents are stretching themselves thin when it comes to the misalignment between our children’s school schedules and our work schedules. We’ll fin…

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Enlighten Me - Episode 7 - Started From The Bottom Now We Here 24:20

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Show credit from WERA-FM 96.7|Show Title: Started From The Bottom Now We Here|https://enlightenmeonwera.com/2016/10/12/10-12-16-started-from-the-bottom-now-we-here/I had a conversation with Alejandro Danois, author of The Boys of Dunbar: A Story of Love Hope and Basketball on the ’81-’82 Baltimore Dunbar Poets basketball team. It’s about basketball…

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Enlighten Me - Episode 6 - Each One, Teach One 42:41

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Show credit from WERA-FM 96.7|Show Title: Each One, Teach One|https://enlightenmeonwera.com/2016/10/05/10-05-16-each-one-teach-one/Education is the focus of today’s program, I talked to National Education Association (NEA) President Lily Eskelsen Garcia about the Trump Effect during National anti-bullying awareness month.Also, Soledad O’Brien joine…

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Enlighten Me - Episode 5 - We Should All Be Feminists 29:44

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Show credit from WERA-FM 96.7|Show Title: We Should All Be Feminists|https://enlightenmeonwera.com/2016/09/28/09-28-16-we-should-all-be-feminists/ Hillary Clinton is inching closer to the White House. But will she be the first proclaimed feminist? I talked to Doreen Mattingly on her book A Feminist in the White House: Midge Costanza, the Carter yea…

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Enlighten Me - Episode 4 - Pay It Forward 38:45

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Show credit from WERA-FM 96.7|Show Title: Pay It Forward|https://enlightenmeonwera.com/2016/09/19/09-21-16-pay-it-forward/On the 5th anniversary of the Troy Davis execution I had a conversation with De’Jaun Davis Correia on his uncle’s legacy and what propels him to move forward. Nurturing Powerful Roots. #npr--- Support this podcast: https://podca…

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Enlighten Me - Episode 3 - Pay Me What You Owe Me 30:47

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Show credit from WERA-FM 96.7|Show Title: Pay Me What You Owe Me|https://enlightenmeonwera.com/2016/09/14/09-14-16-pay-me-what-you-owe-me/The report from the Census bureau on Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States showed wages between men and women have stayed the same since pre-recession times (2007). That’s almost 10 y…

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Enlighten Me - Episode 2 - If You Don't Stand For Something You'll Fall For Anything 55:39

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Show credit from WERA-FM 96.7|Show Title: If You Don't Stand For Something You'll Fall For Anything|https://enlightenmeonwera.com/2016/09/07/09-07-16-on-wera-96-7-fm-4-5p-et-if-you-dont-stand-for-something-youll-fall-for-anything/Colin Kaepernick’s silent protest and Jesse Williams speech at the BET awards has sparked a major discussion around patr…

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Enlighten Me - Episode 1 - America's Child Care Crisis 54:29

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Show credit from WERA-FM 96.7|Show Title: America's Childcare Crisis |https://enlightenmeonwera.com/2016/06/30/americas-childcare-crisis/Rasheed Maalik, a policy analyst at the Center for American Progress will discuss his latest research on the economic dilemmas that families face when they can't afford adequate childcare.Nurturing Powerful Roots.…

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