Best Jews United for Democracy Podcasts (2024)

In honor of Women’s History Month, we are sharing a special bonus episode featuring Chicana activist and artist Irma Lerma Barbosa. Her legacy will be preserved for years to come in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History Collections. Irma attended college at a time when the Chicano movement was just gaining momentum – and she jumped …

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Rabbi Sharon Brous with Madeleine Brand | The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World 59:09

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Bob Shrum and Mike Murphy with Patt Morrison | 2024 Election Year Update: It's Anything But Business As Usual 58:21

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Encore: History fails when it ignores the BIPOC women who made it 35:09

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In honor of Black History Month, Untextbooked is sharing a favorite episode from our archive. Women of color have been at the forefront of many movements, yet are often neglected, demonized, or ignored. Your history class probably didn’t teach you about Josephine Baker, who was not only a famous Black dancer and entertainer, but also a spy aiding i…

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Rick Hasen with Larry Mantle | A Real Right to Vote: How a Constitutional Amendment Can Safeguard American Democracy 56:38

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Encore: How did Black Americans forge a cultural identity? 19:31

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In honor of Black History Month, UnTextbooked is sharing a favorite episode from our archive. UnTextbooked producer Sydne Clarke thinks that African American history is often oversimplified or overlooked. Often that history is taught as things that happened to African Americans. We don’t often hear about the ways in which African Americans fought f…

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What Can Anonymous & Hacker Collectives Teach Us About Internet Activism? 23:51

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In 2008, Anonymous posted a video declaring war against Scientology. Some people flocked to join the hacker collective while corporations started re-evaluating their security protocols. This week on Untextbooked, producer Caroline Somers dives into the history of the hacker collective and asks what can we learn about internet activism. Gabriella Co…

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Susan Glasser with Warren Olney | What Will 2024 Bring to Our Nation and the World? 58:39

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Sister Simone Campbell and Andrew Seidel with Patt Morrison | God & Country: Dictators, Democracy and Christian Nationalism 56:29

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Bret Stephens with Madeleine Brand | Antisemitism: From Harvard to Gaza 1:00:56

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What’s the Complicated Legacy of Betty Friedan? 18:31

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In 1963, Betty Friedan’s book The Feminine Mystique was a galvanizing force for the Feminist movement. Now, nearly six decades later, feminist discourse has gone through several evolutions, Betty Friedan is no longer a household name, and her radical ideas don’t sound so radical anymore. This week, Producer Gavin Scott sits down with Rachel Shteir,…

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Aaron David Miller with Rabbi David Wolpe | Israel in Crisis: Briefing #8 56:00

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Ron Brownstein and Stuart Stevens with Patt Morrison | Election 2024: The Countdown Begins 56:31

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How does Disneyland Reflect the American Dream? 41:44

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What does it mean to belong in the American imagination? That’s one question we explore on this week’s episode of UnTextbooked. In another installment of “UnTextbooking the Museum Collections”, we dive into the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History exhibit named “Mirror Mirror: Disney theme parks and American stories”. Producer Victor Y…

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Damon Linker with Warren Olney | 2024: Another Year in Defiance of Political Reality? 58:09

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What Can We Learn From Historic Youth Movements? 42:25

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UnTextbooked is back with a new episode in our series, “UnTextbooking the Museum Collections.” We're sharing the untold story of Irma Lerma Barbosa, a Chicana activist and artist whose work will be preserved for years to come in the National Museum of American History's Collections. Curator Veronica Mendez tells us how this acquisition came to be a…

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Erwin Chemerinsky with Larry Mantle | Anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism on college campuses: What can be done? 56:35

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Wait, SYPHILIS Is the Reason Why We Have the Field of Dermatology? 30:58

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In this new miniseries we’re calling “UnTextbooking the Museum Collections,” we dive into the vast collections of the Smithsonian, the world’s largest museum complex, made up of 21 museums and the National Zoological Park, as well as research facilities. This week, producer Jenny Fan talks with curator Katherine Ott, PhD, about curating medical his…

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Encore: How do democracies die? 32:37

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This week, we are revisiting an important question: Is our democracy in danger? In the years after Trump’s presidency, it’s tempting to say “not anymore,” but nowadays threats to democracy are no longer as obvious as a military coup or revolution. Instead, a democracy in danger manifests in much more subtle ways including: the steady decline of lon…

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Heather Cox Richardson with Patt Morrison | Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America 58:35

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Heather Cox Richardson is a Professor of History at Boston College. She has written many award-winning books about American history, American politics, and the history of the Republican Party through the Trump administration. In her most recent book, Democracy Awakening, Cox Richardson offers an analysis of how America, historically seen as a “beac…

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Adm. (ret) Mike Mullen with Warren Olney | The World At War: Is There a Path to Peace? 56:45

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Adm. (ret) Mike Mullen with Warren Olney | The World At War: Is There a Path to Peace?

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What Was the Black Panther Party Fighting For? 30:48

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In 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, police killed unarmed 17-year-old Bobby Hutton, and Aaron Dixon decided it was time to join the Black Panther Party. Aaron Dixon was co-founder and Captain of the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party. As a college student at the University of Washington, Dixon played a key role in the formatio…

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Franklin Foer with Madeleine Brand | Inside Joe Biden's White House and the struggle for America's future 57:17

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Anne Applebaum with Warren Olney | The World at War 59:10

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How Does The Legacy of Settler Expansion & Industrialization Destroy Indigenous Livelihood? 30:39

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Thousands of protestors joined Indigenous activists at Standing Rock to fight for clean drinking water. At its core, this fight echoes the legacy of broken treaties and settler industrialization. Producer Lily Sones talks with Dina Gilio-Whitaker (Colville Confederated Tribes) about how industrialization halted traditional indigenous food ways and …

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Aaron David Miller with Patt Morrison | Israel in Crisis Briefing: Biden Administration Policy Toward Israel-Hamas War 59:52

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Israel in Crisis Briefing: Biden Administration Policy Toward Israel-Hamas War

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Simon Rosenberg and Sarah Longwell | An Early Look at the 2024 Elections 54:50

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Simon Rosenberg and Sarah Longwell | An Early Look at the 2024 Elections

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What Do Our Clothes Reveal About History, Economics, and Gender? 25:05

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The clothes we wear say a lot about how we express ourselves. But an investigation into how these clothes ended up in our closets reveals a complex history dating back 400 years ago at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. Producer Ashley Kim sits down with Sofi Thanhauser, the author of “Worn: A People’s History of Clothing” to learn how clothing…

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