Bakari is joined by the creator of HIT strategies Terrance Woodbury. HIT strategies is a public analysis and data firm that partners with candidates and organizations that share the mission of empowering underrepresented communities . What are black voters telling us about the election and are the campaigns listening (02:15)? Bakari and Terrance also discuss if there’s a black Trump vote (07:33). Which third party candidate causes the most consternation (12:11)?
Host: Bakari Sellers
Guest: Terrance Woodbury
Producer: Clifford Augustin
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Apr 22
26 min
Bakari is joined by Craig Gilbert, a prominently known political journalist who recently retired from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Craig discusses how his career got started and where he’s at now (01:52). Is the polling in Wisconsin accurate (03:48)? What are Black voters concerned about in Wisconsin (08:03)? What kinds of resources are being put in by both parties to campaign in Wisconsin (17:52)?
Host: Bakari Sellers
Guest: Craig Gilbert
Producer: Clifford Augustin
Executive Producer: Jarrod Loadholt
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Apr 15
28 min
Bakari is joined by author Don Winslow, who is best known for his crime novels. Winslow talks about why he uses his voice in politics, specifically against Donald Trump (06:26). He also discusses his newest book, 'City in Ruins' (08:14). Winslow also goes in-depth about the parallels between his book 'Savages' and the movie, which was directed by Oliver Stone (15:08).
Host: Bakari Sellers
Guest: Don Winslow
Producer: Clifford Augustin
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Apr 11
24 min
Bakari is joined by Kent Babb of The Washington Post to talk about his piece on LSU women’s basketball head coach Kim Mulkey. Kent speaks on Mulkey’s press conference addressing his article about her before it was released (06:10). What is Mulkey’s relationship with arguably her best player ever, Brittney Griner (11:20)? How is she viewed among her coaching peers (17:21)?
Host: Bakari Sellers
Guest: Kent Babb
Producer: Clifford Augustin
Executive Producer: Jarrod Loadholt
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Apr 8
25 min
Bakari Sellers is joined by Danielle Battaglia, Capitol Hill correspondent for The News & Observer and The Charlotte Observer, to discuss everything going on with North Carolina politics. They discuss whether North Carolina is a swing state, the gubernatorial race, the history of North Carolina politics, and much more (2:35).
Host: Bakari Sellers
Guest: Danielle Battaglia
Producer: Isaiah Blakely
Executive Producer: Jarrod Loadholt
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Apr 4
23 min
Jessica Hill of the Las Vegas Review-Journal joins Bakari Sellers to discuss one of the biggest battleground states, Nevada. Why is Nevada such a swing state (04:20)? They also discuss Jacky Rosen and Sam Brown’s tightly contested Senate race (12:06) and the important issues for Black voters in Nevada (15:30).
Host: Bakari Sellers
Guest: Jessica Hill
Producer: Clifford Augustin
Executive Producer: Jarrod Loadholt
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Apr 1
26 min
Bakari is joined by former college basketball national player of the year and the no. 2 pick in the 2010 NBA draft, Evan Turner. Bakari and Evan discuss his transition from player, to coach, to entrepreneur (02:06). Then, they talk about the changes in college athletics, including NIL and the transfer portal (09:54). Plus, Evan’s Final Four predictions on both the men's and women's side (16:33).
Host: Bakari Sellers
Guest: Evan Turner
Producer: Clifford Augustin
Executive Producer: Jarrod Loadholt
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Mar 28
32 min
Bakari Sellers is joined by Atlanta Journal-Constitution political reporter Greg Bluestein. They start by talking about what District Attorney Fani Willis’s disqualification means for Donald Trump’s case against the state of Georgia. Then, they talk about how Trump and Joe Biden plan to campaign in Georgia (6:40).
Host: Bakari Sellers
Guest: Greg Bluestein
Producer: Isaiah Blakely
Executive Producer: Jarrod Loadholt
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Mar 25
26 min
Bakari Sellers is joined by ‘Abbott Elementary’ star William Stanford Davis to discuss getting into acting, auditioning for ‘Friends,’ what it means to be a late bloomer (4:33), and what it’s like to work on ‘Abbott Elementary’ (5:50).
Host: Bakari Sellers
Guest: William Stanford Davis
Producer: Isaiah Blakely
Executive Producer: Jarrod Loadholt
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Mar 21
25 min
Bakari Sellers is joined by Finding Ceremony’s Lyra Monteiro to discuss her career, her reporting on the MOVE bombing, and the Morton Cranial Collection.
Host: Bakari Sellers
Guest: Lyra Monteiro
Producer: Stefan Anderson
Executive Producer: Jarrod Loadholt
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Mar 18
29 min
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