In The Meanwhile
@inthemeanwhile.bsky.social
A podcast for anyone trying to survive the slow-motion apocalypse without losing their soul (or their sense of humor). Hosted by Marcus Harrison Green (mhgreen3000.bsky.social) and Nora Kenworthy (kenworthy.bsky.social). https://www.inthe-meanwhile.com
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Ep 33: When They Come for Your Ballot with Hannah Fried
Podcast Episode · In the Meanwhile · 01/09/2026 · 1h 9m
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This week was…😳😩🤬. But we’re ending it with some fire and pragmatic hope in the form of a much needed convo with Hannah Fried of @allvotingislocal.bsky.social. She’s doing the necessary work of protecting the vote—yes even in THESE times—for all of us. Listen in: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
ICE is everywhere, but so is resistance to it. This week on the pod, we go deep on immigrant rights, human rights, and why aboloshing ICE is the baseline with UW Human Rights expert Angelina Godoy. @angelinagodoy.bsky.social.
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Ep 35: Immigrant Rights are Human Rights with Angelina Godoy
Podcast Episode · In the Meanwhile · 01/23/2026 · 1h
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January 23, 2026 at 7:03 PM
ICE is everywhere, but so is resistance to it. This week on the pod, we go deep on immigrant rights, human rights, and why aboloshing ICE is the baseline with UW Human Rights expert Angelina Godoy. @angelinagodoy.bsky.social.
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How do we oppose militarization abroad and on our streets? This week, we are joined by Michael McPhearson, U.S. Army veteran and head of @veteransforpeace.bsky.social. He explains how forever wars get rebranded and redeployed at home—and what we can do to stop it. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Ep 34: Same War Machine, Different Neighborhood with Michael McPhearson
Podcast Episode · In the Meanwhile · 01/16/2026 · 1h 10m
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January 16, 2026 at 9:47 PM
How do we oppose militarization abroad and on our streets? This week, we are joined by Michael McPhearson, U.S. Army veteran and head of @veteransforpeace.bsky.social. He explains how forever wars get rebranded and redeployed at home—and what we can do to stop it. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
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Worth remembering, as Trump tries to brutalize blue states over alleged TANF fraud: Mississippi's former welfare director ran TANF as a private slush fund, routing tens of millions to churches, wrestlers, and celebrity pet projects (including Brett Favre's)—while rejecting over 90% of poor families.
NEW: Text messages reveal the strange relationship that John Davis, the former Mississippi official who directed millions in welfare dollars to sports celebrities, shared with WWE wrestlers Ted DiBiase Jr. and Brett DiBiase.
"It is me who tried to buy your love," he wrote in one text read in court.
"It is me who tried to buy your love," he wrote in one text read in court.
DiBiase Trial Spotlights Wrestlers' Odd Bond With Mississippi Welfare Scandal Mastermind
The odd relationship between the mastermind of the Mississippi welfare scandal and two ex-wrestlers was on display in Ted DiBiase Jr.’s trial.
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January 10, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Worth remembering, as Trump tries to brutalize blue states over alleged TANF fraud: Mississippi's former welfare director ran TANF as a private slush fund, routing tens of millions to churches, wrestlers, and celebrity pet projects (including Brett Favre's)—while rejecting over 90% of poor families.
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Regarding WA state continuing to give drivers license data to ICE, despite saying they stopped:
"If we can't keep data secure that we're collecting, do we have any business collecting it in the first place?"
"If we can't keep data secure that we're collecting, do we have any business collecting it in the first place?"
On this week-in-review, @finchfrii.bsky.social and @robertcruickshank.com discuss:
😡 WA still providing driver data to ICE
🌱 New Seattle electeds inaugurated
🤨 SPOG misleads on Wilson’s drug policy
🪓 Gov Ferguson proposes huge austerity
💸 Inslee criticizes Ferguson’s raid on climate funding
😡 WA still providing driver data to ICE
🌱 New Seattle electeds inaugurated
🤨 SPOG misleads on Wilson’s drug policy
🪓 Gov Ferguson proposes huge austerity
💸 Inslee criticizes Ferguson’s raid on climate funding
Week in Review: January 9, 2026 - with Robert Cruickshank
Washington state continues sharing driver data with ICE despite officials claiming they stopped. Governor Ferguson's austerity budget and climate faces criticism from former Gov. Inslee and Democrats....
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January 10, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Regarding WA state continuing to give drivers license data to ICE, despite saying they stopped:
"If we can't keep data secure that we're collecting, do we have any business collecting it in the first place?"
"If we can't keep data secure that we're collecting, do we have any business collecting it in the first place?"
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“We were raising our son to believe that no matter where you come from or what you look like, all of us deserve compassion and kindness,” said her widow, Becca Good.
"On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns.”
"On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns.”
"Had the admin. not deployed taxpayer-funded officers into the state for political reasons, there’s plenty of reason to believe that Renee Nicole Good – poet, mother, and treasured neighbor in her Minneapolis community – might still be alive today."
✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social + @yunao08.bsky.social
✍️ @tusk81.bsky.social + @yunao08.bsky.social
"The Minneapolis community – and Americans of conscience everywhere – are mourning the horrific killing of Renee Nicole Good," write @tusk81.bsky.social and @yunao08.bsky.social.
A poet, mother, wife, and neighbor who should still be alive today.
A poet, mother, wife, and neighbor who should still be alive today.
January 10, 2026 at 4:27 PM
“We were raising our son to believe that no matter where you come from or what you look like, all of us deserve compassion and kindness,” said her widow, Becca Good.
"On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns.”
"On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns.”
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at some point we're gonna have to have a real conversation about why we're still paying federal taxes to a regime that isn't using them to help anyone, but instead is using them to brutalize us
January 9, 2026 at 11:22 PM
at some point we're gonna have to have a real conversation about why we're still paying federal taxes to a regime that isn't using them to help anyone, but instead is using them to brutalize us
This week was…😳😩🤬. But we’re ending it with some fire and pragmatic hope in the form of a much needed convo with Hannah Fried of @allvotingislocal.bsky.social. She’s doing the necessary work of protecting the vote—yes even in THESE times—for all of us. Listen in: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Ep 33: When They Come for Your Ballot with Hannah Fried
Podcast Episode · In the Meanwhile · 01/09/2026 · 1h 9m
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January 9, 2026 at 11:10 PM
This week was…😳😩🤬. But we’re ending it with some fire and pragmatic hope in the form of a much needed convo with Hannah Fried of @allvotingislocal.bsky.social. She’s doing the necessary work of protecting the vote—yes even in THESE times—for all of us. Listen in: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
@mhgreen3000.bsky.social explains: we all know what’s getting twisted in the narrative around the Minneapolis killing of Renee Good.
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January 9, 2026 at 12:49 AM
@mhgreen3000.bsky.social explains: we all know what’s getting twisted in the narrative around the Minneapolis killing of Renee Good.
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January 3, 2026 at 9:43 PM
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2025 felt endless, but it wasn’t empty!
On this week’s show, we spoke with Alex Gallo-Brown about Seattle’s scrappy, people-powered mayoral campaign that beat big money, doomscroll despair, and establishment politics, and what it says about solidarity, democracy, and hope in the year ahead.
On this week’s show, we spoke with Alex Gallo-Brown about Seattle’s scrappy, people-powered mayoral campaign that beat big money, doomscroll despair, and establishment politics, and what it says about solidarity, democracy, and hope in the year ahead.
Ep 32: When Ordinary People Take Power with Alex Gallo-Brown
Podcast Episode · In the Meanwhile · 01/02/2026 · 1h 1m
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January 3, 2026 at 9:35 PM
2025 felt endless, but it wasn’t empty!
On this week’s show, we spoke with Alex Gallo-Brown about Seattle’s scrappy, people-powered mayoral campaign that beat big money, doomscroll despair, and establishment politics, and what it says about solidarity, democracy, and hope in the year ahead.
On this week’s show, we spoke with Alex Gallo-Brown about Seattle’s scrappy, people-powered mayoral campaign that beat big money, doomscroll despair, and establishment politics, and what it says about solidarity, democracy, and hope in the year ahead.
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Tune in to this week's @inthemeanwhile.bsky.social podcast featuring Ralina Joseph, author of "Racial Exhaustion"!
Discover how radical listening and speaking can help us navigate racial discussions without losing our cool.
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Discover how radical listening and speaking can help us navigate racial discussions without losing our cool.
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YouTube: buff.ly/HqYPPKi
Ep 29: Racial Exhaustion : A Field Guide for the Overwhelmed with Dr. Ralina Joseph
Podcast Episode · In the Meanwhile · 12/12/2025 · 1h 12m
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December 16, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Tune in to this week's @inthemeanwhile.bsky.social podcast featuring Ralina Joseph, author of "Racial Exhaustion"!
Discover how radical listening and speaking can help us navigate racial discussions without losing our cool.
Apple Podcast: buff.ly/qOBgqN3
YouTube: buff.ly/HqYPPKi
Discover how radical listening and speaking can help us navigate racial discussions without losing our cool.
Apple Podcast: buff.ly/qOBgqN3
YouTube: buff.ly/HqYPPKi
This week: The call is coming from inside the gated community! We chat with anthropologist @anandian.bsky.social about his 🔥🔥 new book, Something Between Us. Why does America live like it’s in a permanent bunker, and how could more interdependence save us all?
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Ep 28: The Call Is Coming From Inside the Gated Community with Anand Pandian
Podcast Episode · In the Meanwhile · 12/05/2025 · 1h 7m
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December 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
This week: The call is coming from inside the gated community! We chat with anthropologist @anandian.bsky.social about his 🔥🔥 new book, Something Between Us. Why does America live like it’s in a permanent bunker, and how could more interdependence save us all?
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This week: we can’t—and we shouldn’t try to—outrun history. Huge thanks to @drpenieljoseph.bsky.social for joining us to talk his new book, civil rights history, and the lessons it holds for us in this moment.
You don’t want to miss this one!
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You don’t want to miss this one!
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Ep 26: The Past that Won't Stay Past with Peniel Joseph
Podcast Episode · In the Meanwhile · 11/21/2025 · 1h 5m
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November 21, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This week: we can’t—and we shouldn’t try to—outrun history. Huge thanks to @drpenieljoseph.bsky.social for joining us to talk his new book, civil rights history, and the lessons it holds for us in this moment.
You don’t want to miss this one!
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You don’t want to miss this one!
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We've hit the 25th episode and we're not stopping here! A look back at the best, wildest, and most unexpectedly therapeutic moments so far, + a pop quiz, and lots of reasons for joy. Thanks to our community of listeners + supporters for getting us this far!
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Ep 25: 200 Ounces of Joy: Highlights from our first 25 episodes
Podcast Episode · In the Meanwhile · 11/14/2025 · 1h 1m
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November 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
We've hit the 25th episode and we're not stopping here! A look back at the best, wildest, and most unexpectedly therapeutic moments so far, + a pop quiz, and lots of reasons for joy. Thanks to our community of listeners + supporters for getting us this far!
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We've hit the 25th episode and we're not stopping here! A look back at the best, wildest, and most unexpectedly therapeutic moments so far, + a pop quiz, and lots of reasons for joy. Thanks to our community of listeners + supporters for getting us this far!
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Ep 25: 200 Ounces of Joy: Highlights from our first 25 episodes
Podcast Episode · In the Meanwhile · 11/14/2025 · 1h 1m
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November 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
We've hit the 25th episode and we're not stopping here! A look back at the best, wildest, and most unexpectedly therapeutic moments so far, + a pop quiz, and lots of reasons for joy. Thanks to our community of listeners + supporters for getting us this far!
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Marcus and Nora know how to get me talking. Love sharing about how much I love Common Power, our people and our work.
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November 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Marcus and Nora know how to get me talking. Love sharing about how much I love Common Power, our people and our work.
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That weird hopeful feeling you felt on election night - if you're not sure what to do with it and want to sustain that energy for the long haul, this week's episode is for you! We're back with Charles Douglas III of @ourcommonpower.bsky.social, on how this election day is just the beginning.
November 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
That weird hopeful feeling you felt on election night - if you're not sure what to do with it and want to sustain that energy for the long haul, this week's episode is for you! We're back with Charles Douglas III of @ourcommonpower.bsky.social, on how this election day is just the beginning.
If this Friday feels extra freaky…it’s not just Halloween, it’s elections 👻
Charles Douglas III, organizer and Exec. Dir. of Common Power, joins us to assuage election jitters and talk about what’s most important: building coalition power every day. This convo is🔥🔥 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Charles Douglas III, organizer and Exec. Dir. of Common Power, joins us to assuage election jitters and talk about what’s most important: building coalition power every day. This convo is🔥🔥 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Ep 23: Beyond Election Day with Charles Douglas III
Podcast Episode · In the Meanwhile · 10/31/2025 · 56m
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October 31, 2025 at 9:16 PM
If this Friday feels extra freaky…it’s not just Halloween, it’s elections 👻
Charles Douglas III, organizer and Exec. Dir. of Common Power, joins us to assuage election jitters and talk about what’s most important: building coalition power every day. This convo is🔥🔥 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Charles Douglas III, organizer and Exec. Dir. of Common Power, joins us to assuage election jitters and talk about what’s most important: building coalition power every day. This convo is🔥🔥 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
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October 29, 2025 at 4:37 AM
If you haven't already listened to this week's episode, this snippet will convince you! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
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I just discovered this podcast by Nora Kenworthy and Marcus Harrison Green. If you've been interested in my AI reporting or AI in general, I really recommend giving this episode (from August) a listen.
This week, a particularly timely conversation with the brilliant @danmcquillan.bsky.social: on the rise of technofascism, and what all of us can do to resist AI’s overreach. A necessary road map for rejecting the broligarchy and decomputing our way to liberation.🔥
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Ep 12: Dan McQuillan on resisting our AI overlords
Podcast Episode · In the Meanwhile · 08/15/2025 · 1h 10m
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October 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I just discovered this podcast by Nora Kenworthy and Marcus Harrison Green. If you've been interested in my AI reporting or AI in general, I really recommend giving this episode (from August) a listen.
Remember last week when 7 million of us took to the streets? Well, since then Donny destroyed the people's house and bought some private planes BUT we're not giving up! Today: organizer and artista Nadine Bloch helps us make revolution irresistible 🔥✊. Listen in! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Ep 22: Making Revolution Irresistible with Nadine Bloch
Podcast Episode · In the Meanwhile · 10/24/2025 · 1h
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October 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Remember last week when 7 million of us took to the streets? Well, since then Donny destroyed the people's house and bought some private planes BUT we're not giving up! Today: organizer and artista Nadine Bloch helps us make revolution irresistible 🔥✊. Listen in! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Chicago is under siege from ICE: yet neighbors are refusing to flinch, and practicing solidarity in every way possible. Ahead of #nokings, we are joined by Chicago Alderman Byron Sigcho Lopez, discussing ICE's assault on the city and how we all can push back. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Ep 21: Chicago Is Not A War Zone with Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez
Podcast Episode · In the Meanwhile · 10/17/2025 · 1h 1m
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October 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Chicago is under siege from ICE: yet neighbors are refusing to flinch, and practicing solidarity in every way possible. Ahead of #nokings, we are joined by Chicago Alderman Byron Sigcho Lopez, discussing ICE's assault on the city and how we all can push back. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
If you’re in a constant state of “Bari Weiss, CBS, Joe Rogan, WTF??” We’ve got you! @maggiemertens.bsky.social and Sarah Stuteville discuss building a sane news diet (follow people, not brands), supporting community-rooted media, and turning doom into doing. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Ep 20: Democracy Dies in Clickbait with Maggie Mertens & Sarah Stuteville
Podcast Episode · In the Meanwhile · 10/10/2025 · 1h
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October 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
If you’re in a constant state of “Bari Weiss, CBS, Joe Rogan, WTF??” We’ve got you! @maggiemertens.bsky.social and Sarah Stuteville discuss building a sane news diet (follow people, not brands), supporting community-rooted media, and turning doom into doing. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
This week, it’s an episode full of dark times and dark humor bracketed by moments of joy. We talk with the awe-inducing @kashana.blacksky.app 🤩about debt, policing, and how humor is essential to collective resistance. It’s all in her new book The Payback. Tune in! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Ep 19: Dark Humor for Dark Times with Kashana Cauley
Podcast Episode · In the Meanwhile · 10/03/2025 · 1h 4m
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October 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This week, it’s an episode full of dark times and dark humor bracketed by moments of joy. We talk with the awe-inducing @kashana.blacksky.app 🤩about debt, policing, and how humor is essential to collective resistance. It’s all in her new book The Payback. Tune in! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
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This week, Gregg Gonsalves (@gregggonsalves.bsky.social) joins us to help make sense of the absolute dumpster fire that is US public health right now—and to remind us why public health is not only worth fighting for, but essential to our democracy. Listen in. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Ep 18: Gregg Gonsalves / Ass Head of Men and Other Public Health Disasters
Podcast Episode · In the Meanwhile · 09/26/2025 · 1h
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September 26, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This week, Gregg Gonsalves (@gregggonsalves.bsky.social) joins us to help make sense of the absolute dumpster fire that is US public health right now—and to remind us why public health is not only worth fighting for, but essential to our democracy. Listen in. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...