Joining me is my new favorite candidate for the House: Lindsey Boylan! She moved to New York without bootstraps, scraping by the way so many of us and so few office-holders have. Called to public service, she worked her way… Read More ›
Thoughts
Everything I’ve written from the start of Katie Speak in February 2012.
KSS#176: Sheltering In Place w/Feminist Suspense Writer @AndiBartz! #BookTalk
Easy download/stream: Enhanced audio: Sheltering In Place w/Feminist Suspense Writer @AndiBartz! — KSS#174 #BookTalk 04/02/2020 Links to on-air references: Interviews… Andi lays out ways to help Indie bookstores we love on Twitter. Please share! ”The Best Thing You Can Do… Read More ›
Science, Trump, and Identity – Part II w/ @transcribe of @Rewire_News — #KatieSpeakShow Ep166 03/16/2019
In brief: Welcome to Part II, the conclusion of my eclectic conversation with Rewire.News federal policy reporter Katelyn Burns! She and I wander — as we do — and tangent through the murky waters of science proving a person’s identity… Read More ›
#Election Shenanigans w/ @zdroberts of @Greg_Palast Investigates — #KatieSpeakShow Ep156 12/22/2018
In brief: I’m sure you’ve heard about some election-related shenanigans, most of which centered around the special election in Mississippi and the Georgia governor’s election. Zach was on the road with Greg Palast documenting voters being turned away, investigating how… Read More ›
On Gaslighting, Holiday Giving, “Justice” Ponderings & more — #KatieSpeakShow Ep154 12/01/2018
In brief: I have been meaning to do a solo, bonus episode style main show for ages now. Thanks to a couple reschedulings, here it is! I catch listeners up on some show things, remind everyone why to NOT give… Read More ›
#EqualPayDay, #CookoutCulture, & the Cult of Celebrity w/ @JennMJack — #KatieSpeakShow Ep143 8/18/2018
In brief: Academic and advocate, racial justice badass Jenn M. Jackson is back on the show! We go into several of her recent Teen Vogue columns in depth: breaking down why it’s ’nice’ Kim Kardashian helped one incarcerated person gain… Read More ›
Answering the Call: Local Candidate @MaureenShaw — #KatieSpeakShow Ep137 6/30/2018
In brief: Continuing my (totally on purpose I swear) series on local and state elections — the kind I’ve been yelling about on here and before this with Hal Sparks on Chicago’s WCPT — with an actual local candidate! Friend… Read More ›
“Facts Are My Religion” — Conscience Clauses, #HHS, & #Trans Candidates w/ @Rewire_News’s @TransScribe— #KatieSpeakShow Ep136 6/23/2018
In brief: Back on the show — repping her new gig as Rewire News Beltway reporter — is the always informative and dark humor delivering Katelyn Burns. We talk about local elections and trans candidates in the age of Trump,… Read More ›
The Latest in #Climate Justice w/ @GreenNewsReport — #KatieSpeakShow Ep120 1/27/2018
In brief: Desi Doyen of the Green News Report is back on the show for her annual update on climate news and justice! As usual, she brings a social justice angle to her reporting, outlining the truths about who is… Read More ›
Welcome To Dystopia w/ @dynamofire — Part I #KatieSpeakShow Ep113 11/18/2017
In brief: Culture critic and dystopia expert Devon Maloney chats with me about the times, movies and books, and why futuristic worlds are still so very white and male. Part catharsis, part misandrist venting, if this is the first you’ve… Read More ›
