In brief: The outstanding Jenn Jackson and I talked at length about everything from gender roles and their intersection with parenting and race to white women’s prominent, but almost completely erased roles in upholding white supremacy. We chatted for over… Read More ›
In brief: Baseball! It’s still described as our national pastime and the history of its culture certainly parallels that of our wider culture. Baseball writer Britni de la Cretaz is back on the show to discuss the way the love… Read More ›
In brief: The ICE raids this week make my interview with Tina Vasquez, the immigration reporter for Rewire, particularly important and timely. A lot of folks are waking up to what’s been going on for more than a decade with… Read More ›
In brief: Today’s guests take on specific aspects of internalized misogyny and racism, challenging everyone listening to interrogate these tendencies in themselves. We cover everything from micro aggressions to the refusal of White Feminists to cede space to the way… Read More ›
In brief: I’m continuing to make space for those of us processing the election. My guest is author Dianna E. Anderson, who worked for the Hillary campaign on the ground in IA and is my favorite expert on theology and… Read More ›
In brief: TW: state violence against Black people, sexual assault, ableism I’m kicking off year two with a pretty heavy show. The topics are important: how online and offline action have worked together within Black Lives Matter and the intersection… Read More ›
In brief: Oh hey! Welcome to The #KatieSpeakShow anniversary episode part 2! I’m revisiting clips from some of my — and your! — favorite interviews. I only had three repeat guests this year (Britni de la Cretaz, Andrea Grimes, and… Read More ›
In brief: As I said in last week’s “in brief,” I don’t cover the political horserace much on this show. But it’s convention season and this election is particularly important thanks to a likely four Supreme Court appointments under the… Read More ›
In brief: I was a fan of both the exceptional writer/culture challengers on this show long before I had the pleasure of connecting with them. When I saw Zoé Samudzi & Kitty Stryker were both part of the same newly… Read More ›
In brief: My regular spot with Justice made the rounds from explaining why white feminists need to call out transphobia and racism, to updating the Purvi Patel case, to me yelling at racists/poverty shaming jerks on Twitter re: SNAP benefits… Read More ›
