In today’s show I speak with Gergő Hajdu, a Hungarian community organizer, digital campaigner, and co-founder of aHang, about the long struggle to defeat Viktor Orbán after 16 years of authoritarian rule. Link in Bio.
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@shaghdoosti.bsky.social and I had an insightful conversation about the #Iran war. Highly precarious, highly unpopular, and forcing critical shifts in how we think about US foreign policy in an age of authoritarianism and corruption. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Sara Haghdoosti: Iran, Gaza, and the Fight for a New Foreign Policy
Podcast Episode · How We Build This · July 21 · 43m
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Hey, what about the Left insurgency we can believe in? I got into it with @mauricewfp.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
Maurice Mitchell: The Working-Class Insurgency Is Here
Podcast Episode · How We Build This · July 7 · 45m
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A lot of Americans have stopped expecting things to get better. That may be the most dangerous crisis in this country: not cynicism, but the loss of hope that anything can change.
Today’s episode features @anniemleonard.bsky.social and @acarothers.bsky.social authors of the new book Protest, Published by @patagoniabooks.bsky.social @patagonia.com Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
Annie Leonard & Andre Carothers: How Protest Changes What Looks Unchangeable
Podcast Episode · How We Build This · June 23 · 52m
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What a joy to get to know Sudha and her work through our conversation. We’ve walked similar paths and understanding the climate justice fight through her eyes was a real treat. You’re going to love this one, too. Thanks for being my “anniversary” guest!! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Sudha Nandagopal: From Environmental Policy to Everyday Democracy
Podcast Episode · How We Build This · June 9 · 42m
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"In all but name it would be a loyalty oath to Trump." @crampell.bsky.social on the administration's government-wide gag order, in the latest edition of Receipts:
Trump Wants a Gag Order for Every Single Government Worker
You can’t divorce the demands for secrecy from the corruption itself.
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This photo of Andy Kim in the moments before ICE gassed everyone at Delaney Hall is going into the history books. We need more of this from our electeds.
Much gratitude to the good folks who documented every single abuse of power
The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 2mo ago"The table of contents alone is enough to trigger despair, but it’s also a reassurance and a promise: We can’t forget, we won’t forget, and this catalogue of betrayals lays groundwork for the reckoning to come." Read it; you've already wept.
Fresh takes on the economy and on California’s primary election - @hwbtpod.bsky.social Episode 14 with @nataliefoster.bsky.social is out today! Two PKs unpack belonging, “guarantees” for working moms like us, and much more. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
Natalie Foster: The Guarantee and America’s Next Economy
Podcast Episode · How We Build This · May 26 · 46m
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"Forcing Americans to remain dependent on ageing fossil fuel infrastructure exposes us to increasing residential electricity rates and riskier grid conditions," write @doggett.house.gov and @michaeljohnshank.bsky.social.
The Iran war reminds us: we’ll never be energy-independent with fossil fuels | Lloyd Doggett and Michael Shank
Energy security comes from using local, renewable resources to power, heat and cool communities, as Ukraine is doing
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New episode out today, with Ilana Berger on the political power of the care agenda podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
Ilana Berger: Building Care Power, Fighting Private Equity
Podcast Episode · How We Build This · May 12 · 43m
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In our most recent episode, (my first Movement Dispatch), I talk about the phony Trump DOJ investigation into the @splcenter.org Things are escalating.
Each day this week @kalwradio.bsky.social will play one of our shows at 11:30 AM Pacific time. In the Bay turn your dial to 91.7 FM. You can also tune in live at kalw.org, or check them out at kalw.org/bay-made
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New episode featuring Heather Cronk, on organizing “ex-vangelicals” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
Heather Cronk: Leaving the Church, Building the Movement
Podcast Episode · How We Build This · March 31 · 45m
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This latest episode with Tomás is a chance to situate in the big picture of elections - especially if you feel like the system is broken. We deserve so much better, and this conversation unpacks how we get there podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Tomás Garduño: Fundamentals of Electoral Organizing
Podcast Episode · How We Build This · March 17 · 43m
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Our Live Show is out today! Listen at the link for movement impact stories with Million Person Project and @kalwradio.bsky.social We poured a lot of heart into this one. Let us know what you think - more live shows?? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
Heather Box & Julian Mocine-McQueen: How Your Story Sets You Free (Live at KALW)
Podcast Episode · How We Build This · 02/17/2026 · 51m
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New Episode : how did the global climate movement work together to deliver the #ParisClimateAgreement, celebrating its 10th anniversary last year? Christiana Figueres and I break it down podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
Christiana Figueres: The Paris Agreement Playbook. Mindset, Momentum, and Movement Strategy
Podcast Episode · How We Build This · 02/03/2026 · 53m
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Check out these four @hwbtpod.bsky.social episodes, played live on @kalwradio.bsky.social last week www.kalw.org/show/bay-made
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Each week, Bay Made partners with one Bay Area podcast or producer and shares four episodes of their work over the course of the week. Past partners include California Sun, Civic from the San Francisc...
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In the midst of national crisis, gathering in community felt especially vital. Thanks to @kalwradio.bsky.social for hosting the pod and our wonderful guests and audience !
We all need each other right now. This is a heartfelt, solutions-oriented conversation with a true power couple, Miya Yoshitani and Danny Kennedy - legends in the climate justice and clean energy movements. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
Miya Yoshitani & Danny Kennedy: A Power Couple’s Playbook for Climate Justice and Clean Energy
Podcast Episode · How We Build This · 01/20/2026 · 45m
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New episode - the immigrant movement and how we build the Bigger We, with Cristina Jiménez Moreta podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
Cristina Jiménez Moreta: Build the Big “We” in a Time of Authoritarianism
Podcast Episode · How We Build This · 01/06/2026 · 46m
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Today’s episode features my long-time friend, Nisha Agarwal. I felt deeply inspired during our conversation, as I always do when I talk to her. We talk #disabilityjustice, #noICE, #climate and much more. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
Nisha Agarwal on Universal Policies: Making Services for Everyone
Podcast Episode · How We Build This · 12/23/2025 · 41m
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@georgegoehl.bsky.social and I unpack fundamental lessons of organizing - hint - listening is a big one. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
George Goehl: Roll Like an Organizer
Podcast Episode · How We Build This · 12/09/2025 · 44m
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The desperate hands of the global south seek to take back an overheated world. Seriously, what's next? The McHamburglar trophy in gourmet cooking? The Pol Pot Human Rights medal? The Jeffrey Epstein childcare grant? The Vladimir Putin democracy fellowship? The Weinstein-Cosby feminism prize?
Special #Thanksgiving episode of @hwbtpod.bsky.social out today, with organizer, parent, and movement wise Yelder Alex T. Tom podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
Alex T. Tom on California’s Power: Pods, Prop 50, and Parenting
Podcast Episode · How We Build This · 11/25/2025 · 50m
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@hwbtpod.bsky.social is back with an election debrief – aka more #ZohranMamdani for your feed!!Listen to Heather C. McGhee and I break down what the election means, and where we go from here. #vote #yeson50 Link in bio