Episodes

March 21, 2025

Our Mailbag Episode!

Should we bypass misinformation? How is Palestine connected to racism? What the difference between gender and race if they're both constructs? You've got questions, Tori and Benji got... thoughts! Join us! Support the show ! ...
March 13, 2025

Women's History! Sojourner Truth

In honor of Women's History Month, Benji and Tori join up to discuss the life and legacy of Sojourner Truth. From escaping slavery to delivering her iconic "Ainโ€™t I a Woman?" speech, Truthโ€™s words and actions challenged socie...
March 7, 2025

Wait, HOW Many People Can't Vote?! ProjectID with/ Kat Calvin

Millions of Americans cannot work or vote because they lack identification. Kat Calvin is here to change that. Join Tori and Benji for an encouraging conversation about how we can make a material difference in the lives of ou...
Feb. 27, 2025

Black History! Fannie Lou Hamer

Final week of (official) Black History Month and we are having a party I mean episode for the epic badass Fannie Lou Hamer. If you are able, please consider supporting the show or just follow us over on Patreon as social medi...
Feb. 20, 2025

Black History! Loving v. Virginia

We hold this truth to be self-evident: the US government lacks the moral authority to dictate who can and can't get married. But like, how did we get here? This week we're talking about how Black folks convinced the governmen...
Feb. 13, 2025

Black History! Black Panther Party 10 Point Program

For Black History Month we're changing the format! (Hate it? Love it? Let us know! ) And, we do a review of the Black Panther Party's 10 Point Program and well... the math checks out. SUPPORT THE SHOW FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH ...
Feb. 6, 2025

Black History! Sister Rosetta Tharpe

LIVE EVENT! Reclaiming Freedom: Civil Rights Tactics for Resisting Authoritarianism (email hello@toriglass.com for scholarships!) PATRON DRIVE! We need your support to keep making the show . You can chip in as little as a $5 ...
Jan. 30, 2025

How We Have Hope (Despite Everything)

We're starting Black History Month early this year with a big announcement! Benjamin Faye is officially joining the podcast as a co-host! This week we are talking about the importance of holding on to our hope while authorita...
Jan. 23, 2025

You Are Not Alone: Inauguration Reflections

You aren't alone! Benji and I wanted to share some reflections on the inauguration this week without any spiraling or doomcasting. We talk about the importance of caring for our emotional health (even the feelings that aren't...
Jan. 15, 2025

The Science of Scarcity: What Poverty Does to the Brain

Poverty has such a measurable impact on your nervous system that we can see it in brain scans, yet we don't often talk about what those impacts look like. Benjamin Faye is back on the show to unpack some of the ways that pove...
Jan. 9, 2025

Experiencing Homelessness w/ Benjamin Faye

Benji is back on the show to discuss his experience with homelessness and the systemic barriers that lead to millions of Americans falling through the cracks. Benji shares personal stories, insights into the realities of life...
Dec. 19, 2024

How TF Do We Survive This? w/ Propaganda

Had Prop on the show to talk about surviving *gestures vaguely at everything*, what we owe to each other, and how we can reduce harmful impacts on our families, communities, and the world. We also discuss the little steps we ...
Dec. 12, 2024

Strong Community with Scott Okamoto and Benjamin Faye

Strong communities are essential to surviving authoritarian flare-ups but how do we do that? Today Scott Okamoto and Benjamin Faye join me to discuss what strong community can look like and how to build community while minimi...
April 19, 2024

Debunking Christian Nationalism w/ Andrew Seidel

โ€œAs we recognize that humans are human, and worthy of human rights, conservative white america is dying this slow demographic death and rebelling.โ€ Why is it that the exact arguments used against trans people and DEI were bei...
April 12, 2024

Skills for Building Resilience w/ Andre Henry! ๐Ÿ’ฅ

CW โš ๏ธ: this episode contains references to suicide and diets. If you are experiencing a mental health crisis in the US or Canada you can dial 988 to get support. Fan fave Andre Henry is back to talk about the practice of buil...
April 5, 2024

Evangelical Racism Keeps Repeating ๐Ÿ”‚ w/ Corey Leak

Why is it that the same arguments used to defend slavery are being used to dehumanize trans people? Why is it that there's no way for most white evangelicals to separate their faith and their nationalism? Why is the Constitut...
March 29, 2024

Debunking That One Prager Meme w/ Benjamin Faye

Today we are taking a crack at ye olde Prager "University" meme about the first Black US representatives, which correctly points out that they were all Republicans and incorrectly implies that their party affiliation mattered...
March 22, 2024

Mary Richards Bowser w/ Janice Lagata

I've been wanting to try a new format for the show for a while so I took a stab at it this week with Janice Lagata of God Has Not Given. We talk about the fascinating true story of Mary Richards Bowser, a Union spy who was al...
March 15, 2024

Resilience Isn't An Unlimited Resource with Benjamin Faye

Benjamin Faye joins the show to talk about how grit and resilience mean different things depending on your position in society. Resilience isn't an unlimited resource. The science and experience tell us that is an impossible ...
April 18, 2022

Black & Homeschooled with Jessica Dulaney

This episode I'm talking to Jessica Dulaney who is the communications director for the Coalition for Responsible Home Education. Being Black and homeschooled felt incredibly isolating to me. Growing up, I never once met anot...
April 11, 2022

Who Gets To Define Violence?

Personal and political violence are nothing new but examining who is allowed to engage in violence and who isn't is essential to understanding the power dynamics we've built the world on. "They do it so we should to" is colon...
April 4, 2022

Whiteness Also Hurts White People

We spend a lot of time talking about the effects of whiteness on people of color but it's important to talk about the impact whiteness has on white people. As a construct, whiteness can only benefit some white people. And eve...
March 28, 2022

Give Reverse Racism A Chance

What does it look like when we start dismantling systems of oppression that benefit a small number of people at the expense of everyone else? Black and Indigenous folks are regularly accused of reverse racism for things that ...
March 21, 2022

In Defense of Running from the Cops

If you've ever wondered what to say to someone whose response to another cop committing murder is "shoulda complied", I got you covered. Turns out our bodies are programmed to protect us from danger. Weird, right? And even mo...