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Big Time Dicks
A distinctly new Jezebel podcast hosted by Joanna Rothkopf and Prachi Gupta who give you a fresh perspective on politics through an examination of the big time dicks behind the policy affecting our lives. This podcast is an approachably humorous tour of serious issues.
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The Year in Dicks
From Sean Spicer to Sarah Huckabee Sanders to Anthony Scaramucci, 2017 has blessed us with an abundance of dicks--and some that haven’t worked as pres...
Rep. Jackie Speier on Marines United and Sexual Assault in the Military (RECAST)
This is a recast of the episode whereBig Time Dicks continues to examine the epidemic of sexual assault in the military, and speak with Rep. Jackie Sp...
Political Fashion’s Worst Offenders (RECAST)
This is a recast of the episode where Savile Row bespoke tailor Dominic Sebag Montifiore chats with us about what politicians are telling us with thei...
A Roundtable Weenie Roast
Jezebel features editor Kelly Stout, staff writer Ellie Shechet, and Special Projects Desk senior reporter Anna Merlan talk Omarosa, Steve Bannon, and...
It Doesn’t Help If the Woman Has a Gun
Joanna Rothkopf, Kelly Stout, and Katie McDonough talk about the recent mass shooting in Sutherland Springs, Texas, and go over—yet again—the connecti...
A Cynic Goes to the Women’s Convention
We speak with Jezebel’s Megan Reynolds, freshly back from the Women’s Convention in Detroit, about her weekend in Social Justice City. Also: Paul Mana...
Pussy Riot’s Masha Alyokhina Is Warning Us
We speak with Alyokhina about music as protest, her new book “Riot Days," and what it’s like to have your country run by a repressive egomanicac. Also...
Hollywood and Democrats' Twisted Best Friendship
Harvey Weinstein has been a major political donor for decades. Who knew his reputation? Who is at fault? Jezebel's Joanna Rothkopf, Kelly Stout, and E...
How to Talk About Yet Another Friggin' Mass Shooting
The Guardian’s Lois Beckett joins us to talk about what the media and politicians miss in the gun violence debate, which focuses disproportionately on...
People Are Profiting From Puerto Rico's Tragedy
We talk to Rutgers professor Dr. Yarimar Bonilla about the devastation in Puerto Rico and why the country's economic and political climate makes the r...
Great, Another Stupid-Ass Healthcare Bill
We talk about Graham-Cassidy, the GOP’s newest attempt at stripping Americans of their health insurance, and how it’s different from other repeal atte...
Edie Windsor, the Dynamo
We look back at the life and legacy of Edie Windsor, whose Supreme Court case struck down DOMA and paved the way for the legalization of same sex marr...
What Happens When DACA Ends?
Advocate and DACA recipient Leezia Dhalla talks about what it was like to learn she was undocumented in college, get DACA, and lose it--and what it me...
ICE Raids & Trump’s Immigration Crackdown (RECAST)
This is a recast of the episode where Joanna and Prachi discuss the Department of Homeland Security’s recent memos regarding “criminal aliens” and loo...
How to Help Hurricane Harvey Victims
What do you do when a dick is a hurricane? We speak with representatives from Portlight and Global Giving to learn how to help Houstonians affected by...
How to Cover White Supremacy Without Sucking
The Atlantic’s Vann Newkirk joins us to talk about how newsrooms can cover issues surrounding race and white supremacy responsibly. Also: Trump looks...
Confederate Statues and the Dicks Who Love Them
Jezebel’s Stassa Edwards joins us to talk about the history of confederate statues (spoiler alert: they are worthless pieces of crap!). Also, our firs...
Trump’s Voter Fraud Crusade
Prachi and Ellie speak to ACLU voting rights attorney Julie Ebenstein about the Trump administration’s voter fraud commission and how Republican-led v...
How Disability Rights Protesters Helped Tank Trumpcare
We speak with Carrie Anne Lucas of disability rights organization ADAPT about their 6 weeks of protests against the healthcare repeal, and hear about...
How Leah Griffin Turned Rage Into Reform for Assault Survivors
We talk to sexual assault survivor and activist Leah Griffin about how she got attention from politicians like Sen. Patty Murray, and what advice she...
How to Run for Office
This week we speak with Erin Loos Cutraro, founder and CEO of She Should Run, an organization working to increase the number of women running for offi...
Angela Rye Does Not Suffer Fools
CNN commentator Angela Rye on her new podcast, how she deals with Trump surrogates on TV, and the badassery of Congresswoman Maxine Waters.
Lear...
Real-Life Villain or Fictional Villain?
On the most patriotic holiday week, we’re trying to figure out the difference between Steve Bannon and the Joker with guest co-host Ellie Shechet.
6 Months Deep with Amy Goodman, Aparna Nancherla, and Erika Andiola
In our first ever live taping at the Bell House in Brooklyn, we speak with Amy, Aparna, and Erika about the first six months of Trump's presidency and...
Texas’s Discriminatory HB 2859 and Its Effects on the LGBTQ Community
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott just signed a law that would allow religious foster care and adoption agencies to turn away prospective LGBTQ adoptive parents,...
Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, 1 Year Later
We speak with Whole Woman’s Health founder and CEO Amy Hagstrom Miller on the 1 year anniversary of Whole Woman’s Health vs. Hellerstedt about going t...
New York’s Draconian Abortion Law
We speak with Erika Christensen, of Jezebel’s “Interview with a Woman Who Recently Had an Abortion at 32 Weeks,” and NY State Sen. Liz Krueger about t...
Trump Pulls Out of Paris Agreement
Joanna and guest co-host Ellie Shechet debate the future of the world after Trump pulls out of the Paris Climate Agreement, and speak with Environment...
Elizabeth Warren on Trump & the Middle Class
We speak with Sen. Elizabeth Warren about her new book, “This Fight Is Our Fight” and about whether or not she’d support Trump’s impeachment. Also: Fo...
The Very Old, Very Dumb Electoral College
We talk with Cynthia Terrell of Representation 2020 about our screwed up electoral process and how to achieve gender parity in government in our lifet...
Political Fashion’s Worst Offenders
Savile Row bespoke tailor Dominic Sebag Montifiore chats with us about what politicians are telling us with their fashion choices.
Learn more ab...
Rep. Jackie Speier on Marines United and Sexual Assault in the Military
Big Time Dicks continues to examine the epidemic of sexual assault in the military, and speak with Rep. Jackie Speier about legislation she's pushing...
Gloria Allred on Marines United & Sexual Assault in the Military
Iconic civil rights attorney Gloria Allred joins Joanna and Prachi to discuss the shocking Marines United nude photo scandal, in which male military m...
Is This the Death of the EPA?
At the end of March, Trump signed an executive order essentially repealing Obama’s Clean Power Plan, and introduced an EPA budget that would decimate...
The Death of Internet Privacy
We discuss the impact of the repeal of internet privacy and talk to Steven Renderos, organizing director at the Center for Media Justice, about how co...
Arkansas’ Rushed Executions
We examine the history of the death penalty and talk to Diann Rust-Tierney, executive director of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty,...
Neil Gorsuch & How to Confirm a Supreme Court Justice
We speak with American University's Karen O'Connor about what could happen to women's rights if Neil Gorsuch gets on the Supreme Court and why nominat...
What’s Happening to Our Health Insurance?
We take a look at how the GOP health care replacement bill stacks up against the Affordable Care Act. Healthcare policy expert and primary care physic...
A Day Without a Woman
In honor of International Women’s Day, Joanna and Prachi discuss the history of women striking, and speak with Ai-Jen Poo, Director of the National Do...
Texas SB25 & The Republican War on Reproductive Rights
Joanna and Prachi discuss CPAC and the onslaught of anti-choice legislation introduced since 2010, including a new Texas bill which would allow doctor...