We're bringing you a bonus special episode from our Women Rule summit in Los Angeles, where POLITICO editor Carrie Budoff Brown sat down with former BET chair and CEO Debra Lee earlier this week. Lee opens up about her political involvement, the art of saying "no," and BET Networks' transformation from a music video channel to what it is today.
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Dec 2020
‘Change comes by rolling up your sleeves’: Alicia Garza, co-founder of Black Lives Matter
For our final episode of 2020, Anna is joined by Alicia Garza, the activist and co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement. They look back at 2020 — a year when Americans endured crises from the pandemic to the economic recession, racial injustices and a highly contentious pre ... Show More
26m 23s
Nov 2020
‘Push yourself, but take it easy’: NRCC’s Parker Poling
Now that the 2020 campaign is over, Anna speaks with Parker Poling, the executive director of the National Republican Congressional Committee, which made substantial gains this year. Parker's job is a big responsibility — working with hundreds of campaigns, candidates, members of ... Show More
15m 29s
Mar 2023
BET, Motherhood, and Using Your Voice With Debra Lee
Bakari Sellers is joined by author, businesswoman, and former CEO of BET Debra Lee to discuss her memoir ‘I Am Debra Lee’ (8:33), writing with the intention of empowering young Black women (17:56), and the early days of the first Black-controlled television company (22:30). Host: ... Show More
33m 34s
May 2017
“Product, Not the Producer”
<p>DeRay, Brittany Packnett and Sam Sinyangwe are together again to talk about the most important news of the past week. Then, Grammy-award winning artist and activist John Legend joins DeRay to talk about parenting, women’s reproductive rights, mass incarceration and using his c ... Show More
1h 29m
Dec 2021
Slow Burn - The L.A. Riots | Extra: Leading Up to the Riots
This week, we're highlighting a few excerpts from this season's Slate Plus episodes—interviews with George Holliday, professor Edward Chang, L.A. Times journalist Jim Newton, and Rodney King’s best friend Johnnie Kelly—all who help to explain the cultural and social tensions buil ... Show More
16m 26s