We Did the Reading. Fascism Came Anyway.

(Classic) It's Never Too Late to be Gay, Featuring Franchesca Ramsey

Turns out the closet wasn’t locked—it was glass all along. Sometimes you just can’t see your way out. In this classic episode, Imani Gandy talks with comedian, actor, and writer Franchesca Ramsey about coming out later in life, visibility, and the joy of saying, "Surprise, bitch, I’m gay." They also discuss how comedy can be an opening for tougher conversations about race. Expert Repro Journalism That Inspires. Episodes like this take time, research, and a commitment to the truth.  Become a supporter today [https://rewirenewsgroup.com/support-b-tch-listen-rss/ ]. -  https://rewirenewsgroup.com/support-b-tch-listen-rss/  Imani has relaunched her column, AngryBlackLady Chronicles [https://rewirenewsgroup.com/ablc/] - https://rewirenewsgroup.com/ablc/ [https://rewirenewsgroup.com/ablc/] Sign up for our newsletters [https://rewirenewsgroup.com/newsletters/] to read it first. https://rewirenewsgroup.com/newsletters/ [https://rewirenewsgroup.com/newsletters/]   Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify:  Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/boom-lawyered/id1282116646  [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/boom-lawyered/id1282116646] Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/110tPZQY3WD2mkq6EYqZf1 [https://open.spotify.com/show/110tPZQY3WD2mkq6EYqZf1] Follow Rewire News Group on Social Media. Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rewirenewsgroup.com [https://bsky.app/profile/rewirenewsgroup.com] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rewirenewsgroup/ [https://www.instagram.com/rewirenewsgroup/] TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rewirenewsgrp [https://www.tiktok.com/@rewirenewsgrp ] Threads: https://www.threads.com/@rewirenewsgroup [https://www.threads.com/@rewirenewsgroup] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rewire-news-group/ [https://www.linkedin.com/company/rewire-news-group/] Follow Imani on Social Media: Imani on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/angryblacklady.blacksky.app [https://bsky.app/profile/angryblacklady.blacksky.app] Imani on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/angryblacklady/ [https://www.instagram.com/angryblacklady/]

If ‘Roe’ Was Never Enough, Why Was It Everything?

Roe v. Wade was never enough. Reproductive justice advocates have been saying that for decades. So why did so much of the reproductive rights movement organize itself around protecting Roe anyway?  In this solo episode, Imani Gandy explores how legal arguments became the center of the fight for abortion rights, what got lost in the process, and why public health researchers and reproductive justice advocates were often telling a different story. From Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas' anti-abortion roadmap in  Box v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky  to the public health findings of the Turnaway Study, this episode asks what happens when a movement builds itself around a court decision—and what is left when that decision is gone. Expert Repro Journalism That Inspires. Episodes like this take time, research, and a commitment to the truth.  Become a supporter today [https://rewirenewsgroup.com/support-b-tch-listen-rss/ ]. -  https://rewirenewsgroup.com/support-b-tch-listen-rss/  Imani has relaunched her column, AngryBlackLady Chronicles [https://rewirenewsgroup.com/ablc/] - https://rewirenewsgroup.com/ablc/ [https://rewirenewsgroup.com/ablc/] Sign up for our newsletters [https://rewirenewsgroup.com/newsletters/] to read it first. https://rewirenewsgroup.com/newsletters/ [https://rewirenewsgroup.com/newsletters/]   Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify:  Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/boom-lawyered/id1282116646  [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/boom-lawyered/id1282116646] Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/110tPZQY3WD2mkq6EYqZf1 [https://open.spotify.com/show/110tPZQY3WD2mkq6EYqZf1] Follow Rewire News Group on Social Media. Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rewirenewsgroup.com [https://bsky.app/profile/rewirenewsgroup.com] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rewirenewsgroup/ [https://www.instagram.com/rewirenewsgroup/] TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rewirenewsgrp [https://www.tiktok.com/@rewirenewsgrp ] Threads: https://www.threads.com/@rewirenewsgroup [https://www.threads.com/@rewirenewsgroup] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rewire-news-group/ [https://www.linkedin.com/company/rewire-news-group/] Follow Imani on Social Media: Imani on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/angryblacklady.blacksky.app [https://bsky.app/profile/angryblacklady.blacksky.app] Imani on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/angryblacklady/ [https://www.instagram.com/angryblacklady/]

Blair Imani on What Actually Changes Institutions

In this week’s episode of B*tch, Listen, Imani Gandy taps political educator Blair Imani to answer that question.  The pair discuss whether online political education actually moves institutions, or just moves the people who already agree. Blair, who created the viral series Smarter in Seconds, has reached millions of people and seen real policy changed. So naturally, she had thoughts. And they complicated some of Imani's assumptions—in the best way. Expert Repro Journalism That Inspires. Episodes like this take time, research, and a commitment to the truth.  Become a supporter today [https://rewirenewsgroup.com/support-b-tch-listen-rss/ ]. -  https://rewirenewsgroup.com/support-b-tch-listen-rss/  Imani has relaunched her column, AngryBlackLady Chronicles [https://rewirenewsgroup.com/ablc/] - https://rewirenewsgroup.com/ablc/ [https://rewirenewsgroup.com/ablc/] Sign up for our newsletters [https://rewirenewsgroup.com/newsletters/] to read it first. https://rewirenewsgroup.com/newsletters/ [https://rewirenewsgroup.com/newsletters/]   Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify:  Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/boom-lawyered/id1282116646  [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/boom-lawyered/id1282116646] Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/110tPZQY3WD2mkq6EYqZf1 [https://open.spotify.com/show/110tPZQY3WD2mkq6EYqZf1] Follow Rewire News Group on Social Media. Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rewirenewsgroup.com [https://bsky.app/profile/rewirenewsgroup.com] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rewirenewsgroup/ [https://www.instagram.com/rewirenewsgroup/] TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rewirenewsgrp [https://www.tiktok.com/@rewirenewsgrp ] Threads: https://www.threads.com/@rewirenewsgroup [https://www.threads.com/@rewirenewsgroup] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rewire-news-group/ [https://www.linkedin.com/company/rewire-news-group/] Follow Imani on Social Media: Imani on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/angryblacklady.blacksky.app [https://bsky.app/profile/angryblacklady.blacksky.app] Imani on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/angryblacklady/ [https://www.instagram.com/angryblacklady/]

We Did the Reading. Fascism Came Anyway.

The most informed progressive public in American history is watching a fascist takeover in real time. In her first solo episode, Imani Gandy wants to know why. From Black Twitter to the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act dying in the Senate twice, she builds the argument—and then pokes holes in it herself. She doesn't have a clean answer. That's why she's asking. Correction: In this episode I state that New York cut a billion dollars from the police budget — they pledged to cut a billion but ultimately cut approximately half a million. I also state that Los Angeles boosted its budget by 3 percent after cutting 150 million — the actual increase was closer to 6 percent. The broader point stands: both cities reversed course.   Expert Repro Journalism That Inspires. Episodes like this take time, research, and a commitment to the truth.  Become a supporter today [https://rewirenewsgroup.com/support-b-tch-listen-rss/ ]. -  https://rewirenewsgroup.com/support-b-tch-listen-rss/  Imani has relaunched her column, AngryBlackLady Chronicles [https://rewirenewsgroup.com/ablc/] - https://rewirenewsgroup.com/ablc/ [https://rewirenewsgroup.com/ablc/] Sign up for our newsletters [https://rewirenewsgroup.com/newsletters/] to read it first. https://rewirenewsgroup.com/newsletters/ [https://rewirenewsgroup.com/newsletters/]   Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify:  Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/boom-lawyered/id1282116646  [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/boom-lawyered/id1282116646] Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/110tPZQY3WD2mkq6EYqZf1 [https://open.spotify.com/show/110tPZQY3WD2mkq6EYqZf1] Follow Rewire News Group on Social Media. Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rewirenewsgroup.com [https://bsky.app/profile/rewirenewsgroup.com] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rewirenewsgroup/ [https://www.instagram.com/rewirenewsgroup/] TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rewirenewsgrp [https://www.tiktok.com/@rewirenewsgrp ] Threads: https://www.threads.com/@rewirenewsgroup [https://www.threads.com/@rewirenewsgroup] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rewire-news-group/ [https://www.linkedin.com/company/rewire-news-group/] Follow Imani on Social Media: Imani on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/angryblacklady.blacksky.app [https://bsky.app/profile/angryblacklady.blacksky.app] Imani on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/angryblacklady/ [https://www.instagram.com/angryblacklady/]

Dateline’s Josh Mankiewicz Takes You Inside the True Crime Machine

In part two of her series [https://rewirenewsgroup.com/2026/01/29/in-mercys-shadow-the-mercy-narrative-in-true-crime-podcast/] on true crime and disability, Imani Gandy interviews Dateline correspondent Josh Mankiewicz about true crime as a machine that decides whose stories get told—and whose don’t. From missing Black women, to missing and murdered Indigenous people, to the near invisibility of disabled victims, they talk about what true crime shows—and what it leaves out. Because attention itself is a form of power. (And yes, there’s a Bill Hader moment.) Expert Repro Journalism That Inspires. Episodes like this take time, research, and a commitment to the truth.  Become a supporter today [https://rewirenewsgroup.com/support-b-tch-listen-rss/ ]. -  https://rewirenewsgroup.com/support-b-tch-listen-rss/  Imani has relaunched her column, AngryBlackLady Chronicles [https://rewirenewsgroup.com/ablc/] - https://rewirenewsgroup.com/ablc/ [https://rewirenewsgroup.com/ablc/] Sign up for our newsletters [https://rewirenewsgroup.com/newsletters/] to read it first. https://rewirenewsgroup.com/newsletters/ [https://rewirenewsgroup.com/newsletters/]   Subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify:  Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/boom-lawyered/id1282116646  [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/boom-lawyered/id1282116646] Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/110tPZQY3WD2mkq6EYqZf1 [https://open.spotify.com/show/110tPZQY3WD2mkq6EYqZf1] Follow Rewire News Group on Social Media. Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rewirenewsgroup.com [https://bsky.app/profile/rewirenewsgroup.com] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rewirenewsgroup/ [https://www.instagram.com/rewirenewsgroup/] TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rewirenewsgrp [https://www.tiktok.com/@rewirenewsgrp ] Threads: https://www.threads.com/@rewirenewsgroup [https://www.threads.com/@rewirenewsgroup] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rewire-news-group/ [https://www.linkedin.com/company/rewire-news-group/] Follow Imani on Social Media: Imani on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/angryblacklady.blacksky.app [https://bsky.app/profile/angryblacklady.blacksky.app] Imani on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/angryblacklady/ [https://www.instagram.com/angryblacklady/]