Our America with Julián Castro

It’s a fact: death is inevitable, and so is grief. It can stop us in our tracks, regardless of the amount of time that's passed. Good Grief is a six-part, sixty-minute binge of true, short stories that immerse us in the grieving process, find healthy (and avoid unhealthy) ways to cope, and even share a few laughs. Comfort, community, and catharsis guide this audio portrait of love and loss. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Season Finale! We’re ending on a high note with Grammy-award winning musician and social justice advocate, John Legend, who joins us to talk about using his platform to fight for racial equity, and his personal connection to reforming the criminal justice system and upholding the voting rights of formerly incarcerated folks. Keep up with Julián on twitter @JulianCastro [https://twitter.com/JulianCastro?s=20] and Instagram @JulianCastroTX [https://www.instagram.com/juliancastrotx/]. Resources from the episode: * Learn more about changing the conversation on incarceration through the FreeAmerica [https://letsfreeamerica.com/about/] initiative. * Check out the FreeAmerica + New Profit partnership, Unlocked Futures [http://blog.newprofit.org/amplify/new-profit-john-legend-freeamerica-bank-america-launch-new-accelerator-formerly-incarcerated-individuals-operating-mission-driven-organizations], that funds social entrepreneurs with a connection to the criminal justice system. Click this link [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NEJFhcReE4ejw2Kw7ba8DVJ1xQLogPwA/view] for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows. To follow along with a transcript and/or take notes for friends and family, go to https://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/our-america [https://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/our-america] shortly after the air date. Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

When you hear the word ‘filibuster,’ you might think of an idealistic Jimmy Stewart delivering an impassioned speech against corruption on the Senate floor in Frank Capra’s Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. But the reality of the filibuster of today – and how we got here – is anything but justice-seeking. Senate insider and author Adam Jentleson [https://twitter.com/AJentleson] walks us through the filibuster’s racist history, its impact on if and how legislation gets passed, and what’s at stake if it isn’t eliminated or reformed, at the very least. Keep up with Julián on twitter @JulianCastro [https://twitter.com/JulianCastro?s=20] and Instagram @JulianCastroTX [https://www.instagram.com/juliancastrotx/]. Resources from the episode: * Adam Jentleson’s Kill Switch: The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy [https://bookshop.org/books/kill-switch-the-rise-of-the-modern-senate-and-the-crippling-of-american-democracy/9781631497773] * Learn more about the filibuster through Adam’s appearances on Fresh Air [https://www.npr.org/2021/01/12/956018064/the-racist-history-of-the-senate-filibuster], The Ezra Klein Show [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-senate-is-making-a-mockery-of-itself/id1548604447?i=1000508726516&l=es], and KALW’s Your Call [https://www.kalw.org/show/your-call/2021-03-16/how-the-us-senate-became-one-of-the-greatest-threats-to-democracy#stream/0] Click this link [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NEJFhcReE4ejw2Kw7ba8DVJ1xQLogPwA/view] for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows. To follow along with a transcript and/or take notes for friends and family, go to https://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/our-america [https://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/our-america] shortly after the air date. Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

After a year of disproportionately high rates of COVID-19, the major losses within Native and Inidigenous communities have underlined just how deep-seated historical discrimination still is – evident in an overwhelming lack of access to water, electricity, and health care services on reservations. We’re joined by Áshįįhí Clan member President Jonathan Nez [https://twitter.com/NNPrezNez?s=20] of the Navajo Nation and climate activist and journalist Julian Brave NoiseCat [https://twitter.com/jnoisecat] of the Canim Lake Band Tsq'escen to talk about reopening Navajo land, the Biden/Harris American Rescue Plan’s investment in tribal lands, and what Secretary Deb Haaland’s historic confirmation to the Department of the Interior means for the health and environmental justice of Native and Indigenous communities. Keep up with Julián on twitter @JulianCastro [https://twitter.com/JulianCastro?s=20] and Instagram @JulianCastroTX [https://www.instagram.com/juliancastrotx/]. Resources from the episode: * Follow Julian Brave NoiseCat’s journalism [https://www.julianbravenoisecat.com/words] * The Indigenous Green New Deal [https://ndncollective.org/app/uploads/2019/09/Position-paperR2.pdf], by the NDN Collective * Navajo Nation Department of Health COVID data and resources [https://www.ndoh.navajo-nsn.gov/covid-19] * Mapping Indigenous lands [https://native-land.ca/], by Native Land Digital * The Navajo Water Project [https://www.navajowaterproject.org/] * Color of Coronavirus project [https://www.apmresearchlab.org/covid/deaths-by-race#counts-over-time], by APM Research Lab * An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States [https://www.akpress.org/indigenouspeopleshistoryoftheus.html], by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Click this link [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NEJFhcReE4ejw2Kw7ba8DVJ1xQLogPwA/view] for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows. To follow along with a transcript and/or take notes for friends and family, go to https://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/our-america [https://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/our-america] shortly after the air date. Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

In February, Texas faced the startling reality of a changing climate with single-digit temperatures that led to widespread power outages, flooded homes and lives lost. But why was Texas hit with one of the worst blackouts in our country’s history? And why was its energy grid unprepared to handle it? This week, senior energy analyst Julie McNamara of the Union of Concerned Scientists helps us answer these questions, and Lori Landry, a longtime friend of Sec. Castro, shares her family’s experience of having to evacuate their impacted North Texas home. Keep up with Julián on twitter @JulianCastro [https://twitter.com/JulianCastro?s=20] and Instagram @JulianCastroTX [https://www.instagram.com/juliancastrotx/]. Resources from the episode: * Julie on The Takeaway - The American Power System Is Unprepared For Climate Change [https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takeaway/segments/american-power-system-woefully-unprepared-climate-change] * 6 things to know about supply, demand, and our electricity future - The Union of Concerned Scientists [https://blog.ucsusa.org/john-rogers/polar-vortex-power-outages-6-things-to-know-about-supply-demand-and-our-electricity-future] * Read Julie's latest blog post on what happened in Texas here [https://blog.ucsusa.org/julie-mcnamara/texas-power-outages-wake-up-call] * Tracking the Texas power outages with PowerOutage.US [https://poweroutage.us/area/state/texas] * Power outage terms explained - KUT [https://www.kut.org/energy-environment/2021-02-24/here-are-some-terms-you-need-to-know-to-understand-the-debate-over-the-texas-blackout] * Mutual aid for people affected by the outages - Vox [https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22289581/mutual-aid-helps-texas-storm] * How to prepare for power outages - CDC [https://www.cdc.gov/disasters/poweroutage/needtoknow.html] Click this link [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NEJFhcReE4ejw2Kw7ba8DVJ1xQLogPwA/view] for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows. To follow along with a transcript and/or take notes for friends and family, go to https://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/our-america [https://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/our-america] shortly after the air date. Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.