What to Reid with Joy-Ann Reid
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On this episode of What to Reid, Joy talks with Sophia Chang, a veteran of the hip-hop world as the former manager of RZA, GZA and Ol’ Dirty Bastard of the Wu Tang Clan, Q-Tip and A Tribe Called Quest, soul singers D’Angelo and Raphael Saadiq, and the author of the fascinating biography, The Baddest Bitch in the Room. Her stories of life as an Asian-American woman in the male-dominated music world are fascinating!
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What to Reid with Joy-Ann Reid
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On this episode of What to Reid, Joy talks with Carl Hoffman about his fascinating new book: Liar's Circus: A Strange and Terrifying Journey Into the Upside-Down World of Trump's MAGA Rallies. Hoffman takes you into the strange, strange world of MAGA rallies, where you'll meet teachers and nurses devoted to Q-Anon, seemingly everyday people who live and would, in this pandemic, die for Donald Trump.
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What to Reid with Joy-Ann Reid
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On this episode of What to Reid, Joy talks with former congresswoman Katie Hill about her book: "She Will Rise: Becoming a Warrior in the Battle for True Equality." Hill tackles the horrors of "revenge porn," and tells us how she got through the scandal and public humiliation, and emerged as a warrior, not just for her self, but for all women.
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What to Reid with Joy-Ann Reid
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On this episode of What to Reid, Joy talks with Jennifer Palmieri, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Madam President, about her latest book: She Proclaims: Our Declaration of Independence from a Man's World. In it, the former communications director for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign and former White House Communications Director for President Barack Obama talks about what it means to be a powerful, independent, ambitious and fearless woman in today’s America.
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What to Reid with Joy-Ann Reid
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On this episode of What to Reid, Robert P. Jones, author and demographer with the Public Religion Research Institute, talks about his latest book: White Too Long: The Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity. In this deeply personal book, he combines his personal story as a white Christian growing up in the Bible belt, with a depth of history and national public polls to warn Christians about the risk of the faith falling under the spell of white nationalism.
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What to Reid with Joy-Ann Reid
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On this episode of What To Reid, Joy talks with Mikel Jollett about his fascinating book Hollywood Park: A Memoir. It's a heart-racing story of his life growing up in one of America's most infamous cults, and how he emerged from the cycle of abuse, poverty and want that it inflicted on him, his parents and his brother.
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What to Reid with Joy-Ann Reid
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On this episode of What to Reid, former Georgia State House minority leader and gubernatorial candidate discusses her book: Our Time Is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America. In it, the New York Times Best-Selling author, voting rights activist and entrepreneur lays out the ways in which our right to vote is being threatened, and how we can fight back.
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What to Reid with Joy-Ann Reid
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In this episode, AM Joy favorite and MSNBC counter-terrorism analyst Malcolm Nance discusses his best-selling book: The Plot to Betray America: How Team Trump Embraced Our Enemies, Compromised Our Security, and How We Can Fix It, including the new chapters added to the paperback.
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What to Reid with Joy-Ann Reid
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On this week's What to Reid, Masha Gessen discusses her searing, important new book, Surviving Autocracy. In it, the Russian-born journalist and author discusses how Trump has crippled our democracy, subverted the media, embedded corruption and dragged America toward autocracy. It's a must-read!
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What to Reid with Joy-Ann Reid
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In this What to Reid, Rachel Maddow senior producer Steve Benen sits down with Joy to talk about his new book: The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics. In it, Benen describes how the Grand Ole' Party became a "post-policy" party, whose only purpose is the accumulation of more and more power.
info_outlineIn this episode, Joy-Ann interviews Steven Hassan, author of the controversial book: The Cult of Trump, in which Hassan -- one of America's foremost experts on cults, and someone who escaped from a cult himself -- offers his analysis of the indoctrination tactics Donald Trump uses to "build a fanatical devotion in his supporters." Listen and judge for yourself!