Radio Dispatch is a daily podcast covering progressive politics, hosted by siblings John and Molly Knefel. The show features journalists, authors, organizers, and artists, as well as John and Molly's own original reporting and analysis. From civil liberties and privacy to civil rights and intersectional feminism, Radio Dispatch covers the news from a point of view that values recognizing and discussing power and privilege. John and Molly's journalism can be found at Rolling Stone, Buzzfeed, Vice, The New Inquiry and more. Listeners are the most important part of Radio Dispatch, and the show strives to amplify the stories and narratives from those on the other end of the microphone.
"We spend the hour on Afghanistan, including the recent history, the occupation years, and the current context now that the Taliban has taken control ...
" The investigation into Andrew Cuomo revealed a pattern of harassment, back to school panic as states hold onto their mask mandate bans, the AAP call...
" The CDC released data on the Provincetown outbreak that has a lot of vaccinated people freaking out, and we break it down. photo courtesy of Craig C...
"The state of the left and the challenges ahead, and conservatives react to the Delta spike. Chicago Sunrise Movement Rallies for a Green New Deal Chi...
"The Delta variant takes hold in the US, and thoughts on Haiti and Cuba. photo courtesy of US Secretary of Defense via Wikimedia Commons 00:00 - Welco...
"The history of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine, more thoughts on summer school, and how voting restrictions could change the Democratic party. Al N...
"Rumsfeld is dead and the hyper conservatism of Too Hot To Handle. photo via Wikimedia Commons 00:00 - Welcome to Radio Dispatch 00:28 - Summer school...
"Critical race theory panic is the new anti-communism, and the New York Times declares progressivism dead because Eric Adam’s got 30% of the first cho...
"Cooking, life check-ins, and what’s going on with the Chipotle wage and burrito bowl debate. photo courtesy of John Knefel 00:00 - Welcome to Radio D...
"We dive into the Critical Race Theory thing, and MJ had top surgery. photo courtesy of Laurie Shaull via Wikimedia Commons 00:00 - Welcome to Radio D...