Our America with Julián Castro

What the heck is happening in America? Secretary Julián Castro, as you’ve never heard him before, helps listeners understand how to make sense of a non-stop stream of headlines affecting our daily lives. Joined each week by his long-time communications strategist, the unfiltered Sawyer Hackett, plus a collection of political leaders, journalists, and operatives from across the country, Julián reveals insider perspectives and witty hot takes on the issues troubling Our America.

Our America is funded in part by The Marguerite Casey Foundation. A foundation that supports leaders, scholars and initiatives focused on shifting the balance of power in society — building power for communities that continue to be excluded from shaping how society works and from sharing in its rewards and freedoms. Click the above link to learn more.

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) was founded in 2015 to help solve some of society’s toughest challenges — from eradicating disease and improving education to addressing the needs of our local communities. Click the above link to learn more.

Listen to more episodes of Our America with Julián Castro

May 25, 2022 | Remembering Uvalde & Hoping for Change

May 18, 2022 | The Swift Evolution of Home Ownership

May 11, 2022 | Shifting Political Power Through Organizing

May 4, 2022 | The End of Roe (with Lauren Rankin)

April 27, 2022 | Championing Democracy from the Hood to the Holler (with Charles Booker)

April 20, 2022 | Can Biden Rebound?

April 13, 2022 | Suiting Up to Protect LGBTQ Rights (with Charlotte Clymer)

April 6, 2022 | What’s Merrick Garland Waiting For? (with Elie Mystal)

March 30, 2022 | Everything is Chaos from Will Smith to SCOTUS (with Mark Joseph Stern)

March 23, 2022 | Ketanji Brown Jackson Makes History

March 16, 2022 | Midterm Messaging (with Jason Kander)

March 9, 2022 | Ukraine Fights Back (with Michael McFaul)

March 3, 2022 | SOTU & TX Election Results (with Rep. Joaquin Castro)

February 23, 2022 | Russia’s War Games

February 16, 2022 | Putin on the Blitz? (with Nayyera Haq)

February 9, 2022 | A Real, Legitimate Political Discourse (with Jessica Cisneros)

February 2, 2022 | Not Going Quietly (with Ady Barkan)

January 26, 2022 | Trump’s Legal Woes & America’s Childcare Crisis (with Gloria Riviera)

January 19, 2022 | Who Will Primary Voting Rights Holdout Sinema? (with Mehdi Hasan)

January 12, 2022 | Biden Drops the F-Bomb: Filibuster (with Beto O’Rourke)

January 5, 2022 | The Capitol Coup, One Year Later

December 15, 2021 | Insurrection, Impeachment and Other Wild 2021 Moments (with Maya Rupert)

December 8, 2021 | The Death of Roe and the Rise of Omicron (w/ Lauren Rankin & Andy Slavitt)

December 1, 2021 | ‘Tis the Season for Making Legislative Moves (w/ Sen. Elizabeth Warren)

November 17, 2021 | The Bells & Dog Whistles of GOP Messaging (with Anat Shenker-Osorio)

November 10, 2021 | Election Wake-Up Call: Time To Get Sh*t Done (with Rep. Joaquin Castro)

November 3, 2021 | Why is Joe Manchin Calling the Shots? (with Dr. Carmen Rojas)

October 27, 2021 | Defending Voting, Protecting Democracy (with Marc Elias)

October 20, 2021 | Trump’s Immigration Policies in Biden’s White House (with Hamed Aleaziz)

October 13, 2021 | The Fight to Build Back Better (with Rep. Ayanna Pressley)

April 8, 2021 | Safety Doesn’t Mean More Guns (with John Legend)

April 1, 2021 | The Filibuster’s Racist Roots (with Adam Jentleson)

March 25, 2021 | A Seat At The Table For Native And Indigenous People

March 18, 2021 | A Reckoning in Texas

March 11, 2021 | Who Responds to a Mental Health Crisis? (with Rep Leslie Herod)

March 4, 2021 | Curbing Anti-Asian and Pacific Islander Hate (with Cynthia Choi)

February 25, 2021 | Moms Demand Action

February 18, 2021 | Unions Are Vehicles of Justice (with Mary Kay Henry)

February 11, 2021 | Families Ripped Apart

February 4, 2021 | Journalists Need To Do Their Damn Jobs (with Dan Rather)

January 28, 2021 | Making Mental Health Accessible (with Dan Harris)

January 21, 2021 | Why I’m F*cking Mad (with Jonathan Van Ness)

January 14, 2021 | A Beacon of Hope (with Ayanna Pressley and London Breed)

December 17, 2020 | How We Reach the Working Class (with Bernie Sanders)

December 10, 2020 | Aging Out of Foster Care

December 3, 2020 | The Luxury of Paid Sick Leave

November 26, 2020 | Rewind: My America

November 19, 2020 | Homeless In Las Vegas

November 12, 2020 | Election Recap With Joaquin Castro

November 5, 2020 | Life After Deployment

October 29, 2020 | Who Gets to Vote?

October 22, 2020 | Separated

October 15, 2020 | Policing the Police

October 8, 2020 | Not-So-Affordable Housing

October 1, 2020 | Nevertheless, She Persisted

September 24, 2020 | The United States of Hunger

September 17, 2020 | Return to Flint

September 10, 2020 | My America

September 3, 2020 | Introducing Our America with Julián Castro

July 16, 2020 | Teaser: Our America

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