How We Build This

May Boeve

How We Build This is a podcast how we can take action in a time of rising authoritarianism and shrinking rights. Hosted by longtime climate and movement leader, May Boeve, each episode finds May in conversation with with organizers, activists, and changemakers as they try to make sense of how movements are born, and how they grow, and what we can do right now.

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S2 · E27
Today · 44 min
Heather McGhee: We Can Have Nice Things
Heather McGhee returns to unpack the historic midterm victories and why winning elections is just the beginning of building a better future.
S2 · E26
October 30 · 41 min
Aru Shiney-Ajay: The Next Era of American Politics
Sunrise Movement leader Aru Shiney-Ajay joins May Boeve to explore how a new generation of organizers is turning protest into political power, and daring to imagine a better future.*/
S2 · E25
October 27 · 15 min
Movement Dispatch #2: Hope, Hard Work, and a Little Magic
One week before the midterms, May Boeve trades election predictions for grassroots organizing, protecting the vote, and a little unexpected magic.
S2 · E24
October 13 · 46 min
Julianna Glasse: This Is What Happens When Women Read
May Boeve talks with Julianna Glasse, author of the forthcoming book This Is What Happens When Women Read.
S2 · E23
September 29 · 45 min
Leah Greenberg: Let’s Fucking Go!
May Boeve talks with Leah Greenberg, co-founder and co-executive director of Indivisible.
S2 · E22
September 15 · 43 min
Emily Lee: How Volunteers Can Defeat MAGA
Host May Boeve chats with Emily Lee, executive director and co-founder of Seed the Vote.
S2 · E21
September 1 · 45 min
Cayden Mak: Organizing Beyond the Algorithm
Host May Boeve sits down with Cayden Mak, Publisher of Convergence Magazine
S2 · E20
August 18 · 45 min
Michael Pollan: Reclaiming Our Attention in the MAGA Era
Host May Boeve sits down with NY Times Bestselling Author and journalist Michael Pollan.
S2 · E19
August 4 · 40 min
Gergő Hajdu: How Hungarian Movements Overcame Orbán
Host May Boeve sits down with Hungarian community organizer, Gergő Hajdu, about the defeat of Viktor Orbán after 16 years of authoritarian rule.
S2 · E18
July 21 · 42 min
Sara Haghdoosti: Iran, Gaza, and the Fight for a New Foreign Policy
Host May Boeve sits down with Iranian-American novelist, and Chief of Program at MoveOn.org, Sara Haghdoosti.
S2 · E17
July 7 · 44 min
Maurice Mitchell: The Working-Class Insurgency Is Here
Host May Boeve sits down with Maurice Mitchell, National Director of the Working Families Party.
S2 · E16
June 23 · 51 min
Annie Leonard & Andre Carothers: How Protest Changes What Looks Unchangeable
Host May Boeve sits down with Annie Leonard and Andre Carothers, co-authors of the book, Protest: Respect It. Defend It. Use It.
S2 · E15
June 9 · 42 min
Sudha Nandagopal: From Environmental Policy to Everyday Democracy
Host May Boeve sits down with organizer and strategist, Sudha Nandagopal.
S2 · E14
May 26 · 45 min
Natalie Foster: The Guarantee and America’s Next Economy
Host May Boeve sits down with Natalie Foster, co-founder of the Economic Security Project.
S2 · E13
May 12 · 43 min
Ilana Berger: Building Care Power, Fighting Private Equity
Host May Boeve sits down with Ilana Berger, director of New York Caring Majority and Caring Majority Rising.
S2 · E12
April 28 · 12 min
Movement Dispatch #1: From Shadow Dockets to May Day
Host May Boeve’s first ever “Movement Dispatch”, rounding up recent events.
S2 · E11
April 14 · 45 min
Hahrie Han: The Missing Link Between Outrage and Power
Host May Boeve chats with political scientist and author Hahrie Han.
S2 · E10
March 31 · 44 min
Heather Cronk: Leaving the Church, Building the Movement
Host May Boeve welcomes Heather Cronk, Founder of Project 21:12
S2 · E9
March 17 · 43 min
Tomás Garduño: Fundamentals of Electoral Organizing
Host May Boeve welcomes author and organizer Tomás Garduño.
S1 · E9
March 3 · 44 min
Chris Neff: The Organizing Infrastructure Hiding in Plain Sight
Host May Boeve welcomes nationally respected labor leader, Chris Neff.

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