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Six months into a war with Iran, and it’s showing up at your gas pump. Congress moved the shutdown fight to December 11th, five weeks after you vote. Fifty-seven immigrant detainees have died in government custody. Food recalls are on pace to match last year while SNAP cuts are quietly costing kids their school lunch. And two months out from an election, a whistleblower says the Postal Service is...

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit malyndahale.substack.comI don’t remember a time when I wasn’t singing. It was my first love before anything else, before acting, before filmmaking, before activism, before any of this. And for a long time it was the thing I wanted most in the world. This month on Off The Record I’m sharing the story I’ve never really told publicly....

18 months in, what does everything actually cost now compared to when this administration started? We're breaking down grocery prices, gas prices, and the bigger economic picture, and what renewable energy's record-breaking spring means for family budgets going forward.SOURCESNBC News Grocery Price Tracker —...

In this conversation I sit down with my long time friend John Pavlovitz to discuss everything from current politics, to theatre, to leading up to the mid-terms. I write about faith, justice and moral clarity, giving language to the things you feel but struggle to say. Become a paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus...

In this episode I sit down with Carter Brown who publicly announced her departure from MAGA. We discuss her upbringing, how she got sucked into MAGA ideology, and what she’s doing now to hold herself accountable.I write about faith, justice and moral clarity, giving language to the things you feel but struggle to say. Become a paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss...

Malynda chats with Pastor and Author Cody Deese of Vinings Lake Church.Cody Deese is an author, pastor, and spiritual guide exploring what a new way of being human looks like in an age of spiritual upheaval, political polarization, and cultural change.He is the author of Discovering Your Internal Universe: The Unexpected Good News About Anxiety, Panic, and Fear, a book that blends personal story,...

Facts & Context: The Quiet Ways People Are Trying To Survive Right NowA lot is going wrong right now. But people are not waiting around. Here are five impactful ways communities are surviving and fighting back.1. Food SNAP participation has dropped by 3.5 million people since last July and the Congressional Budget Office projects 2.4 million people will lose benefits every month over the next...

I have been paying close attention to who is showing up with both a clear vision and the receipts to back it up. Juliana Stratton is one of those people.The Illinois Lieutenant Governor is running for U.S. Senate and I had the opportunity to sit down with her for a full conversation about what is actually happening in this country and what she plans to do about it.We covered a lot of ground. The...

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