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Let's Give A Damn

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Rating
★★★★★
4.8
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This podcast has
302 episodes
Language
English
Publisher
Nick Laparra
Explicit
Yes
Date created
2016/11/08
Latest episode
2026/10/07
Average duration
67 min.
Release period
19 days

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Let's Give A Damn is your one-stop shop for inspiring, raw, no-b******t conversations with damn-giving artists, activists, and troublemakers from all over the world. We believe that no one is free until everyone is free. With these conversations, we're trying to help you get free. Are you in? Welcome to Let's Give A Damn.

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Carsie Blanton on Artists as Activists, the Global Sumud Flotilla, and Embracing Boredom
2026/10/07
❤️ If you love the podcast and benefit from it, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠please consider joining our Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  🎉 It’s Carsie Blanton week on the podcast! 🙏🏽 Carsie Blanton is a songwriter with hooks, chutzpah, and revolutionary optimism. Inspired by artist-activists including Nina Simone and Woody Guthrie, her catalog exhibits a wide exploration of genre woven together by humor, a fondness for classic melodies, and the spirit of punk rock. You might know Carsie from some of her viral hits like Little Flame, Rich People, and Ugly Nasty Commie Bitch. In addition to a career in music spanning two decades and ten albums, Carsie is an organizer with People’s Songs—an organization of musicians dedicated to adapting, distributing, and performing songs for liberation. ✅ Follow Carsie on Instagram! ✅ Go see Carsie on tour!  ✅ Follow People’s Songs! ---------------- ✊🏽 Join the Let’s Give A Damn community on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! 👕 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy some of our merch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! 🔥 Follow Let’s Give A Damn on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. ✉️ Sign up for our weekly ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. 📱 Reach out anytime: [email protected]. ❤️ Have an amazing week, friends! Keep giving a damn. Love y’all!
Fady Joudah on Exhibit G, Voices of Resistance, and Radical Humility
2026/09/24
❤️ If you love the podcast and benefit from it, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠please consider joining our Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  🎉 It’s Fady Joudah week on the podcast! 🙏🏽 Fady is the author of [...], a finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize. His other poetic works include: The Earth in the Attic; Alight; Textu, a book-long sequence of short poems whose meter is based on cellphone character count; Footnotes in the Order of Disappearance; and Tethered to Stars. He has translated several collections of poetry from Arabic and is the co-editor and co-founder of the Etel Adnan Poetry Prize. He was a winner of the Yale Series of Younger Poets competition and has received the Jackson Poetry Prize, a PEN award, a Banipal/Times Literary Supplement Prize from the UK, the Griffin Poetry Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Arab American Book Award. He lives in Houston, with his wife and kids, where he practices internal medicine.   And today, we discuss his new book, Exhibit G: Poems, Essays, and Photographs of Gaza. A truly devastating yet wildly hopeful book. Buy a copy or two or ten today. ✅ Follow Fady Joudah on Instagram ✅ Buy Exhibit G: Poems, Essays, and Photographs of Gaza  ✅ Support Gaza Soup Kitchen ---------------- ✊🏽 Join the Let’s Give A Damn community on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! 👕 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy some of our merch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! 🔥 Follow Let’s Give A Damn on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. ✉️ Sign up for our weekly ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. 📱 Reach out anytime: [email protected]. ❤️ Have an amazing week, friends! Keep giving a damn. Love y’all!
The Committee for the First Amendment!
2026/08/05
❤️ If you love the podcast and benefit from it, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠please consider joining our Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  🎉 It’s The Committee for the First Amendment week on the podcast! 🙏🏽 This week on the show, I have the honor of speaking with Anjuli Kronheim Katz (Executive Director of TCFA), Bruce Cohen (Film, TV, and Theater Producer and part of the steering committee of TCFA), Wilson Cruz (Actor and Activist), and PepperMint (Actor, Singer, Drag Queen, and Activist) about Rise Up concert and about the work The Committee for the First Amendment is doing to defend free speech and expression during the rise of fascism that we are witnessing on a daily basis.  ✅ Follow The Committee for the First Amendment! ✅ Watch Rise Up, Sing Out - A Concert for the First Amendment on YouTube! ✅ Take Action with TCFA! ---------------- ✊🏽 Join the Let’s Give A Damn community on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! 👕 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy some of our merch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! 🔥 Follow Let’s Give A Damn on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. ✉️ Sign up for our weekly ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. 📱 Reach out anytime: [email protected]. ❤️ Have an amazing week, friends! Keep giving a damn. Love y’all!
Jess Janz On What She Learned From Having Dinner With 1000 Strangers
2026/07/17
❤️ If you love the podcast and benefit from it, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠please consider joining our Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  🎉 It’s Jess Janz week on the podcast! 🙏🏽 Jess is a writer, community facilitator, the creator of With Strangers, and a damn good human. Also, she’s one of my favorite Canadians. Jess started Dinner With Strangers in 2017 with her friend Ryan at his hair studio to invite people who didn’t know each other to get past small talk and get inspired by each other’s stories. They wanted to create spaces where people could slow down, speak honestly, and remember that they weren’t alone. 📚 After hosting dozens and dozens of dinners with over 1000 people and counting), Jess wrote a book called The Table Where We Meet which was released into the world this week and you must run, not walk, to go get your copy today. It’s absolutely fantastic. ✅ Follow Jess Janz on Instagram. ✅ Visit Jess' website. ✅ Buy The Table Where We Meet today! ---------------- ✊🏽 Join the Let’s Give A Damn community on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! 👕 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy some of our merch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! 🔥 Follow Let’s Give A Damn on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. ✉️ Sign up for our weekly ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. 📱 Reach out anytime: [email protected]. ❤️ Have an amazing week, friends! Keep giving a damn. Love y’all!
Misan Harriman on Waltzing With Immortality, the Downfall of Empire, and Shoot the People
2026/06/26
❤️ If you love the podcast and benefit from it, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠please consider joining our Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  🎉 It’s Misan Harriman week on the podcast! 📷 Misan is am award-winning photographer, social activist, Oscar-Nominated filmmaker, and is one of the most widely-shared visual storytellers of this age. He is also the first black person in the 104 year history of British Vogue to shoot the cover of its September issue. 🎬 Misan just released his documentary, Shoot the People! Directed by Andy Mundy-Castle and distributed by Watermelon Pictures, this film is a must-see. I was honored to attend the first screening in NYC last week and it’s in theaters all over now! Click here to see if there is a theater close to you.  🎧 Follow Misan Harriman on Instagram. ❤️ Read the rest of Misan's bio here. 📺 Request a screening or buy tickets here. ---------------- ✊🏽 Join the Let’s Give A Damn community on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! 👕 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy some of our merch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! 🔥 Follow Let’s Give A Damn on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. ✉️ Sign up for our weekly ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. 📱 Reach out anytime: [email protected]. ❤️ Have an amazing week, friends! Keep giving a damn. Love y’all!
Roger Waters & Mona Miari: Comfortably Numb Re-Imagined
2026/06/18
❤️ If you love the podcast and benefit from it, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠please consider joining our Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  🎉 It’s Roger Waters & Mona Miari week on the podcast! 🇵🇸 ⁠ On June 12, 2026, the legendary Roger Waters and acclaimed Palestinian musician Mona Miari release a re-imagined version of the iconic song Comfortably Numb, 47 years after the original was released, with new Arabic verses that transform the Pink Floyd classic into a powerful battlecry to bring global attention to the continued genocide in Gaza. This new interpretation amplifies the song’s original message of rejecting extreme alienation and apathy and brings in new Arabic arrangements and melodies that evoke feelings of resistance and solidarity—themes that are increasingly relevant to the genocidal Israeli war waged against the Palestinian People. Comfortably Numb in 2026 is a direct response to the genocide in Gaza and affirms solidarity with the oppressed in Palestine and beyond. The project centers the responsibility of artists to reflect the world around them and to speak openly about injustice, humanity, and collective suffering. It demands an end to silence. 🎧 Listen to Comfortably Numb Re-imagined 📺 Watch Comfortably Numb Re-imagined 🔥 Learn more here! ---------------- ✊🏽 Join the Let’s Give A Damn community on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! 👕 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy some of our merch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! 🔥 Follow Let’s Give A Damn on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. ✉️ Sign up for our weekly ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. 📱 Reach out anytime: [email protected]. ❤️ Have an amazing week, friends! Keep giving a damn. Love y’all!
Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez: Conversion Therapy Dropout
2026/06/05
❤️ If you love the show and learn from it, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠please consider joining our Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  🎉 It’s Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez week on the podcast!  👉🏽 ⁠ Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez spent almost a decade in gay conversion therapy—all while working behind the scenes at some of the most influential Evangelical Christian megachurches. After embracing his identity as a gay Christian and stepping away from church work, he co-founded Church Clarity, an organization that helps queer people find affirming faith communities. A writer and commentator focused on the intersection of faith, sexuality, and belonging, Tim has contributed to TIME, Oprah Daily, Harper’s Bazaar, Religion News Service, and The Advocate, and he was a 2026 GLAAD Media Award nominee for Outstanding Journalism. ✅ Follow Timothy on Instagram! ✅ Purchase a copy (or two!) of Conversion Therapy Dropout! ✊🏽 Join the Let’s Give A Damn community on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! 👕 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy some of our merch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! 🔥 Follow Let’s Give A Damn on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. ✉️ Sign up for our weekly ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. 📱 Reach out anytime: [email protected]. ❤️ Have an amazing week, friends! Keep giving a damn. Love y’all!
Tatiana Maslany: Resisting AI, Free Palestine, & 31 Years In Show Biz
2026/05/21
❤️ If you love the show and want to support us, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠please consider joining our Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  🎉 It’s Tatiana Maslany week on the podcast!  👉🏽 ⁠ Tatiana is an Emmy® Award-winning actress known for Orphan Black, She-Hulk, and Perry Mason. She will next appear in Sony Pictures Classic's The Only Living Pickpocket in New York, which premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. Recently, Maslany wrapped production on Osgood Perkins’ The Young People. Her film credits include Keeper and The Monkey. On Broadway, she has appeared in Network and Grey House. And last but not least, she released her latest project this week on Apple TV+ called Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed co-starring alongside Jake Johnson.  🍉 During our chat, we talk about why artists must resist AI, why it's so important for her to speak up about Palestine, and so much more. ✅ Follow Tatiana on Instagram. ✊🏽 Join the Let’s Give A Damn community on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! 👕 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy some of our merch⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! 🔥 Follow Let’s Give A Damn on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. ✉️ Sign up for our weekly ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. 📱 Reach out anytime: [email protected]. ❤️ Have an amazing week, friends! Keep giving a damn. Love y’all!
Pattie Gonia: Touch Grass, Stay Focused, & Genocide Is Ecocide
2026/05/01
❤️ If you love the show and want to support us, ⁠⁠⁠⁠please consider joining our Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠.  🎉 It’s Pattie Gonia week on the podcast!  👉🏽 ⁠ Pattie is a critically acclaimed drag queen, environmentalist, and advocate for inclusivity and diversity in the outdoors. She is the co-founder of the Outdoorist Oath (a non-profit that gets BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ and femmes into the outdoors through community and education) and the Founder of the Queer Outdoor and Environmental Job Board (a free tool queer individuals can use to get hired and therefore diversify the fields). Pattie has raised almost $5 million for LGBTQIA+, BIPOC and environmental non-profits. And if that isn’t enough, she has made films and has made music with other incredible artists like Yo-Yo Ma and Imogen Heap.  🌍 Also, Pattie is on tour right now. Go see them in a city near you! ✅ Follow Pattie on Instagram. ✊🏽 Join the Let’s Give A Damn community on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠! 👕 ⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy some of our merch⁠⁠⁠⁠! 🔥 Follow Let’s Give A Damn on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠. ✉️ Sign up for our weekly ⁠⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠. 📱 Reach out anytime: [email protected]. ❤️ Have an amazing week, friends! Keep giving a damn. Love y’all!
Julian Brave Noisecat: Surviving the Night, Becoming a Father, and Faith
2026/04/20
❤️ If you love the show and want to support us, ⁠⁠⁠please consider joining our Patreon⁠⁠⁠. 🎉 It’s Julian Brave Noisecat week on the podcast! 👉🏽 ⁠ NoiseCat is a writer, filmmaker, champion powwow dancer, and student of Salish art and history. He is the first Indigenous North American filmmaker ever nominated for an Academy Award and the first Indigenous North American author to ever write about healing from intergenerational trauma by getting stoned with his dad for The New York Times Magazine. During this conversation we talk at length about his first book, We Survived the Night, a portrait of Indigenous life beginning with the familial and expanding outwards from there through a contemporary retelling of the Coyote epic. When it released in 2025, it was an instant national bestseller in Canada and an indie bestseller in the United States.  In addition to being a bestselling author, Julian's first documentary, Sugarcane, directed alongside Emily Kassie, follows an investigation into abuse and missing children at the Indian residential school NoiseCat’s family was sent to near Williams Lake, British Columbia. Sugarcane premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival where NoiseCat and Kassie won the Directing Award in the U.S. Documentary Competition.  ✅ Follow Julian on Instagram. ✅ Buy a copy (or two!) of We Survived The Night. ✊🏽 Join the Let’s Give A Damn community on ⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠! 👕 ⁠⁠⁠Buy some of our merch⁠⁠⁠! 🔥 Follow Let’s Give A Damn on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠. ✉️ Sign up for our weekly ⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠. 📱 Reach out anytime: [email protected]. ​​❤️ Have an amazing week, friends! Keep giving a damn. Love y’all!
Ibram X. Kendi: The Great Replacement Theory, Anti-Racism, and the Chain of Humanity
2026/04/03
❤️ If you love the show and want to support us, ⁠⁠please consider joining our Patreon⁠⁠. 🎉 It’s Dr. Ibram X. Kendi week on the podcast! 👉🏽 ⁠ Dr. Kendi is one of the world’s foremost historians of racism and a leading antiracist scholar. He is the Carter G. Woodson Endowed Chair in History at Howard University, and the inaugural director of Howard’s Institute for Advanced Study. Kendi has published eighteen books for adults and children, including twelve New York Times Best Sellers. Today's conversation is all about his latest, Chain Of Ideas: The Origins Of Our Authoritarian Age. A fantastic and helpful book. ✅ Follow Dr. Kendi on Instagram. ✅ Buy a copy (or two!) of Chain of Ideas today. ✊🏽 Support Let’s Give A Damn on ⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠!👕 ⁠⁠Buy some of our merch⁠⁠! 🔥 Follow Let’s Give A Damn on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠. ✉️ Sign up for our weekly ⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠. 📱 Reach out anytime: [email protected]. ​​❤️ Have an amazing week, friends! Keep giving a damn. Love y’all!
Charithra Chandran : One Piece and Bridgerton and Palestine, Oh My!
2026/03/27
❤️ If you love the show and want to support us, ⁠please consider joining our Patreon⁠. 🎉 It’s Charithra Chandran week on the podcast! 👉🏽 ⁠ Charithra Chandran has quickly established herself as an internationallyrenowned actor, showcasing her range of disciplines both on-screen and theatrically. Charithra is currently starring in Season 2 of Netflix’s One Piece — a live-action adaptation of the best-selling manga series of the same name by Eiichiro Oda. Charithra has starred in several other films and shows — including Season 2 of Bridgerton, opposite Jonathan Bailey and Simone Ashley. — as the 'Diamond of the Season.' During this conversation, we talk about gratitude, her immense love for India, her incredible career, why she advocates for Palestinian liberation, how she has no patience for transphobic people, and so much more. ✅ Follow Charithra on Instagram. ✅ Watch Season 2 of One Piece on Netflix now! ✊🏽 Support Let’s Give A Damn on ⁠Patreon⁠!👕 ⁠Buy some of our merch⁠! 🔥 Follow Let’s Give A Damn on ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠Twitter⁠, and ⁠Youtube⁠. ✉️ Sign up for our weekly ⁠Substack⁠. 📱 Reach out anytime: [email protected]. ​​❤️ Have an amazing week, friends! Keep giving a damn. Love y’all!
Kat Abughazaleh: Running for Congress, Fighting Against Fascism, & Mutual Aid
2026/03/13
It’s Kat Abughazaleh Day on the podcast!  Kat is a 26-year-old, Palestinian American, grassroots congressional candidate running to represent Illinois’ Ninth District. She’s a renter, a formerly uninsured worker, and a union representative running to bring a new generation of leadership to Congress, defend democracy, fight for economic justice, and advance a humane foreign policy. Kat is a badass. Don’t believe me? Go on YouTube, type her name into the search bar, and see for yourself. Lastly, Kat is up against millions of dollars of attack ads by AIPAC and her opponents. Please donate, phone bank, or door knock if you can! ✅ Check out Kat’s website. ✅ Follow Kat on Instagram and YouTube. ✊🏽 Support Let’s Give A Damn on Patreon!👕 Buy some of our merch! 🔥 Follow Let’s Give A Damn on Instagram, Twitter, and Youtube. ✉️ Sign up for our weekly Substack. 📱 Reach out anytime: [email protected]. ​​❤️ Have an amazing week, friends! Keep giving a damn. Love y’all!
Shabnam Mogharabi: We Need A Spiritual Revolution!
2026/02/06
🎉 It’s Shabnam Mogharabi week on the podcast! ❤️ Before I share more about our guest, ⁠consider supporting us on Patreon⁠! We need your help to make this podcast happen. Thanks, friends. 👉🏽 Shabnam Mogharabi is an entertainment executive, producer, and New York Times bestselling author with 20 years of experience in mission-driven media. She currently runs The Joy Brigade, a boutique film and media production company. Prior to that, Shabnam was an EVP at film company Participant and also co-founded the uplifting content studio SoulPancake with actor Rainn Wilson, which she ran as CEO for nearly a decade, amassing 1B video views and dozens of awards. She and Rainn are still collaborating today on Rainn's Soul Boom platform, which seeks to unlock a modern spiritual revolution through playful, practical, and profound media. Shabnam is a Henry Crown Fellow, a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network, and serves on a number of private and non-profit boards. She also got a certification in positive psychology in her spare time and is a frequent keynote speaker on the power of joy and storytelling. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and young children. ✅ We spend quite a bit of time talking about the book she co-wrote with Rainn Wilson,  the Soul Boom Workbook. Get a copy today! ✅ Follow Shabnam on Instagram and LinkedIn. ✅ Follow Soul Boom on Instagram and YouTube. ------------- ✊🏽 ⁠Support Let’s Give A Damn on ⁠Patreon⁠⁠! 👕 ⁠⁠Buy some of our merch⁠⁠! 🔥 Follow Let’s Give A Damn on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠, ⁠UpScrolled⁠, and ⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠. ✉️ ⁠Sign up for our weekly ⁠Substack newsl⁠etter⁠. 📱 Reach out anytime: [email protected]. ❤️ Have an amazing week, friends! Keep giving a damn. Love y’all!
Saja Kilani: The Voice of Hind Rajab, Keep Telling Stories, and Hope Is Everything
2026/01/28
🎉 It’s Saja Kilani week on the podcast! ❤️ Before I share more about our guest, ⁠consider supporting us on Patreon⁠! We need your help to make this podcast happen. Thanks, friends. 👉🏽 Saja Kilani is a Jordanian/Palestinian/Canadian actress and spoken word poet. Her first film performance, Simsim, earned her the Best First Time Lead Actress Award at the Amman International Film Festival. She starred in her debut international Oscar and Golden Globe-nominated film, The Voice of Hind Rajab, where she received the Best Actress Award at the 36th edition of the Carthage Film Festival. When she’s not acting, Saja shares her original spoken word poetry in live performances as part of her storytelling practice. 🎥 The Voice of Hind Rajab is a must see January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A 5-year-old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her. Her name was Hind Rajab. Find this film in a theatre close to you and go see it as soon as you possibly can. ------------- ✊🏽 Support Let’s Give A Damn on ⁠Patreon⁠! 👕 ⁠Buy some of our merch⁠! 🔥 Follow Let’s Give A Damn on ⁠Instagram⁠, UpScrolled, and ⁠Youtube⁠. ✉️ Sign up for our weekly ⁠Substack newsl⁠etter. 📱 Reach out anytime: [email protected]. ❤️ Have an amazing week, friends! Keep giving a damn. Love y’all! ------------- 📷 photo used in artwork by Misan Harriman

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4.8 out of 5
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★★★★★
caseyzachary 2024/02/12
Real and raw and honest and helpful
Nick does a great job shining light in the right places and investing energy and effort to making the world a better place for human flourishing.
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Ccolin16 2023/09/29
The vibe is good
What more can I say, the vibe is good. Nick genuinely admires with his guests and engages with them in a such a warm and real way. I feel like people ...
★★★★★
DBryant78 2023/09/29
Joyful Passion
I love Nick’s joyful passion and unflinching commitment to justice and peace.
★★★★★
reference54 2023/09/29
A breath of fresh air!
Thoughtful, powerful, empowering. Nick Laparra is a strong interviewer and a conscientious host. LGAD is an amazing source of engaged information on ...
★★★★★
elaera81 2023/03/14
Poignant. Important. Relevant. Listen now.
Nick is one of the best interviewers in the game. Making space and time for people to share their story.
★★★★★
Matt G. – The Life Shift 2023/01/08
So Necessary and Insightful
I’m late to discovering this podcast, but I’m so glad that I did. Nick is having deep conversations that need to be out there for others to hear. I’m ...
★★★★★
Dan Moyle 2022/11/10
A must listen for hope, insights and few swears
I love the mission of this show and the organization it has inspired. Nick brings a unique perspective that stretches me, inspires me, and gives me ho...
★★★★★
MJX1129 2022/06/07
Great Interviewer
Just started listening, so far we love it!
★★★★★
kelljohns 2022/05/15
Educational and engaging!
I love how Nick approaches such important topics with compassion and empathy. All the conversations are so meaningful and thought provoking. This podc...
★★★★★
JosiahLH 2022/04/19
Must listen!
This is an incredible podcast! Love the way Nick tackles difficult subjects and engages with his guests! Definitely a must listen!
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