The Junction with Lisette Nieves

At The Junction, we reflect on the moments that make us — with today's most impactful leaders. The show is created and hosted by Lisette Nieves and produced by LWC

The Junction with Lisette Nieves is a society podcast hosted by Lisette Nieves, with 11 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Lisette Nieves hosts The Junction with Lisette Nieves, a society show with 11 episodes published.

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  Episode #1

  LDF President Janai Nelson on Leading the ‘Private DOJ’ in the Fight for Voting Rights

  May 8, 202626 minS0

  <p>Janai Nelson is President and Director-Counsel of the Legal Defense Fund (LDF), the nation’s premier civil rights law organization. Throughout her legal career, she has played a pivotal role in numerous landmark legal cases. Most recently, she argued Louisiana v. Callais before the Supreme Court. The voting rights case aims to secure equitable Congressional representation for Black voters in Louisiana, and defend the constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Before joining LDF, she was also a full professor at St. John’s University School of Law.</p> <p><p>Learn more about Lisette! Lisette-Nieves.com</p></p><br/>...

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  Historian Kelly Lytle Hernández on Why We’re Stuck in Time as a Country

  May 8, 202624 minS0

  <p>Kelly Lytle Hernández is theChair in History and African American Studies and directs the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA. For her historical and contemporary work, in 2029 Kelly was selected as a MacArthur “Genius” Fellow. She is also an elected member of the Society of American Historians, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Pulitzer Prizes Board. One of the nation’s leading experts on race, immigration, and mass incarceration, she is the author of multiple award-winning books, including Bad Mexicans: Race, Empire, and Revolution in the Borderlands. She is the founding directo...

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  Public Scholar Heather McGhee on Meeting This Moment as History Repeats Itself

  May 8, 202626 minS0

  <p>Heather McGhee is a bestselling author, nonprofit executive, public intellectual, and political strategist. She is a former president and currently a trustee emeritus of Demos, a progressive U.S. think tank. In 2021, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together debuted at #3 on the New York Times best seller list and stayed there for 10 weeks. In it Heather argues that white Americans "have been steeped in the notion of 'zero sum' — that any gains by another group must come at white people's expense." She’s a regular contributor to NBC News and frequent gues...

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  Pulitzer Winner Maria Hinojosa Handles the Toughest Stories with Grace and Power

  May 8, 202628 minS0

  <p>Maria Hinojosa is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and founder of Futuro Media Group, which covers untold stories about underrepresented communities. A four-time Emmy Award winner, Maria is the host and executive producer of Latino USA and the political podcast In The Thick.  In 2022 she and Futuro won the  Pulitzer Prize in Audio Reporting for the podcast Suave. It tells the story of David Luis "Suave" Gonzalez, who was sentenced to life without parole at 17, and his journey toward unexpected freedom after 30+ years in prison. The 7-part series touches on themes of incarceration, redemption, and the relationship between a journalist an...

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  Episode #6

  NYPL President Tony Marx Is Redefining the Public Library in Times of Crisis

  May 8, 202626 minS0

  <p>Tony Marx has run The New York Public Library, the country’s largest public library system, for fifteen years. Prior to that he was president of Amherst College and worked in anti-apartheid efforts in South Africa in the 90s. His long career has been characterized by his ardent belief in access. At NYPL he removed late fines after discovering that the NYPL had disenfranchised thousands of patrons of color with. He also pressured book publishers to integrate libraries into their e-books distribution, and led the creation of an NYPL e-reader app (the software was open-source so other library systems co...

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