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The Al Franken PodcastHeather McGhee on Trump’s Wars on DEI and ImmigrationThe Trump administration is waging war on DEI. But what does that mean? We ask one of our favorite guests, Heather McGhee, to break down how and why DEI has become such a focus for Trump and his allies. Heather wrote the groundbreaking book “The Sum of Us” and is an expert in economic and social policy. She explains that diversity is the backbone of America and that it’s unquestionably better for everyone when we embrace more diverse voices.
We also discuss the appalling ICE raids in Los Angeles and around the country and the economic and moral...2025-06-1547 min
Bioneers: Revolution From the Heart of NatureWhy Equity is Good for Everyone: Changing the Story, Changing the World | john a. powell & Heather McGheeHow do we change the story of corrosive racial inequity? First, we have to understand the stories we tell ourselves. In this program, racial justice innovators john a. powell and Heather McGhee show how empathy, honesty and the recognition of our common humanity can change the story to bridge the racial divides tearing humanity and the Earth apart.
john a. powell is the Director of the Othering and Belonging Institute and Professor of Law, African American, and Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley. His latest book is: Racing to Justice: Transforming our Concepts of Self and Other to Build an Inclusi...2025-05-0729 min
Politically SpeakingHeather McGhee on why she supports Prop AOn the latest episode of Politically Speaking, author Heather McGhee talks about her support for a ballot item raising Missouri’s minimum wage.
McGhee is a New York-based attorney who wrote the New York Times best-selling book The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together. Part of her work involved following the movement in Missouri to raise the minimum wage, particularly in the Kansas City area.
“I wanted to come back and see what was going on, and I'm really thrilled to see the amount of broad-based support for something that should be common sens...2024-09-2523 min
The Lesbian Historic Motif PodcastFollow the Monkey by Jamie McGhee - The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast Episode 294Follow the Monkey by Jamie McGhee
The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 294 with Heather Rose Jones
This quarter’s fiction episode presents “Follow the Monkey” by Jamie McGhee, narrated by Cláudia Cruz Machado.
A transcript of this podcast is available here.
Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online
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Bioneers: Revolution From the Heart of NatureWho Is an American? Is Our Democracy as Unequal as Our Economy? | Heather McGheeBy around 2044, the U.S. will become a majority-minority nation. This seismic demographic shift has triggered a cultural earthquake, provoking a radical spike in hate crimes. In times of massive disruption and economic stress, what Carl Jung called the “shadow side of the psyche” comes into play: the pronounced psychological tendency in the collective psyche is to project these shadow qualities with unusual potency onto whomever people see as “the other.” But is there also a deeper story? Perhaps the question to ask is: Who benefits? In this half hour, we hear from Heather McGhee of Demos. She sees a direct co...2024-07-0328 min
Let’s Hear ItHeather McGhee Talks About the Amazing Future that the Multiracial Governing Coalition Will BringJoin us for a truly extraordinary conversation with the amazing Heather McGhee, the author of The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together.
Heather exposes the lie of so-called zero-sum thinking—where one person's gain is seen as another's loss—and flips it on its head by explaining how diverse coalitions can produce a solidarity dividend that makes things better for everyone.
Heather is warm, funny, and just plain brilliant and we are so grateful to her for speaking with us on an episode that we promise you will love...2024-05-0159 min
The Power We HoldThe Power We Hold - Season 2 Episode 07: Heather McGheeThank you for joining me, your host eco-visual artist and spiritual coach Vanessa Albury, on my journey to becoming a better ally to people of all diversities (bipoc, LGBTQAI2S+, non-normative brained and embodied +) and steward of the environment in podcast form as The Power We Hold! This is part of Coral Projects' work in eco-consciousness healing. In this space we have in-depth conversation together with people of all backgrounds and diverse perspectives about difficult topics full of love, healing and what it is to be a human loving on planet Earth, our only home for now.T...2024-03-081h 01
Deconstructing DallasProspering Together: Heather McGhee on Racism and EconomicsIn this episode of Deconstructing Dallas, Shawn and Ryan are joined by Heather McGhee, an expert in economic policy research and the author of the book "The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together." Heather discusses her journey exploring the intersection of racism and economics in America, highlighting the impact of racism on public goods, wages, and inequality.Heather reflects on her time at Demos, an organization focused on economic justice, and how her thinking on race and racism evolved during her tenure there. She also discusses the adaptation of her book...2024-03-0833 min
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The Institute of Black Imagination.Summer School - The Hidden Costs of Racism with Heather McGhee.Today’s Summer School episode from the IBI Archive is episode 23 with Heather McGhee. Heather designs and promotes solutions to inequality in America. Do you know Heather? You might know Heather. Maybe you saw her on NBC’s Meet the Press, or MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” Or perhaps you saw her sparring with Republican Senator John Kennedy during the confirmation hearings of supreme court Justice Neil Gorsuch, or it just may have been that time when, while on C-Span, an older white gentleman called in to acknowledge his own racism and prejudice, and wanted Heather’s advice on how to change, how...2023-07-091h 16
How to Save a CountryWe Can Defeat Zero-Sum Politics (with Heather McGhee)In front of a live audience at the Hewlett Foundation’s New Common Sense Conference in March, Felicia and Michael talk to New York Times bestselling author Heather McGhee about her book The Sum of Us and how racism impacts the implementation and perception of public goods and services. Her research for the book, and for the audio documentary podcast that followed, took her across America and gave her unique insight into how racial resentment can be an obstacle to a better world—and how to overcome it.
Heather argues that the “zero-sum mindset” has altered many white peo...2023-04-2042 min
Booked Up with Jen TaubThe Sum Of Us Heather McGheeHeather McGhee joins Jen this week to talk about the newly released, young reader edition of her best-selling book The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together. Heather’s book helps show how racism affects and harms all of us and how we need to face it head-on, together. An expert in economic and social policy. Heather is also the former president of the inequality-focused think tank Demos and now chairs the board of Color of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization.
Heather and Jen cover the key themes of th...2023-03-191h 02
The Book CaseBeverly Horowitz Adapts Heather McGhee for YAQuite a few of you have written us that you would be interested in hearing from a book editor, so we went out and find one of the best. Beverly Horowitz, Senior Vice President of Delacorte Press which is a division of Random House, joins us for a fascinating talk about what she does and how she does it. She has been editing for decades and recently has taken to adapting popular and important non fiction books for YA readers, a process that also fascinated us. After talking to Beverly, one of her authors joins us to give an...2023-03-1640 min
Free Library PodcastHeather McGhee | The Sum of Us (Adapted for Young Readers): How Racism Hurts EveryoneSandra Shaber Memorial Lecture
In conversation with award-winning journalist and broadcaster Tracey Matisak
The Sum of Us, Heather McGhee's 2021 odyssey across the American landscape of inequality, won wide acclaim for its empathetic and incisive imagining of a future that could offer more than our current racial paradigm. A New York Times bestseller, longlisted for the National Book Award, and named one of the best books of the year by numerous media outlets, it was recently adapted as a podcast on the Obama's Higher Ground network. One of the nation's foremost experts in economic and social policy, McGhee is the chair...2023-03-0856 min
Embark On Your Day With A Critically-Acclaimed Full Audiobook.The Sum of Us (Adapted for Young Readers): How Racism Hurts Everyone by Heather McgheePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/603699to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Sum of Us (Adapted for Young Readers): How Racism Hurts Everyone
Author: Heather Mcghee
Narrator: Heather Mcghee
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 6 hours 55 minutes
Release date: February 21, 2023
Genres: Non-fiction
Publisher's Summary:
The New York Times bestseller, now adapted for a new generation of young readers, leaders, thinkers, and activists. A groundbreaking call to action that examines how racism affects and harms all of us and how we need to face it head-on, together. The future can be prosperous for everyone, but only if we address the problems of racial...2023-02-216h 55
Middle Grade Ninja202 Author Heather McGheeHeather McGhee and I discuss adapting her monumental novel THE SUM OF US: HOW RACISM HURTS EVERYONE for younger readers (available February 21st). We talk about how everything we believe comes from a story we’re told, how she’s been able to find open-minded readers in a world of book banners, how she hopes young people will join with other people in their community who are different from them and take action to bring about meaningful change, how she once felt a ghost, and so much more.
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Alyssa Milano: Sorry Not Sorry#MLKDay Continues: Heather McGheeWe continue our week-long observation of MLK Day with Heather McGhee. On this episode we welcomed Heather McGhee back to the show. Heather is a bestselling author, a speaker, and the Board Chair for Color of Change, the country’s largest online racial justice organization. She’s also the host of the podcast The Sum of Us, which launched in July, 2022.2023-01-1957 min
Giving Done RightHeather McGhee on the Zero Sum LieAuthor and activist Heather McGhee joins hosts Phil and Grace for the fifth episode of season three. Heather provides keen insight into ‘drained pool’ politics, a core metaphor in her book, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together, that reveals how the racial zero sum mindset hurts everyone. She presents a compelling picture of how racial inequality cuts across any number of issues that donors may care about, and therefore needs to be deeply considered and addressed in order to be effective in giving. She also describes “the solidarity dividend,” the significant benefits...2022-10-2042 minAlyssa Milano: Sorry Not SorryHeather McGhee on the Power of Our StoriesOn this episode we’re welcoming Heather McGhee back to the show. Heather is a bestselling author, a speaker, and the Board Chair for Color of Change, the country’s largest online racial justice organization. She’s also the host of the podcast The Sum of Us, which launched in July.2022-10-1757 min
The Integrated Schools PodcastFinding Hope in Solidarity with Heather McGheeIn February of 2021, Heather McGhee’s book, The Sum of Us came out. With a focus on the ways in which racism harms everyone, and the potential good that can come from cross-racial coalitions, the book was exciting to us. When we realized that Integrated Schools, and leadership team member, Ali Takata, were featured prominently in the chapter about education, we were blown away.The book is based around three main concepts. The first is the “zero-sum lie of racial hierarchy”, or the idea that progress for people of color necessarily has to come at White folks’ expense. The s...2022-10-121h 00
The Good FightHeather McGhee on Why Racial Progress is Not Zero-SumHeather McGhee is an author and policy advocate with a focus on reducing inequality. She is Board Chair for the organization Color Of Change and a former CEO of the think tank Demos. McGhee is the author of The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together . In this week’s conversation, Yascha Mounk and Heather McGhee discuss why progress for one ethnic group need not come at the expense of another; how racial animus has been used in the past to divide Americans who share fundamental interests; and whether the recent focu...2022-10-011h 12
The Power We HoldThe Power We Hold Podcast S01 Ep07: Part II of Trevor and Vanessa in conversation with Heather McGhee's The Sum of UsThank you for joining me, your host and visual artist Vanessa Albury, on my journey to becoming a better ally to people of all diversities (bipoc, LGBTQAI2S+, non-normative brained and embodied especially) and steward of the environment in podcast form as The Power We Hold! My co-host is Caleb Williams who is the painter that I collaborate with on Between the Windows. She is 21 years my junior and makes art about her experience as a Black woman in America. We have in-depth conversation about difficult topics full of love and healing.In episode 7, we reair part...2022-09-161h 01
Le Batard & Friends - South Beach SessionsHeather McGheeDan sits down with Heather McGhee, host of the podcast The Sum of Us and author of a book of the same title. McGhee travelled the country to find out in just how many ways racism shaped American life and the American economy. We dig into what she found. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2022-09-1243 min
Here's Where It Gets InterestingThe Economic Cost of Racism with Heather McGheeIn this episode, Sharon is joined by economic policy expert and author Heather McGhee. McGhee began her career as an economist but when she took a trip across the country and back, she began to ask herself, “Why can’t we have nice things?” We’re not talking about robot maids, but rather, the social stability of programs like affordable healthcare and well-funded public schools. While puzzling out the answer to this question, McGhee realized that racism was a major driver of stagnant economics for ALL Americans, not just for Brown and Black Americans. Listen in to find out why, and how...2022-08-1245 min
The Power We HoldThe Power We Hold Podcast S01 Ep06: Trevor and Vanessa in conversation with Heather McGhee about her book The Sum of UsThank you for joining me, your host and visual artist Vanessa Albury, on my journey to becoming a better ally to people of all diversities (bipoc, LGBTQAI2S+, non-normative brained and embodied especially) and steward of the environment in podcast form as The Power We Hold! My co-host is Caleb Williams who is the painter that I collaborate with on Between the Windows. She is 21 years my junior and makes art about her experience as a Black woman in America. We have in-depth conversation about difficult topics full of love and healing.In episode 6, we reair the...2022-07-1747 min
Bioneers: Revolution From the Heart of NatureWho Is an American? Is Our Democracy as Unequal as Our Economy? | Heather McGheeBy around 2044, the U.S. will become a majority-minority nation. This seismic demographic shift has triggered a cultural earthquake, provoking a radical spike in hate crimes. In times of massive disruption and economic stress, what Carl Jung called the “shadow side of the psyche” comes into play: the pronounced psychological tendency in the collective psyche is to project these shadow qualities with unusual potency onto whomever people see as “the other.” But is there also a deeper story? Perhaps the question to ask is: Who benefits? In this half hour, we hear from Heather McGhee of Demos. She sees a direct...2022-06-2829 min
Zócalo Public SquareWill Americans Ever Be In This Together? with Heather McGheeFrom tax cuts and voting rights to healthcare and labor coalitions, middle- and working-class Americans frequently vote for politicians and support policies that go against their interests. The reason, argues economic and social policy scholar Heather McGhee, is racism. Prosperity and success, as the majority sees it, is a zero-sum game: Whatever benefits Black Americans, as well as immigrants and other minority groups, costs white Americans. In reality, explains McGhee, the opposite is true—whether it’s draining public swimming pools after integration, disinvesting in public education, or deregulating banks. These policies have had a disproportionate effect on Black and brow...2022-06-021h 18
Books Connect UsHeather McGhee, author of THE SUM OF USHeather McGhee is an expert in economic and social policy, and now chairs the board of Color of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization. Her new book THE SUM OF US offers a powerful exploration of inequality and the lesson that generations of Americans have failed to learn: Racism has a cost for everyone—not just for people of color. But in unlikely places of worship and work, McGhee finds proof of what she calls the Solidarity Dividend: the benefits we gain when people come together across race to accomplish what we simply can’t do on our ow...2022-04-2635 min
Conversations with ChandaThe Cost of Segregation: A Conversation with Heather McGheeHeather McGhee is the author of the New York Times bestseller "The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together." Chanda sat down with Heather to unpack the effects of segregation and how we can work together to combat inequality in America.2022-04-2252 min
Commonwealth Club of California PodcastHeather McGhee: What Racism Costs EveryoneWhat does racism cost us? Tying together economics and deeply personal stories from across the United States that convey the cost of a broken system, political strategist Heather McGhee roots out the racist policies and politics that she says plague the finances and lives of Americans. In her debut book The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together, she makes her case: racism and a flawed zero-sum structure are at the root of all our dysfunctions.
Traversing across the country, McGhee shares both the big picture and individual tales of the cost of playing t...2022-02-281h 02
Red Wine & BlueWhy Can’t We Have Nice Things? (with Heather McGhee and Rep. Casey Weinstein)On today’s episode, Rachel Vindman, Jasmine Clark, and Amanda Weinstein talk about redlining and why, in Heather McGhee’s words, we “can’t have nice things.” Amanda also clarifies what’s been going on lately with inflation and Rachel gives her thoughts on the developing situation in Ukraine. And of course we couldn’t go a whole episode without talking about the “ice house prostitution” hubbub that went down in Amanda’s town of Hudson, Ohio.Then Casey Weinstein joins the podcast – he’s the Democratic Rep in Ohio’s 37th District and also happens to be Amanda’s hubby. Casey a...2022-02-1650 min
Bioneers: Revolution From the Heart of NatureWhy Equity is Good for Everyone: Changing the Story, Changing the World | john a. powell & Heather McGheeHow do we change the story of corrosive racial inequity? First, we have to understand the stories we tell ourselves. In this program, racial justice innovators john a. powell and Heather McGhee show how empathy, honesty and the recognition of our common humanity can change the story to bridge the racial divides tearing humanity and the Earth apart.
john a. powell is the Director of the Othering and Belonging Institute and Professor of Law, African American, and Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley. His latest book is: Racing to Justice: Transforming our Concepts of Self and Other to Build an I...2022-02-1529 min
Poured OverHeather McGhee on THE SUM OF US“I wrote The Sum of Us in the hopes that people would read it together, that people from all walks of life, different backgrounds, whether they're connected by something, a community, a school, a workplace, would pick it up and find for each person, a way into the story of America's troubled history with racism, and then a way out together.” Trained as a lawyer, and an expert in economic and social policy, Heather McGhee also excels at getting Americans to tell their stories — and look for solutions. Her urgent, important book, The Sum of Us is just out in paper...2022-02-1246 min
UNDISTRACTED with Brittany Packnett Cunningham“This Big Old Lie”: Heather McGhee on the Real Cost of RacismWhy doesn’t the US have universal health care, paid leave, or plenty of seemingly basic public services many other countries do? Heather McGhee has an answer: it’s racism, and it hurts all of us. The author of The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together, McGhee sits down with host Brittany Packnett Cunningham to explain her research, the “hypnotic racial story” fueling American injustice, and how we can do better. Plus, Brittany takes on this week’s UnTrending news.Support basic income for Black women! In Her Hands...2022-01-2047 min
Bioneers: Revolution From the Heart of NatureHeather McGhee On Confronting The Denial Of RacismAt the Bioneers Conference in 2017, we spoke with Heather McGhee, Distinguished Senior Fellow at the organization Demos. McGhee describes how the election of Barack Obama resulted in both a racial backlash and the illusion that we were suddenly living in a post-racial society. She also shares a hopeful story that demonstrates a pathway towards healing the divisions that harm us all.2022-01-0110 min
Pulling The Thread with Elise LoehnenHow to End Zero-Sum Thinking (Heather McGhee)Heather McGhee is a designer of, and advocate for, solutions to inequality in America. We discuss her New York Times bestselling book, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together, in which she seeks to push us all past zero-sum thinking, or the idea that if you get something you want or need, it must mean that I get less. In fact, she points to numerous examples throughout history that show how this framework has made our society more cruel and poorer than it otherwise might be. Heather pushes us to recognize the...2021-11-1857 min
We Imagine...UsRe-Imagination Nation: Episode 2, Heather McGhee, Manuel PastorIn our second episode, we learn about solidarity economics with members of SCoRE (Solidarity Council on Racial Equity). First, author Heather McGhee talks with Maria about her cross-country journey challenging the idea that progress for some must come at the expense of others. Then, sociology professor Manuel Pastor discusses models for a more inclusive economy designed so that we can all prosper together.
“Re-Imagination Nation with Maria Hinojosa” is part of the “We Imagine...Us” project, featuring interviews with thought leaders, artists, and activists who are members of SCoRE (Solidarity Council on Racial Equity) including Michelle Alexander, Ava DuVe...2021-10-2714 min
Cascade PBS Ideas FestivalWhat Racism Costs Us All with Heather McGheeThe author and strategist discusses the anti-government sentiment that emerged in the wake of the civil rights movement and what it still costs all Americans.
Over the past two decades, Americans have grown accustomed to reports on the yawning gap between the country's rich and poor. Such news might be seen as a catalyst for change, but that hasn't really been the case.
So, what is going on? What is it about America that, despite its incredible wealth, prevents it from closing the gap?
Heather McGhee has an answer, which she puts forth in...2021-10-2255 minRed Wine & BlueRevisiting an Honest Education (with Heather McGhee and Juliet Kuehnle)Today, we’re reposting a past episode of The Suburban Women Problem. Before mask mandates were the hot-button issue of the day, the right wing was trying to make us all afraid of Critical Race Theory. And we bet that pretty soon they’re going to try again to make us afraid of an honest education for our kids. So let’s keep this conversation going.On this episode, hosts Rachel Vindman, Jasmine Clark, and Amanda Weinstein discuss Critical Race Theory and what our children are being taught in school about race and American history. They talk about...2021-09-0152 min
The Psychology PodcastHeather McGhee || What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper TogetherToday we have Heather McGhee on the podcast. Heather is an expert in economic and social policy. The former president of the inequality-focused thinktank “Demos” McGhee has drafted a legislation testified before Congress and contributed regularly in news shows including MBC’s “Meet the Press”. She now chairs the board of “Color of Change”, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization. McGhee holds a BA in American Studies from Yale University and a JD from the University of California Berkeley School of Law. Her latest book is called “The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Tog...2021-08-261h 00
The Archive ProjectHeather McGhee, interviewed by Anand Giridharadas (Rebroadcast)In this episode we feature a conversation with Heather McGhee. For nearly two decades, McGhee has been involved in the fight against inequality by designing and advocating for polices in the public and private sectors. She has advised presidential candidates and fortune 500 companies, testified in congress, and lead the think tank Demos which argued before the Supreme Court and helped pass pro-voter reforms in five states. In 2021 McGhee published her first book The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together, which became an instant national bestseller.
In this conversation with author...2021-08-1651 min
Laura Flanders and Friends: Positive Independent Journalism for a Just WorldHeather McGhee: The Sum of Us, What Racism Costs Everyone and How we can Prosper TogetherFor full episode notes including more on Heather McGhee, her book, a suggested reading list and additional related episodes to explore go to https://Patreon.com/theLFShowColor of Change board chair Heather McGhee talks with Laura about her New York Times best-selling book, The Sum of Us, What Racism Costs Everyone and How we can Prosper Together. She shows how inequality saps the economy, hierarchies damage public health, and short term greed wreaks havoc on the ecosystem.We also take a close look at The American Rescue Plan, which breaks with much of the...2021-08-1328 min
Sunstorm with Alicia Garza & Ai-jen PooReprise: Making Empathy Go Viral with Heather McGheeWhen Heather McGhee isn’t fighting for justice, writing, teaching, and raising her son, she’s daydreaming about biscuits (butter only, please). She tells Alicia and Ai-jen how she got involved with economic policy advocacy, what she learned about the intersection of racism and inequality after the 2008 financial crisis, and how becoming a parent made her work even more urgent. Plus: What really happened after Heather’s viral TV moment with Gary in North Carolina.This is a re-release of an episode from January 2020. Sunstorm is a project of the NDWA, in collab...2021-08-0330 min
The Jim Wallis PodcastHeather McGhee on the True Cost of RacismOn this special edition of The Soul of the Nation, Rev Jim Wallis revisits his conversation with Heather McGheeAuthor of the New York Times bestselling book, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together, Heather McGhee speaks with Rev. Jim Wallis on the impacts racism has on our economy, changing the narrative, she says, goes hand in hand with comprehensive policy."There's this sense of stinginess, miserliness that nothing about our people are worth investing in unless they're already rich," McGhee says. "And that belief right and a hierarchy...2021-07-1540 min
Podcast Noor10. Heather McGhee On: Us vs. Them, The Role of Racism in US Economy, and More.Heather McGhee On: Us vs. Them, The Role of Racism in US Economy, and More.Heather McGhee is a strategist and the strategy she designs and promotes are solutions to inequality in America. Her new book, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together is now available from One World, an imprint of Penguin Random House. Heather’s 2020 TED talk, “Racism Has a Cost for Everyone” reached 1 million views in just two months online. In the coming year, she will launch an original podcast on how to create cross-racial solidarity in challe...2021-07-061h 22
The Prof G Pod with Scott GallowayRacism is Costing Us All — with Heather McGheeHeather McGhee, the author of The Sum of Us, tells us her definition of zero-sum thinking and how racist policy decisions have left us all worse off. Heather is also the chair of the board of Color of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization. Follow her on Twitter, @hmcghee. (17:53)Scott opens with why he’s feeling optimistic at the moment. We also hear from a previous Prof G Pod guest, Joost van Dreunen on Netflix’s potential entrance into the gaming space (9:00). Learn more about your ad choices...2021-06-1753 minRed Wine & BlueAn Honest Education (with Heather McGhee and Juliet Kuehnle)On today’s episode, hosts Rachel Vindman, Jasmine Clark, and Amanda Weinstein discuss critical race theory and what our children are being taught in school about race and American history. They talk about the history they weren’t taught when they were in school—for example, about the Tulsa Race Massacre—and how we have to provide our kids with the truth about our history if we want to equip them to be good citizens and empathetic humans.For another mom’s perspective, they chat with mental health counselor and mom of two Juliet Kuehnle. Juliet shares how she’s...2021-06-0948 min
The Michael Moore PodcastEp. 191: Everybody In The Pool! w/ Heather McGheeHow is it that the richest and most powerful country in the world can't provide even the most basic of human needs for its citizens? What has been holding America back when much poorer countries are able to provide a more stable social safety net? Heather McGhee, one of our most thoughtful economic and policy thinkers has a new book out explaining that racism -- specifically the fear by white Americans that any gains by Black Americans come at their expense -- has reliably turned the majority of white Americans AGAINST government programs that would help all Americans for...2021-05-211h 03Laura Flanders and Friends: Positive Independent Journalism for a Just WorldHeather McGhee: Racism Costs EveryoneFor full episode notes including more on Heather McGhee, her book, a suggested reading list and additional related episodes to explore go to https://Patreon.com/theLFShowColor of Change board chair Heather McGhee talks with Laura about her New York Times best-selling book, The Sum of Us, What Racism Costs Everyone and How we can Prosper Together. She shows how inequality saps the economy, hierarchies damage public health, and short term greed wreaks havoc on the ecosystem.We also take a close look at The American Rescue Plan, which breaks with much of...2021-05-0729 min
Here Comes the PayneHeather McGhee on "The Sum of Us" and the Lessons of January 6Joel is joined by author, commentator and advocate Heather McGhee, author of "The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together." Joel and Heather discuss her book, the intersection with the January 6 insurrection on the Capitol and Tim Scott's recent comments. Here Comes the Payne is presented by PLAA Wear. Go to PressPLAA.com to learn more.
Follow the show @herecomesthepaynepod on Instagram and follow Joel on Twitter @paynedc. 2021-05-0442 min
Political RewindPolitical Rewind: Author Heather McGhee On Racism's Costs And How Solidarity Can Make The DifferenceThursday on Political Rewind: systemic racism and the toll it takes across society. Racism targets people of color, but ultimately harms us all; that is the premise of author Heather McGhee's new book "The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together."
For centuries, McGhee writes, white people have seen equality as a zero-sum game; anything gained by people of color must come at the cost of others. McGhee challenges that assumption, and many aspects of our shared understanding of racism, in her illuminating new book.
The author joins us on today’s show with Em...2021-04-0850 minPolitical RewindPolitical Rewind: Author Heather McGhee On Racism's Costs And How Solidarity Can Make The DifferenceThursday on Political Rewind: systemic racism and the toll it takes across society. Racism targets people of color, but ultimately harms us all; that is the premise of author Heather McGhee's new book "The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together."
For centuries, McGhee writes, white people have seen equality as a zero-sum game; anything gained by people of color must come at the cost of others. McGhee challenges that assumption, and many aspects of our shared understanding of racism, in her illuminating new book.
The author joins us on today’s show with Em...2021-04-0850 min
How To Citizen with BaratundeWhy Is Our Economy So … White? (with Heather McGhee)This week, author Heather McGhee breaks down the driving force of American economic exclusion via the swimming pool. Baratunde asks Heather about all she has learned traveling across the country to write her book, The Sum of Us. They explore the roots of wealth inequality, the true cost of racism, and why Americans have a zero-sum worldview - meaning progress for some must come at the expense of others.Guest: Heather McGhee - writer, advocateTwitter: @hmcgheeBio: Heather designs and promotes solutions to inequality in America. Her new book, The Sum of Us...2021-04-0846 min
The Integrated Schools PodcastZero-Sum Politics: Heather McGhee on How Racism Hurts Us AllHeather McGhee has been in public policy for the past 20 years, largely focused on economics. After nearly 16 years at Demos, a “think-and-do” tank, including four years as president, she realized that despite incredibly compelling economic research, at times, decision makers made decisions counter to what the best evidence showed. She took a leave of absence as president, and embarked on a journey to try to answer a simple question – Why can’t we have nice things? We, being all Americans, and nice things being things that most developed nations have managed to provide for their people – health care, parental leave, a socia...2021-03-3156 minThe Jim Wallis PodcastThe True Cost of Racism with Heather McGheeAuthor of the New York Times bestselling book, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together, Heather McGhee speaks with Rev. Jim Wallis on the impacts racism has on our economy, changing the narrative, she says, goes hand in hand with comprehensive policy."There's this sense of stinginess, miserliness that nothing about our people are worth investing in unless they're already rich," McGhee says. "And that belief right and a hierarchy of human value is so racialized."See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https...2021-03-1540 minThe Archive ProjectHeather McGhee, interviewed by Anand GiridharadasIn this episode we feature a conversation with Heather McGhee. For nearly two decades, McGhee has been involved in the fight against inequality by designing and advocating for polices in the public and private sectors. She has advised presidential candidates and fortune 500 companies, testified in congress, and lead the think tank Demos which argued before the Supreme Court and helped pass pro-voter reforms in five states. In 2021 McGhee published her first book The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together, which became an instant national bestseller.
In this conversation with author...2021-03-1551 min
Politicon: How The Heck Are We Gonna Get Along with Clay AikenHeather McGhee2021 has ushered in a new era in politics, but has it done the same for our race relations? Effective solutions have been hard to come by, even when our country is more desperate for them than ever. So Clay speaks with Board Chair of Color of Change, Heather McGhee about her book, “The Sum of Us” to find out if her plans will give us the benefits of a solidarity dividend from being united as one people. If done right-- it could be how we finally get along!
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Heather designs and promotes solutions to inequality in Amer...2021-03-111h 09
Women@WorkWhat Racism Has Cost Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together, with Heather McGheeAuthor and policy expert Heather McGhee joins Laura to discuss her critically important book, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together. Listen as Laura and Heather discuss the fallacy behind zero-sum thinking, its role in American life and politics, and Five Discoveries that are the antidote to it and the systemic racism it advances. Originally aired on March 4, 2021 on SiriusXM's Business Radio, Channel 132. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-03-0450 min
This Is the AuthorS6 E14: Christy Nockels, Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, and Heather McGheeS6 E14: In this episode, meet singer-songwriter Christy Nockels, New York Times bestselling author Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, and economic and social policy expert Heather McGhee. Listen in as these authors share the on-the-ground experiences and insights that led them to write their books, and what it was like for them to record their audiobooks.
The Life You Long For by Christy Nockels: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/623751/the-life-you-long-for/
The Daughters of Kobani by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/591561/the-daughters-of-kobani/
The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/564989/the-sum-of-us/2021-03-0317 min
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Author: Heather Mcghee
Narrator: Heather Mcghee
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Length: 11 hours 8 minutes
Release date: February 16, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 49
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Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • One of today’s most insightful and influential thinkers offers a powerful exploration of inequality and the lesson that generations of Americans have failed to learn: Racism has a cost for everyone—not just...2021-02-1611h 08
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Best Full-Length Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsThe Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McgheePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/430542 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together Author: Heather Mcghee Narrator: Heather Mcghee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 8 minutes Release date: February 16, 2021 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 49 Ratings of Narrator: 4.83 of Total 18 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • One of today’s most insightful and influential thinkers offers a powerful exploration of inequality and the lesson that generations of Americans have failed to learn: Racism has a cost for everyo...2021-02-1610 minDownload Best Full-Length Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsThe Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McgheePlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/430542to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
Author: Heather Mcghee
Narrator: Heather Mcghee
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 8 minutes
Release date: February 16, 2021
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 49
Ratings of Narrator: 4.83 of Total 18
Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics
Publisher's Summary:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • One of today’s most insightful and influential thinkers offers a powerful exploration of inequality and the lesson that generations of Americans have failed to learn: Racism has a cost for everyone—not just...2021-02-1611h 08
Bioneers: Revolution From the Heart of NatureWhy Equity is Good for Everyone: Changing the Story, Changing the World | john a. powell and Heather McGheeHow do we change the story of corrosive racial inequity? First, we have to understand the stories we tell ourselves. In this program, racial justice innovators john a. powell and Heather McGhee show how empathy, honesty and the recognition of our common humanity can change the story to bridge the racial divides tearing humanity and the Earth apart. 2021-02-1528 minThe Institute of Black Imagination.E23. The Hidden Costs of Racism with Heather McGheeHeather McGhee designs and promotes solutions to inequality in America. Do you know Heather? You might know Heather. Maybe you saw her on NBC’s Meet the Press, or MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” Or perhaps you saw her sparring with Republican Senator John Kennedy during the confirmation hearings of supreme court Justice Neil Gorsuch, or it just may have been that time when, while on C-Span, an older white gentleman called in to acknowledge his own racism and prejudice, and wanted Heather’s advice on how to change, how to be a better american Citizen, and Heather’s response went… viral. 2021-02-141h 16
After WordsHeather McGhee, "The Sum of Us"Former Demos president Heather McGhee examines the cost of racism for all Americans. She’s interviewed by author and Harvard University professor Khalil Gibran Muhammad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-02-141h 06
The IdeaspaceDefining a new us with Heather McGheeThe Sum of Us author and economic and social policy expert Heather McGhee talks about the economic costs of racism and why this is the moment to turn away from zero-sum thinking.
“As this fast food worker named Bridget told me, as long as we're divided, we’re conquered. I began to see what I call solidarity dividends. These things that we can gain through collective action across lines of race that we simply can't do on our own. Higher wages, cleaner air, better funded schools. That's the new economic model, but we need to pursue the idea only through soli...2021-02-1358 min
Moyers on DemocracyHeather McGhee: How American Racism has a Cost for EveryoneHeather McGhee is descended from slaves in the American South. Her great- grandparents and grandparents came north to work in the steel mills. She grew up on the south side of Chicago, taught in Spain and studied writing in Hollywood, then decided to change the world, or at least try. Her new book is THE SUM OF US.2020-11-1848 min
All Ears with Abigail DisneyHeather McGhee: The Hierarchy Of Human ValueThis week on All Ears Abby talks to author and commentator Heather McGhee. Heather is a distinguished senior fellow at the progressive think tank Demos, where she also served as president for four years. Heather argues that the economic, intellectual, and societal costs of racism affect not only its victims but also its perpetrators. She tells Abby that America’s White middle class grew after WW2, with help from Federal housing subsidies, education grants and other benefits that were largely denied to Black Americans. Once Black Americans began demanding equal treatment, many of those programs were simply dismantled. This ki...2020-07-1637 min