( ENSPIRE Community Spotlight ) Ras Baraka on The Joy Reid Show Talks Arrest, Immigration and 2025 Governor Bid
ENSPIRE Contributor: Joaquin Fernandez
The Joy Reid Show will debut with its first episode on June 9 across YouTube and main podcast platforms. It will stream on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Host of the show, Joy-Ann Reid, is a highly acclaimed journalist and author. She’s written bestselling books like Medgar and Myrlie and The Man Who Sold America: Trump and the Unraveling of the American Story. The show’s special preview episode will focus on 2025 gubernatorial candidate and Newark Mayor Ras Baraka. Comedian/writer Amber Ruffin and former South African ambassador Ebrahim Rasool will appear as guests.
The show is based in Washington, D.C., and showcases the analytics-based yet deeply entertaining insight of Reid’s journalism. She brings a signature wittiness and high intellect to the evolving podcast landscape of today. Mondays and Wednesdays will consist of deep dive analysis, quick political commentary, and interesting interviews with a variety of guests. Freestyle Fridays will include a live interactive segment for the audience to ask questions and promote thought-provoking conversation. Other segments include Who Won the Week?, a fan-favorite set to combine timely substance and soul. Reid promises to integrate her over 160,000 Substack subscribers into the show at some point.
“Throughout my career, I’ve been proud to serve as a trustworthy voice in journalism, particularly as a Black woman in spaces where the perspectives of women, and particularly women of color, are too often underrepresented. This new podcast marks an exciting new chapter—an opportunity to reach broader audiences, build vibrant communities, and lead thoughtful conversations on the issues that matter. I’m looking forward to offering a perspective that is both informed and unapologetically authentic.” – Joy Reid
Click to view the announcement trailer here.
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