Should I Worry About This? Podcast: Recent Episodes
Catherine Oddy & Eden Robins
Cat Oddy and Eden Robins are professional worriers. We’ll tell you what to worry about, when to worry about it, and how best to go about your worrying. New podcast episodes every Monday!
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DeRay, Clint, Brittany and Sam talk about a Black man who outsmarted a neo-Nazi group, the high cost of insulin, a decrease in Black homeownership, and the trauma of attending a school proximate to homicides. Nedgine Paul Deroly, co-founder & CEO of Anseye Pou Ayiti, joins DeRay to discuss how she's working to improve education in Haiti.
DeRay, Sam and Brittany are LIVE from Underground Arts in Philadelphia, PA. Plus, DeRay is joined by Philly district attorney Larry Krasner to discuss equity and criminal justice.
DeRay, Brittany and Sam are LIVE from The Bell House with founder and editor in chief of FiveThirtyEight Nate Silver and comedian Hari Kondabolu.
DeRay, Sam, Clint and Brittany explain what’s on their hearts and minds during Black History Month. President and CEO of the Public Welfare Foundation Candice Jones joins DeRay to talk about juvenile and adult prison reform.
DeRay, Brittany, Sam and Clint talk about Jussie Smollet and Howard Schultz, plus colonialism and climate change, a mother’s fatal fall on NYC subway steps, a growing number of urban prosecutors refusing to pursue marijuana convictions, and how opioid overdoses increase when prisoners are forced off prescribed relapse medication. African American Studies Chair at UCLA, Dr. Marcus Hunter, joins DeRay to talk about everything from inclusion to reparations. #BHM
DeRay, Sam, Clint and Brittany discuss the overlooked news, including Marcy's law, bias in court reporting, predatory ticketing in St. Louis County, and the California doctors who cross state lines to perform abortions. South African pop star and actor Nakhane joins DeRay to talk about music, art and identity.
DeRay, Clint, Brittany and Sam discuss how police are treated as a protected class, the lack of diversity within the Green Movement, states that celebrate Robert E. Lee, and free drug testing and counseling at festivals. The National Black Justice Coalition's David Johns joins DeRay to talk about education, protecting LGBTQ youth, and his time in the Obama Administration.
DeRay, Sam, Brittany and Clint talk about how the government shutdown is affecting federal prisons, hunger on college campuses, the DOJ's implication that immigration is linked to terrorism, and Bennett College's financial vulnerability. Law Professor Lara Bazelon joins DeRay to discuss restorative justice for those who have been wrongfully convicted.
Brittany, Sam and Clint are back with DeRay for the overlooked news, including a discussion of Lifetime’s Surviving R. Kelly, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s tax proposal, the millions of children who have experienced a lockdown this year alone, formerly incarcerated voter re-enfranchisement, and racial sentencing disparities. Tomi Adeyemi joins DeRay to talk about her book, Children of Blood and Bone.
For this special holiday episode, DeRay talks to Sarah Koenig, the host and executive producer of the podcast Serial, and Emmanuel Dzotsi who helped report and produce the show's most recent season. Then, he's joined by Stanford's Rob Reich to discuss his new book, "Just Giving: Why Philanthropy is Failing Democracy and How it Can do Better.”
For this special holiday episode, DeRay talks to Lizz Winstead about creating "The Daily Show" and founding Lady Parts Justice League, an organization that uses humor to educate people about reproductive healthcare and abortion policies. Then, he's joined by Emily Hunt Turner, Tommy Franklin and Roslynn Pedracine to discuss All Square, a nonprofit that provides professional development training to formerly incarcerated individuals.
DeRay, Sam, Brittany and Clint talk about Florida legislation that protects police, the effects of tuition-free college, HUD oversight failures, and how the IRS targets low-income people. Deborah Richardson of the International Human Trafficking Institute joins DeRay to discuss how common human trafficking is and ways communities can solve the issue.
DeRay, Brittany, Clint and Sam talk about using creativity to combat white supremacy, confronting housing segregation, Cyntoia Brown's prison sentence, and the rise of dollar stores. Nicholas Turner of the Vera Institute of Justice joins DeRay to discuss prison systems globally.
DeRay, Clint, Brittany and Sam discuss the Wrongful Conviction Tax Relief Act, the effect of racism on home ownership, fraud in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District, and immigrant deportation trials. WNYC's Jad Abumrad joins DeRay to talk about anti-gay conversion therapy and his new podcast series, UnErased. Note: This episode includes explicit language.
DeRay, Sam, Brittany and Clint discuss the overlooked news, including "Black Wall Street," domestic violence, global gun policies, and license plate surveillance. Michaele Turnage Young of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Harvard student Ivy Yan join DeRay to talk about the Harvard affirmative action lawsuit.
DeRay, Brittany, Clint, and Sam discuss the Georgia gubernatorial election, the new prison reform bill, incarcerated firefighters, and American fast food consumption. Representative Gwen Moore (WI-4) joins DeRay to talk about congressional news, including Nancy Pelosi's race for minority speaker and welfare reform.
DeRay, Sam, Brittany, and Clint discuss the overlooked news, including Roe v. Wade's vulnerability, holistic public defense, the role of consent decrees in curbing police brutality, and Mississippi's Senate runoff race. The Washington Post's Elizabeth Bruenig joins DeRay to talk about her article, "She reported her rape. Her hometown turned against her. Can justice ever be served?"
DeRay, Brittany, Sam, and Clint discuss how one vote can make a difference and the overlooked news they can't stop thinking about. Cook County Public Defender Amy Campanelli joins DeRay to talk about how she is improving the justice system in Illinois.
DeRay, Clint, Sam, and Brittany discuss the overlooked news, including the population decline in Chicago's public schools, how jury selection is shaped by racism, affirmative action, and telling fact from opinion. Valerie Jarrett and John Zimmer join DeRay to talk about Lyft and how they're helping Americans exercise their right to vote.
DeRay, Clint, Brittany and Sam discuss the midterm elections, ballots to watch, decreased protections for transgender people, a new DUI law, and hiring discrimination. Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley joins DeRay to talk about her historic run for Congress.
Well well well. Here we are at our last episode. But we’re not dead, we’re just… uh, taking a very long nap. What’s on the other side is anybody’s guess.
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You get knocked down, but you get up again… or maybe you just roll around on the floor moaning about how you’re no good at anything. Which is more inevitable… failure or your reaction to it?
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Really stop and think about whether mosquitoes have any redeeming qualities. Go ahead, we’ll wait.
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Before you know whether you need to worry about the orgasm gap… you probably need to know what it is. But it sounds worrisome, right?
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Today, in the long list of things we can’t really control but worry about anyway - the possibility of our brains exploding! Yes, brain aneurysms are terrifying, but what are they, exactly? And will knowing the answer to that question make us feel better or worse?
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When you think about it, hormonal birth control is nothing short of a miracle that has changed the course of civilization. On the other hand, Cat and Eden just can’t get enough of worrying about things.
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The natural companion to last week’s episode… since wild animals are most commonly known as “sharks of the land.” But assuming you’re not trying to hunt or befriend them, how dangerous are they really? And how many creatures out there are really worth worrying about?
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Between drowning and all the crazy/deadly creatures that live in the ocean, one wonders why we would even go near the thing. Or, at least, that’s what Cat wonders. Ocean - is it friend or foe?
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Who needs to go to a pharmacy when you have everything you need… coming out of your kitchen tap! Only problem is, you have no control over what drugs you’re taking… or how much. But hey, talk about convenient, amirite?
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Cat and Eden are always excited to skewer a health fad, and diet soda seemed like an easy target. But… the results of our ever-cursory research were surprising. Is it time to toss the Tab, or start guzzling it by the gallon?
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From waifish, big-headed sweethearts to all manner of grotesque murderous monsters… we’ve got a wild imagination when it comes to aliens. But what will they really be like, if indeed they exist at all?
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In tackling an issue that probably can’t be solved using logic or historical context, Cat and Eden try to at least… understand what’s happening with guns and mass shootings and those who are, for some reason, anti-gun control. Come on, it’ll be fun.
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The Supreme Court will be hearing its first abortion case since 2007, and the fate of reproductive rights more or less hangs in the balance. Spoiler alert… you should be worried. But reproductive rights were supposed to be a done deal.. how did we get here in the first place?
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What’s one teeny, tiny, little… entire bag of gummy worms in the scheme of things, really? Sugar is natural! It comes from plants! And yet we’re supposed to “cut down” on it because it “causes disease” and “obesity.” But who trusts “science” these days anyway?
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For our one year anniversary, we tackle a topic that’s on everyone’s lips. Will your body suddenly break down and decide that food is the enemy? Or is it overblown hype perpetrated by Big Food to get you to buy a bunch of gluten-free crap?
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So you wanna take some sexy photos and show them to your honey. These days, that typically involves uploading your bits to the internet, and the internet can keep a secret, right? RIGHT?
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Wrong. Clumsy. Sinister. Evil. Lefties have been bizarrely maligned for, as it turns out, EVER. But are there actual downsides to being left-handed? Could being a southpaw actually be… dangerous?
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You can’t pronounce the chemicals in your face lotion, but does that necessarily mean they can kill you? Is the internet right in its hysteria that anything you put on your body is slowly eating you away from the outside? Or is the truth a little more… complex?
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Man oh man, you thought the flu was bad… try the flu SHOT! Anyway, that’s what the fearmongerers of the world would have you believe. But what do the wet blanket facts say? Cat and Eden discuss the pros and cons of getting poked once a year.
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On the one hand, why else are we on this here planet if not to reproduce? On the other hand, hey man, don’t tell me what to do with my life! Cat and Eden discuss happiness, regret, and the fate of their dusty ovaries.
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