At Liberty is a podcast that explores the most pressing civil rights and civil liberties questions of our time. New episodes air biweekly on Fridays.
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April 25, 2025
Know Your Digital Privacy Rights with Esha Bhandari and Daniel Kahn Gillmor
End-to-end encryption. Burner phones. Biometric authentication. Our technology is more advanced than ever, but what does that mean for our digital footprints—and how our data is tracked, whether we’re crossing a US border or at home? This week, we’re exploring our right to digital privacy and how protecting our data...
Know Your Digital Privacy Rights with Esha Bhandari and Daniel Kahn Gillmor
April 25, 2025
Know Your Digital Privacy Rights with Esha Bhandari and Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Know Your Digital Privacy Rights with Esha Bhandari and Daniel Kahn GillmorEnd-to-end encryption. Burner phones. Biometric authentication. Our technology is more advanced than ever, but what does that mean for our digital footprints—and how our data is tracked, whether we’re crossing a US border or at...
April 11, 2025
Know Your Right To Transportation Justice with Deborah Archer and Sister Helen Jones
You know that phrase “born on the wrong side of the tracks� Well, there’s something to it: highways, roads, and sidewalks across America have, for decades, been racial and economic dividers. These thoroughfares don’t just reflect inequality—they continue to play an active role in it. This week, W. Kamau Bell...
Know Your Right To Transportation Justice with Deborah Archer and Sister Helen Jones
April 11, 2025
Know Your Right To Transportation Justice with Deborah Archer and Sister Helen Jones
Know Your Right To Transportation Justice with Deborah Archer and Sister Helen JonesYou know that phrase “born on the wrong side of the tracks� Well, there’s something to it: highways, roads, and sidewalks across America have, for decades, been racial and economic dividers. These thoroughfares don’t just...
March 14, 2025
Know Your Disability Rights with Zoe Brennan-Krohn and Nicole Jorwic
Seventeen. That’s the number of states suing the US government to end federal protections for disabled individuals. 880 billion. That’s the amount of money that Congress is primed to cut from Medicaid funding. One in four. That’s the number of adults in the US who report having a disability. The...
Know Your Disability Rights with Zoe Brennan-Krohn and Nicole Jorwic
March 14, 2025
Know Your Disability Rights with Zoe Brennan-Krohn and Nicole Jorwic
Know Your Disability Rights with Zoe Brennan-Krohn and Nicole JorwicSeventeen. That’s the number of states suing the US government to end federal protections for disabled individuals. 880 billion. That’s the amount of money that Congress is primed to cut from Medicaid funding. One in...
February 28, 2025
Know Your Immigration Rights
Restaurants. Churches. Street corners. These are community spaces, not sites where immigrants and their loved ones live in fear of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids. This week, the ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥â€™s Maribel Hernández Rivera and Lee Gelernt join W. Kamau Bell to share the latest advocacy and legal perspectives on immigrants’...
Know Your Immigration Rights
Restaurants. Churches. Street corners. These are community spaces, not sites where immigrants and their loved ones live in fear of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids. This week, the ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥â€™s Maribel Hernández Rivera and Lee...
February 14, 2025
Know Your LGBTQ+ Rights with Chase Strangio
This week, the ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥â€™s Chase Strangio joins W. Kamau Bell to discuss the current state of LGBTQIA+ rights across the country. Listen in as they explore how President Donald Trump’s executive orders have already affected folks’ access to gender-affirming care, passports, and beyond. They also discuss how the ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ is...
Know Your LGBTQ+ Rights with Chase Strangio
February 14, 2025
Know Your LGBTQ+ Rights with Chase Strangio
Know Your LGBTQ+ Rights with Chase StrangioThis week, the ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥â€™s Chase Strangio joins W. Kamau Bell to discuss the current state of LGBTQIA+ rights across the country. Listen in as they explore how President Donald Trump’s executive orders have already affected...