Baddies book club
On this page you'll find an evolving list of Books, Podcasts and Substacks recommended by fellow Baddies. We run the gamut from historical to inspirational to how-to. Read, listen, and get inspired to stay informed, engaged, and ready to do the work.
This is the Plan
By Ben Wikler
If you are looking at the spiraling crisis of American politics in the Trump era and wondering how the hell we get out of this mess, is the book you've been waiting for.
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becoming madame secretary
By Stephanie Dray
A historical novel following Frances Perkins, FDR's labor secretary and the first woman to serve in a U.S. presidential cabinet, as she rises from social reformer to architect of the New Deal.
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Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard
By Dan Heath and Chip Heath
Switch uses the metaphor of a rational rider atop an emotional elephant to explain how lasting change happens when you appeal to both logic and emotion, while shaping the surrounding environment.
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Let this radicalize you
By Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba
A guide for activists that blends practical organizing advice with reflections on sustaining hope, community care, and collective action in the face of injustice and burnout.
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White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy
By Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman
A nonfiction book arguing that white rural Americans hold outsized political power in the U.S. while harboring resentments and anti-democratic attitudes that the authors contend pose a serious threat to American democracy.
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BOOKS
PODCASTS
BURN ORDER
Presented by Rachel Maddow
This six-part series reveals how an executive order authorizing the roundup of innocent Americans came to be – and a bombshell discovery in the unlikeliest of places that would ultimately expose it all.
Erin Ryan and Alyssa Mastromonaco are joined by a bicoastal squad of funny, opinionated women to talk through everything from reproductive rights to romcoms. They break down the political news of the week, plus the topics, trends, and cultural stories that affect women’s lives. New episodes every Thursday.
The Bulwark Podcast
Tim Miller and guests discuss the latest political news for the flagship podcast of the Never Trump movement and the reality-based community. Offers insightful analysis, political hot-takes, an unabashed defense of liberal democracy and long-form interviews that cut through the "both-sides" BS.
Assembly Required, a weekly podcast from Crooked Media and All-American polymath Stacey Abrams, is focused on connecting the people and pieces in order to make our union a little more perfect.
