Masha Gessen, Protecting Your Mental Health While Demonstrating, 'The Vanishing Half,' Kara Swisher, A National Call-In on Race in America

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Jun 1, 2020

Masha Gessen, columnist at The New Yorker and National Book Award winning author, discusses their latest book, Surviving Autocracy.

Psychiatrist Dr. Jessica Isom, MD MPH and Naj Austin, founder of Ethel’s Club, a social club and wellness community for people of color, join us to talk about collective trauma and mental health amidst the protests against police brutality across the country. 

Author Brit Bennett discusses her new novel, The Vanishing Half.

Kara Swisher, editor-at-large for Recode and contributing Opinion writer at The New York Times, discusses Twitter appending fact-checking links on Trump’s tweets and the president’s subsequent executive order aimed at social media platforms.

Kai Wright, host and managing editor of The United States of Anxiety, joins us to discuss hosting WNYC and Minnesota Public Radio's national call-in special, 'America: Are We Ready: A National Call-In About Racism, Violence, and Our Future Together,' happening tonight at 8-10 pm EST.

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