Events

Join us at 7 PM ET when Juliette Kayyem joins Maya to talk disasters - how to prepare and how to respond and rebound. Because...ya know...2025. Juliette is faculty chair of the Homeland Security and Security and Global Health Projects at Harvard & Kennedy School of Government. She also serves as Senior National Security Analyst for CNN where she has been described as CNN’s “go to” for disasters. A contributing writer to The Atlantic, she has a weekly security segment on NPR’s Boston station WGBH. Her most recent book, The Devil Never Sleeps: Learning to Live in an Age of Disasters, was described in a New Yorker profile of her as an “engagingly urgent blueprint for rethinking our approach to disaster preparedness and response.”

Well, here we go...again. But we know Trump 2.0 won't be like his last go-round. To break it all down - and unpack what we saw and heard in his second inaugural address, join Rick Wilson, Stuart Stevens, and Joe Trippi with special guest Doug Jones at 7P ET.

The MAGA response to the California fires reinforces a really hard truth - no one is coming to save us. They want to argue about bathrooms and genders and pore over how many rounds can fit in a standard issue magazine. But they are not here to solve real problems. It turns out, that’s going to be on us. Tonight, Maya welcomes Alfredo Morales, an unlikely hero who fought fires in California for two years while incarcerated. His work - and the work of some 3,000 other inmates involved in California fire suppression each year - saves countless lives and huge swaths of land and property. In a world where the powerful spend their time placing blame and sucking up as much wealth as possible, it’s people like us - and Alfredo - who are going to have to step into the breach and solve problems. The world’s on fire, and we’re going to put it out together.
Watch Punching Up with Maya May and hear Alfredo Morales’s incredible story. Tonight at 7p ET.

Confirmation hearings for the Unacceptable Four and all their incompetent friends kicked off today with Secretary of Defense nominee and Christian nationalist Pete Hegseth. Where does his nomination stand after day one and are there any ripples in the Trump Swamp after the release of Jack Smith’s report? Simon Rosenberg joins the Strategy Session at 7 PM ET to talk about where we are and the strategy for getting to where America needs to be.

Host Maya May Punches Up at the powers that need Punching, and Punches Up the message from the leaders who will get us out of this mess. Politics today is brutal - and with this election outcome, it's only going to get worse. Host Maya May and an amazing slew of political junkies, experts, thought-piece masters, smarties, and comedians are taking aim at those in power and those vying for power, because they are the ones Up there who need to get Punched. *(We won’t punch down. Nobody needs that).

January 6th came and went without much fanfare...this time. Millions of people hold their breath, waiting for the next administration to take power. We are not waiting, and you shouldn't either. Tonight, we welcome former Senator Doug Jones to talk about how democrats - and all of us - can fight back starting right now. Join Rick Wilson, Stuart Stevens, and Joe Trippi with special guest Doug Jones, tonight at 7P ET.

Tune in Wednesday at 7 PM ET/4 PM PT when Maya is joined by Matthew D. Taylor, expert on Christian Nationalism and Independent Charismatic Christianity, and Jeremy Alder, comedian and survivor of a fundamentalist missionary upbringing. Can we punch up at Christian Nationalism - oh Hell yes!

Jen Taub and David Pepper are our guests this week for a special "Ask Them Anything" episode!

Join Maya May with special guest Gen Z political strategist Victor Shi. This conversation is all about short and long-term strategy and tactics. We're talking taking action and punching up for a better future!

Julia Davis, creator of Russian Media Monitor, joins Rick, Joe, and Stuart to discuss the implications of the incoming Trump Administration and Trump's fondness for Putin. They'll talk Ukraine, Gabbard, al-Assad and Syria, and much more.

It’s an open question if Trump and his Project 2025 minions have hearts, but they do understand that hearts and minds are won in our schools and universities—places, Jason Stanley explains, that democratic societies across the world are now ill-prepared to defend against the fascist assault currently underway. How do we punch back at those trying to erase our history to change the future? Join us at 7PM ET/4M PT when we’re Punching Up!

It's live Q&A time with Rick, Joe, and Stuart. Join us Tuesday at 7 PM ET.

Jen Mercieca writes: "If you look into your heart you know deep down that predatory capitalism has us all sick, has enabled a war & prison industry, that our society is configured in ways that divide and alienate us from what is our best nature, that the two party system entrenches power. Let them break it. Let them defund it. It didn't protect us anyway. The system was built on fascism. This will be our chance to rebuild a system based on democracy and equality. It's a gift, actually. A painful and stressful gift."

Okay, Jen, tell us who to punch! This week Maya is joined by rhetoric expert, Dr. Jennifer Mercieca. Wednesday, November 27 @7p ET.

With Trump headed back to the Oval Office, the MAGA Republican strategy to roll back civil, political, and privacy rights and subvert American democracy are well underway. David Noll, co-author of Vigilante Nation, joins Rick Wilson, Stuart Stevens, and Joe Trippi to lay out the strategy for beating the Christian nationalists at their own game. Join us Tuesday at 7 PM ET.

This ain't your mother's Duolingo! It's time for a crash course in Christo-fascism with Maya May and her guest Andra Watkins, author, award-winning journalist, writer of the "For A Time Such As This" newsletter, and a survivor of Christian Nationalism. There's a lot to learn and unpack - including the Christian Nationalist ties of Trump's nominees. Join us at 7PM ET/4M PT when we’re Punching Up!

Strategist Simon Rosenberg joins Rick Wilson, Stuart Stevens, and Joe Trippi for a strategy session on how to be the ferocious opposition.

Any mother will tell you, we have long memories when it comes to people hurting our children and the Trump Administration is poised to do a whole lot of hurting. Matt Gaetz - who’s conspired to manipulate underaged girls into sex - as the Attorney General? Tonight, Maya May is joined by Kate Duffy, Wisconsin-based founder of Motherhood for Good. There’s a lot to do and a lot of good trouble to get in. Join us at 7PM ET/4M PT when we’re Punching Up!

The fight continues, so join Rick Wilson, Stuart Stevens, and Joe Trippi tonight on the Strategy Session for a conversation about what comes next.

Well, that sucked. Not the day we wanted, but it was the day we got. How do we punch up effectively going forward? What role will comedy (dark as it may be for a while) play in moving forward? Host Maya May dives into The Day After with activist and White Women for Harris co-chair Liz Minnella and comedian Allison Reese.