Surviving Trump. Saving America
Navigating the chaos of today’s politics can be overwhelming —this show helps make sense of it all. In about 30 minutes each week, host Bella Goode breaks down the players, policies, and threats facing democracy — in plain language and straight talk. Your crash course in today’s politics
Surviving Trump. Saving America
Latest Episodes
Housing Apartheid-How Project 2025 turns displacement and segregation into a national strategy for concentrating political power in white hands
In September 2011, Rosetta Watson called the police in Maplewood, Missouri four times. Her boyfriend had broken down her door, punched her, choked her. He was convicted and sentenced to 200 days in prison. By the time he was sentenced, Watson h...
Only Afrikaners Are Allowed In: The refugee program is suspended. One group gets through. That group is white.
Since January 20, 2025, the U.S. immigration system has been rewired — not by new laws, but by executive power alone. The refugee ceiling has been cut by 94 percent. More than 700,000 people will lose Temporary Protected Status by year’s end. A...
DACA at Risk How Project 2025, Court Battles, and a Two‑Year Clock Threaten a Generation of Dreamers
Episode Summary: She grew up here. She’s raising U.S.-citizen children. And the country she has spent her entire life in still considers her provisional — a guest who can be asked to leave.Thi...
Naturalized Citizens on the Target List: Who Gets to Feel Permanent?
Episode Summary: You did everything this country asked. You waited years, took the test, swore the oath, and became a citizen. Now a letter arrives saying a federal database has flagged you as a "po...
Birthright Citizenship Under Attack: Who “Really” Counts as American
Episode Summary: On his first day back in office, Donald Trump signed an executive order instructing federal agencies to stop recognizing some U.S.-born babies as citizens. That fight is now at the Su...
Fan Mail
Hi, Bella! I just met you at the Bernie rally in SLC, I’m Brittni, the teacher that had the referendum table nearby. I shared this with my mother in law in Wyoming and we are both here to listen! Keep up the great work in Steamboat!
Morgan, Utah