The Bakari Sellers Podcast

About The Bakari Sellers Podcast

The Bakari Sellers Podcast tackles the most pressing current events through conversations and interviews with high profile guests. Building upon his experience in South Carolina government and politics and his experience as a lawyer, Sellers will talk to his guests about all topics from the world of politics, including the 2020 election, the movement for racial equality in the US, and much more.

Publisher

The Ringer

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

29 Jun 2020

Latest episode

9 Jan 2025

Latest episodes

98 of 426 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   9 Jan 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Congress of 2025 and the Gulf of America With Hans Nichols

   Bakari Sellers is joined by Axios political reporter Hans Nichols to discuss how Senator John Thune’s leadership as majority leader compares to Mitch McConnell's (10:07), how realistic Donald Trump’s imperialistic plans (like taking over Greenland) are (15:20), and the prospects of the budget reconciliation bill (22:10). Plus, a comparison of Representatives Hakeem Jeffries and Nancy Pelosi as minority leaders (23:07). Host: Bakari Sellers Guest: Hans Nichols Producer: Donnie Beacham Jr. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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   6 Jan 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Andre Powell and the Black-Owned Rideshare App, Goldsainte

   Bakari Sellers is joined by entrepreneur and CEO of the rideshare company Goldsainte Andre Powell to discuss policymakers' effects on small businesses (6:06), the founding and creation of Goldsainte (7:11), and what differentiates the rideshare platform from others (11:05) Host: Bakari Sellers Guest: Andre Powell Producer: Donnie Beacham Jr. Executive Producer: Jarrod Loadholt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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   30 Dec 2024TRANSCRIPT

   Live at the Fillmore with the Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers

   Bakari Sellers moderates a panel at the Fillmore Minneapolis for the Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers (MABL) joined by Natalie E. Hudson, Chief Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, Camille M. Davidson, Dean of Mitchell Hamline School of Law, and Duchess Harris, Special Assistant to the Provost for Strategic Initiatives & Professor of American Studies at Macalester College. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Inside a recent episode

Congress of 2025 and the Gulf of America With Hans Nichols

Published 9 Jan 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] But the idea is just focusing on congressional leaders and, uh, what, uh, how they're seeing the world. And so we're almost looking at congressional leaders the way you'd look at like the president or the secretary of state. So, you know, if you're a White House reporter and something happens, your first question is kind of like, well, how do the president find out about it? And we want to take a similar frame to like, how does he keep Jeffries process the terrorist attacks in Louisiana? What are his moves? How does it keep Jeffries and keep his conference together? How is he going to, um, you know, win enough seats to become speaker Jeffries? […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

10,660,154

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

959 ratings

Spotify

4.5 / 5

153 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 83 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

90

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

98

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