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The Joy Reid Show

The Joy Reid Show

Joy-Ann Reid 162 Episodes Aug 22, 2026

A three times weekly dose of Joy-Ann Reid's takes and analysis of the news, politics and culture. If it's hot and happening, and matters to you, it's here.

Episodes

The Viral Collapse of America | The Joy Reid Show LIVE!
The Viral Collapse of America | The Joy Reid Show LIVE! Aug 22, 2026 7516 Tonight on The Joy Reid Show, are we great again yet? Between the daily food recalls, the diseases running rampant that our thoroughly gutted CDC can’t catch, a disastrous war overseas, and the rise of technofacism, America just can’t stop winning! …That was sarcasm if you didn’t catch that. But while our government is content to lie and bury the truth about all of the ways it is failing to k
The Muslims Are Coming! | The Joy Reid Show LIVE!
The Muslims Are Coming! | The Joy Reid Show LIVE! Aug 20, 2026 7483 Tonight on The Joy Reid Show, the Muslims are coming! The Muslims are coming! Islamophobia is on the rise in the US, and it's coming from both the right and the left. If you aren't Muslim yourself, you may be tempted to say, "Eh, that doesn't affect me." But not so fast! Fascism is always looking for its next target. Whatever the regime can get away with doing to one group, it'll do to all o
The Surveillance State of America | The Joy Reid Show LIVE!
The Surveillance State of America | The Joy Reid Show LIVE! Aug 18, 2026 7414 Tonight on The Joy Reid Show, friend of the show Wajahat Ali is guest hosting while Joy is away! Let the triggering of the Right begin! The United States is rapidly becoming a surveillance state, and we are gonna break down all that that entails. From taser gloves, to flock cameras, things are real scary in this country y'all. But don't let the fear turn you towards despair! Take what you he
Sick of the Trump Regime | The Joy Reid Show
Sick of the Trump Regime | The Joy Reid Show Aug 15, 2026 7333 Our friend  @DrFrita breaks down the sick, sick mess that is the Trump regime, Nana Gyamfi of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI) breaks down the urgent threat to Black immigrants and former Republican strategist Stuart Stevens walks us through the coming midterms and clues us in on how to beat the Republicans at their own game. GUEST SOCIALS: Dr. Frita Fisher: @drfrita on
Suppressed: 2026! A ‘Scaring is Caring’ Mini Doc & Talk | The Joy Reid Show
Suppressed: 2026! A ‘Scaring is Caring’ Mini Doc & Talk | The Joy Reid Show Aug 13, 2026 6869 On this episode, we debut the latest documentary from Brave New Films: Suppressed and Sabotaged: The Fight To Vote, 2026 and hear from voting advocates and experts including Latosha Brown of Black Voters Matter and Maria Teresa Kumar of Voto Latino. Connect to Voto Latino: https://votolatino.org/ Connect to Black Voters Matter Fund: https://blackvotersmatterfund.org/ Connect to Brave New Film
Dr Who??? | The Joy Reid Show LIVE!
Dr Who??? | The Joy Reid Show LIVE! Aug 11, 2026 4768 Friend of the show Touré breaks down the madness that is the "Dr" Cheyenne Bryant saga. Plus we get a preview of The National Association of Black Journalists' 50th national convention with brand new president Errin Haines. GUEST SOCIALS: Errin Haines: IG and Threads: @emarvelous Read her latest article here: https://19thnews.org/2026/07/black-women-anti-dei-backlash-election-power/ Follow '
Justin 1, Autocracy 0 | The Joy Reid Show LIVE!
Justin 1, Autocracy 0 | The Joy Reid Show LIVE! Aug 8, 2026 7452 Tonight on The Joy Reid Show, the last few years have been undeniably terrifying. While the rise of autocracy in America certainly hasn't been defeated, we are seeing increasing glimmers of hope on the horizon. GUEST SOCIALS: Justin Pearson IG: @justinpearson X: @Justinjpearson Website: https://www.votejustinj.com/ Luther Campbell IG & X: @unclelukereal1 Website: https://www.luthercampbe
Abdul Wins, Establishment Whines | The Joy Reid Show LIVE!
Abdul Wins, Establishment Whines | The Joy Reid Show LIVE! Aug 6, 2026 7655 Tonight on The Joy Reid Show, the Democratic establishment is shook! Dr. Abdul El-Sayed is the latest progressive candidate to beat out one of the party's centrist darlings. As the base of the Democratic Party moves further and further to the left, the question is: will the DNC finally catch up? Or will it get left further and further behind? GUEST SOCIALS: Maurice Mitchell: @mauricewfp acros
Mamdani Monday: The New York Mayor Returns to TJRS | The Joy Reid Show LIVE!
Mamdani Monday: The New York Mayor Returns to TJRS | The Joy Reid Show LIVE! Aug 4, 2026 7942 Tonight on The Joy Reid Show, Mamdani Derangement Syndrome is real y'all, and corporate Dems seem to have it bad! Well tonight we sit down and chat with the Mayor of New York City to talk about the movement that he has started both within his constituency and across the country. We also talk to the psychotherapist who debuted the clearest version of the distress in the Nolan Wells case. GUE
From the Midwest to the Deep South: The Fight for Justice & Democracy | The Joy Reid Show LIVE!
From the Midwest to the Deep South: The Fight for Justice & Democracy | The Joy Reid Show LIVE! Aug 1, 2026 7064 (We have a few audio issues in this one fam. Bear with us.) Tonight on The Joy Reid Show, we are coming to you live from Chicago at the Black Women’s Expo! Tonight we are discussing the newly opened Obama Center with with Mayor Brandon Johnson, interview Missouri Congressional candidate Cori Bush, give you the latest updates on the Nolan Wells case with guests Garrison Hayes and Deborah Watt
The Empire Strikes Back | The Joy Reid Show LIVE!
The Empire Strikes Back | The Joy Reid Show LIVE! Jul 30, 2026 8601 Tonight on The Joy Reid Show, there isn't much that the Democrats and Republicans have in common these days, except for one thing: their weird, slavish devotion to a genocidal foreign entity. This, as the two parties bases swing in a completely different direction. Ol' Chucky Schumer and the DNC should have their sights focused on taking down Far-Right autocracy. Instead his eye is laser focu
Election Plots, War Crimes & Conspiracy Theories, Oh My! | The Joy Reid Show LIVE!
Election Plots, War Crimes & Conspiracy Theories, Oh My! | The Joy Reid Show LIVE! Jul 28, 2026 7847 Tonight on The Joy Reid Show, between the overt scheming by the Trump regime to steal the midterm elections, the ongoing disastrous war in Iran, corporate media's complete dereliction of duty, and the latest piece of the Nolan Wells case raising yet more questions... We don't blame you if you feel like your head is spinning. So is ours. But we are here to break it all down as plainly as possi

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