Our beloved DeRay is set to launch a new podcast that will likely be titled "A Word With DeRay" which will aim to help give its listeners direction on social advocacy. The podcast will also be published under Crooked Media, a new liberal political network founded last year by former Obama aides Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor.

DeRay is arguably the most famous activist to emerge from the Black Lives Matter movement and continues to fight for social justice. His group, Campaign Zero, has sought to recalibrate its organizing strategy under the Trump presidency. The group most recently created "Our States," a resource manual to assist people who want to oppose Trump's policies at the state level.

Crooked Media hopes to have an impact on the 2018 midterm elections. A part of its strategy was to dedicate a podcast exclusively to activism, organizing and what steps people could take to make a difference. Favreau said he immediately thought of Mckesson, whom he met while running for mayor of Baltimore.

The podcast will give us valuable information on activism seeing as many people don't get involved simply based on not knowing what to actually do to help. His own success as a principal in the movement, as well as a player in national politics, is due in large part to his effectiveness as a communicator.

“I’m trying to figure out how we give people language that they can repeat,” Mckesson told Buzzfeed News. “I think a lot of the media, not just podcasts, are doing a lot of the ‘Let me explain the world to you’ [format] but not in a way listeners can actually keep explaining the world to people. I want to be intentional about how I use platforms to amplify this work,” he said. I think a podcast will be a great opportunity to do that."

Congratulations DeRay, we're all hoping for the best with the podcast.

Will you all be listening?

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