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How We Build This

May Boeve

How We Build This is a podcast how we can take action in a time of rising authoritarianism and shrinking rights. Hosted by longtime climate and movement leader, May Boeve, each episode finds May in conversation with with organizers, activists, and changemakers as they try to make sense of how movements are born, and how they grow, and what we can do right now.

20 episodes
fortnightly
Avg 43 min
English

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S2 · E22
Today · 43 min
Emily Lee: How Volunteers Can Defeat MAGA
Host May Boeve chats with Emily Lee, executive director and co-founder of Seed the Vote.
S2 · E21
September 1 · 45 min
Cayden Mak: Organizing Beyond the Algorithm
Host May Boeve sits down with Cayden Mak, Publisher of Convergence Magazine
S2 · E20
August 18 · 45 min
Michael Pollan: Reclaiming Our Attention in the MAGA Era
Host May Boeve sits down with NY Times Bestselling Author and journalist Michael Pollan.
S2 · E19
August 4 · 40 min
Gergő Hajdu: How Hungarian Movements Overcame Orbán
Host May Boeve sits down with Hungarian community organizer, Gergő Hajdu, about the defeat of Viktor Orbán after 16 years of authoritarian rule.
S2 · E18
July 21 · 42 min
Sara Haghdoosti: Iran, Gaza, and the Fight for a New Foreign Policy
Host May Boeve sits down with Iranian-American novelist, and Chief of Program at MoveOn.org, Sara Haghdoosti.
S2 · E17
July 7 · 44 min
Maurice Mitchell: The Working-Class Insurgency Is Here
Host May Boeve sits down with Maurice Mitchell, National Director of the Working Families Party.
S2 · E16
June 23 · 51 min
Annie Leonard & Andre Carothers: How Protest Changes What Looks Unchangeable
Host May Boeve sits down with Annie Leonard and Andre Carothers, co-authors of the book, Protest: Respect It. Defend It. Use It.
S2 · E15
June 9 · 42 min
Sudha Nandagopal: From Environmental Policy to Everyday Democracy
Host May Boeve sits down with organizer and strategist, Sudha Nandagopal.
S2 · E14
May 26 · 45 min
Natalie Foster: The Guarantee and America’s Next Economy
Host May Boeve sits down with Natalie Foster, co-founder of the Economic Security Project.
S2 · E13
May 12 · 43 min
Ilana Berger: Building Care Power, Fighting Private Equity
Host May Boeve sits down with Ilana Berger, director of New York Caring Majority and Caring Majority Rising.
S2 · E12
April 28 · 12 min
Movement Dispatch #1: From Shadow Dockets to May Day
Host May Boeve’s first ever “Movement Dispatch”, rounding up recent events.
S2 · E11
April 14 · 45 min
Hahrie Han: The Missing Link Between Outrage and Power
Host May Boeve chats with political scientist and author Hahrie Han.
S2 · E10
March 31 · 44 min
Heather Cronk: Leaving the Church, Building the Movement
Host May Boeve welcomes Heather Cronk, Founder of Project 21:12
S2 · E9
March 17 · 43 min
Tomás Garduño: Fundamentals of Electoral Organizing
Host May Boeve welcomes author and organizer Tomás Garduño.
S1 · E9
March 3 · 44 min
Chris Neff: The Organizing Infrastructure Hiding in Plain Sight
Host May Boeve welcomes nationally respected labor leader, Chris Neff.
S2 · E8
February 17 · 51 min
Heather Box & Julian Mocine-McQueen: How Your Story Sets You Free (Live at KALW)
Host May Boeve sits down with Heather Box and Julian Mocine-McQueen, co-authors of How Your Story Sets You Free, live at KALW Studios in San Francisco.
S2 · E7
February 3 · 52 min
Christiana Figueres: The Paris Agreement Playbook. Mindset, Momentum, and Movement Strategy
Host May Boeve welcomes world authority on global climate change, Christiana Figueres.
S2 · E6
January 20 · 45 min
Miya Yoshitani & Danny Kennedy: A Power Couple’s Playbook for Climate Justice and Clean Energy
Host May Boeve welcomes her friends and two longtime movement builders Miya Yoshitani and Danny Kennedy..
S2 · E5
January 6 · 46 min
Cristina Jiménez Moreta: Build the Big “We” in a Time of Authoritarianism
Host May Boeve welcomes Cristina Jiménez Moreta, co-founder of United We Dream and author of the best selling book, Dreaming of Home: How We Turn Fear into Pride, Power, and Real Change.
S2 · E4
Dec 23, 2025 · 40 min
Nisha Agarwal on Universal Policies: Making Services for Everyone
Host May Boeve welcomes Nisha Agarwal, The Executive Director of the Mental Hygiene Policy and Communications Office in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in New York City.

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