Explore every episode of the podcast Make It Plain MIP with Rev. Mark Thompson
| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 Years of Arrests and Targeting of African American Journalists | 02 Feb 2026 | 00:42:48 | |
The Rev. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., President and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association joins. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| African American Journalists "Are Foundational To Black History" #GeorgiaFort #DonLemon | 02 Feb 2026 | 00:11:14 | |
National Association of Black Journalists President and Editor At Large of The 19th Errin Haines joins. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| ICE's Violence, Voter Rolls and Election Intimidation | 29 Jan 2026 | 00:42:05 | |
Markos of Daily Kos joins for #ThursdayKos Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| "Venezuela is Minneapolis...We are in the same struggle." | 26 Jan 2026 | 00:53:17 | |
The Honorable Fravia Marquez, Advisor to Venezuela's National Assembly and Spokeswoman to Cumbe International (African Descendants in the Americas) Fravia Marquez and Obi Egbuna, External Relations Officer of the Zimbabwe Cuba Friendship Association and Co-founder of the Shirley Graham Du Bois-William Worthy Media and Friendship Collective, with the latest on Venezuela. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Beyond Borders: Martin Luther King, Jr., Africa and Pan-Africanism | 19 Jan 2026 | 00:57:30 | |
The author, Dr. Jeremy Levitt, joins. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| ICE's Killings of Keith Porter and Renee Good | 13 Jan 2026 | 00:38:19 | |
Melina Abdullah of BLM Grassroots and Annastacia Belladonna-Carrera of Common Cause Minnesota join. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| The Latest from Caracas, Venezuela | 12 Jan 2026 | 00:43:08 | |
Gabriel Aguirre of World Beyond War joins. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| What Do Venezuela, Congo And Nigeria Have In Common? | 05 Jan 2026 | 00:55:20 | |
Congolese Activist, Kamabale Musavuli, and Navy veteran and intelligence expert, Malcolm Nance, join. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Imani 2025! Day 7 of Kwanzaa with Founder Dr. Maulana Karenga | 01 Jan 2026 | 00:17:56 | |
| Kuumba 2025! Day 6 of Kwanzaa with Founder Dr. Maulana Karenga | 31 Dec 2025 | 00:11:44 | |
| Nia 2025! Day 5 of Kwanzaa with Founder Dr. Maulana Karenga | 30 Dec 2025 | 00:11:56 | |
| Ujamaa 2025! Day 4 of Kwanzaa with Founder Dr. Maulana Karenga | 29 Dec 2025 | 00:24:54 | |
| Ujima 2025! Day 4 of Kwanzaa with Founder Dr. Maulana Karenga | 28 Dec 2025 | 00:22:14 | |
| Kujichagulia 2025! Day 2 of Kwanzaa with Founder Dr. Maulana Karenga | 27 Dec 2025 | 00:13:36 | |
| Umoja 2025! Day 1 of Kwanzaa with Founder Dr. Maulana Karenga | 26 Dec 2025 | 00:27:44 | |
| Red Flags: Exposing the Manosphere and Protecting Your Heart | 22 Dec 2025 | 00:59:59 | |
Kiddada Grey joins to discuss her new book. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Enslavement in Ken Burns' "The American Revolution" | 15 Dec 2025 | 00:46:36 | |
Historian and Columbia University Professor Christopher Brown, featured in Ken Burns' latest PBS documentary, The American Revolution, joins. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Why Miami is the Bellwether of the Anti-Trump Backlash | 11 Dec 2025 | 00:35:48 | |
Markos joins Thursday Kos to discuss the Democrat elected Miami Mayor this week. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| The Crisis in Housing and Homeownership in the DMV | 08 Dec 2025 | 00:53:20 | |
Reverend Dr. William Bennett of Good Success Church, Dr. A. Lionel Edmonds of Mount Lebanon Baptist Church, and Reverend William Spencer of Alfred Street Baptist Church join MIP on 89.3 wpfw.org to discuss the spiritual and social responsibility of churches during a time of intense housing stress. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| What We Can Learn Form The TN-7 Special Election | 04 Dec 2025 | 00:35:13 | |
Markos joins for Thursday Kos. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Unanswered Questions Around The National Guard Shooting | 01 Dec 2025 | 00:54:17 | |
Intelligence veteran Malcolm Nance joins to discuss the case of Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the individual suspected of shooting Sarah Beckstrom and Andrew Wolfe, both uniformed members of the West Virginia National Guard on November 26. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| WeAintBuyingIt.com Economic Noncooperation Campaign Nov. 27 - Dec. 1 | 17 Nov 2025 | 00:19:37 | |
LaTosha Brown and Cliff Albright of Black Voters Matter and Tamika Mallory of Until Freedom join to discuss the WeAintBuyingIt.com Economic Noncooperation Campaign Nov. 27 - Dec.1 encouraging consumers to withhold spending from Target, Amazon and Home Depot. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Meet Roxanne Brown, The First African American And The First Woman President Of The United Steelworkers | 17 Nov 2025 | 00:32:42 | |
The President-Elect of the largest industrial union in North America joins. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Eight Dems Annul The Election Celebration Before The Honeymoon Ends | 13 Nov 2025 | 00:25:52 | |
Markos joins for Thursday Kos. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| How Black Women Won The Election For Us and Unarmed Black Man Shot At By Federal Police | 10 Nov 2025 | 00:53:00 | |
Attorney E. Paige White joins to discuss the case of Philip Brown, who was shot at by federal agents when stopped for dark tints in D.C. by Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers, along with federal agents from Homeland Security Investigation, United States Customs and Border Patrol, Diplomatic Security Service, United States Marshall Service and the Federal Bureau of Prisons, as part of Donald Trump's “Make D.C. Safe Again” initiative. Multiple shots were fired at Brown, hitting his driver side window and front passenger seat at chest level. Miraculously, every shot missed Brown. and Holli Holliday of Sisters Lead Sisters Vote joins to discuss Election Day 2025's historic wins for African American women electeds and how voters affirmed communities demand protection for healthcare, SNAP benefits, jobs, and affordable housing with the African American women electorate leading the charge. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Election Recap | 06 Nov 2025 | 00:40:03 | |
Markos joins #ThursdayKos joins to discuss the Democrats' success Tuesday night Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| AFGE President Everett Kelley Says Both The Shutdown And The Lockout Of Federal Employees Must End | 03 Nov 2025 | 00:30:28 | |
The Rev. Dr. Everett Kelley, President of the over-800,000 member American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), joined Make It Plain on WPFW-FM 89.3 Pacifica Radio to call for an end to the 34-day government shutdown in the midst of Trump nullifying the AFGE collective bargaining agreement, effectively locking out federal employees, earlier this year. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| NEA President Becky Pringle on SNAP: "Our kids can't learn if they are hungry." | 03 Nov 2025 | 00:36:06 | |
The President of the largest union, the National Education Association, joins to demand Trump comply with the Court and provide SNAP Benefits and, also to encourage every American to get out to vote. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Halloween House of Horrors: Shutdown, SNAP, Redistricting, Oh My! | 30 Oct 2025 | 00:46:01 | |
Markos joins for this week's Thursday Kos! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| What Is The BlackOutReport.org? | 27 Oct 2025 | 00:54:48 | |
Esosa Osa of Onyx Impact on their new study BlackOutReport.org: The Real-World Cost of Erasing, Distorting, and Suppressing Black Progress Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Are Dems Now The Party Of The Well-To-Do? | 23 Oct 2025 | 01:05:19 | |
Markos of Daily Kos and Special Guest Michael Harriot of Contraband Camp join for this week's #ThursdayKos Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Shutdown Not Shutting Down ICE & How Trump Won The America Dems Forgot | 16 Oct 2025 | 00:43:44 | |
Markos Moulitsas, Founder of Daily Kos joins for Thursday Kos. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Million Man March Anniversary Commemorations in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Newark, NYC, Akron, Canton, Cleveland, Wichita and East Palo Alto | 13 Oct 2025 | 01:00:30 | |
Washington's Bro. Rahim Jenkins, Baltimore's Edwin Avent, Newark's Larry Hamm, NYC's Alain Berrouet, Ohio's Russel Neal, Wichita's Corinthian Kelly and East Palo Alto's Omowale Satterwhite discuss their city's plans for the Million Man March 30th Anniversary. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| The 30th Anniversary of the Million Man March, Part I | 06 Oct 2025 | 00:54:12 | |
Dr. Maulana Karenga and Rev. Willie Wilson join. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| The Lowdown on the Shutdown | 02 Oct 2025 | 00:56:08 | |
...and Gavin Newsom, Kamala Harris, MAGA eating its own and Trump helping China kill US farmers as Markos joins for Thursday Kos on his way to see his Cubs play the Wild Card Series Final at Wrigley. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| On The Federal Shutdown And The NYC Mayoral Race | 29 Sep 2025 | 00:54:36 | |
Black Press USA Capitol Hill Correspondent Lauren Victoria Burke and Working Families Party National Director Maurice Mitchell join. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| The 60th Anniversary of the Nguzo Saba | 15 Sep 2025 | 00:11:35 | |
Dr. Maulana Karenga joins. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Missouri's Racist Redistricting And The Lynching Of Emmett Till | 08 Sep 2025 | 00:53:56 | |
Both Missouri State Rep. Ray Reed and Deborah Watts of the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation join MIP on 89.3 WPFW-FM Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Mayor Brandon Johnson Resists Trump And Federal Troops In Chicago | 04 Sep 2025 | 00:17:25 | |
The Mayor joins to discuss Trump's threats to occupy Chicago Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Jesse Jackson, Jr. Campaigns To Return To Congress | 25 Aug 2025 | 00:14:19 | |
The former Chicago US House Member joins. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| A Young Brother Experiences Trump's Military Occupation of D.C. | 25 Aug 2025 | 00:24:06 | |
Diego Floyd of the Free DC Project joins. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| The Non-State of Occupied D.C. | 18 Aug 2025 | 00:50:37 | |
Both Nee Nee Taylor of Harriet's Wildest Dreams and the Free DC Project and Ron Hampton of the National Black Police Association join to discuss Trump's military occupation of Washington, DC Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Texas Redistricting And How The Democrats Lost In 2024 | 11 Aug 2025 | 00:31:27 | |
Both Jaime Harrison, Former DNC Chair and Host of the new podcast At Our Table, and TX State Rep. Ron Reynolds join. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Workers Circle, One Of America's Oldest Jewish Organizations, Stands Up On Behalf Of The People Of Gaza | 04 Aug 2025 | 00:35:06 | |
Workers Circle President Ann Toback calls for an end to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Trump Voters Losing Hospitals, Food Stamps, Disaster Relief and Manufacturing Jobs, But Gaining A Tax Increase | 31 Jul 2025 | 00:48:38 | |
Markos joins for Thursday Kos. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Palestinian Columbia University Student Mohsen Madawi On His Unlawful Arrest At A Naturalization Hearing | 28 Jul 2025 | 00:57:10 | |
His Attorney, Nate Wessler, of the Vermont ACLU also joins MIP on 89.3 WPFW-FM. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| The Final Straw for MAGA? | 24 Jul 2025 | 01:09:22 | |
Markos joins this week's Thursday Kos to discuss the Epstein files. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Trump/ICE vs. Black Immigrants | 21 Jul 2025 | 00:26:55 | |
Nana Gyamfi of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration joins. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. on Civil Rights, Fascism, Media and the 30th Anniversary of the Million Man March | 21 Jul 2025 | 00:27:04 | |
The former NAACP President, Million Man March Executive Director and current President of the National Newspaper Publisher Association joins. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||
| John Lewis National Day of Action 7/17 | 16 Jul 2025 | 00:35:18 | |
April Albright of Black Voters Matter joins! Find an action near you at GoodTroubleLivesOn.org Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy | |||