Apathy Is Not An Option

Alexandria Beightol

Booking Overview

This is a social-justice interview show focused on Southern U.S. issues, featuring academics, policy experts, civil-rights attorneys, SPLC specialists, and community advocates. PR agencies could credibly pitch historians, political scientists, racial- and economic-justice researchers, voting-rights experts, and advocates with firsthand experience of Southern community struggles; booking difficulty is medium because guests generally need strong subject-matter authority or a direct connection to a timely issue.

Metrics

Episodes: 22

Frequency: Every two weeks

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000

Listener location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

mike.russo@prx.org

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Host

Alexandria Beightol - Host of Apathy Is Not an Option, covering social justice, democracy, racial justice, and economic justice in the American South.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Academic, policy, legal, or advocacy expertise in social justice issues, particularly voting rights, racial justice, economic justice, democracy, American history, or Southern communities. The show also books community advocates with direct firsthand experience of the issues under discussion.

Required Achievements:

University professorship or recognized scholarly expertise, Leadership at a major policy, research, legal, or civil-rights organization, Legal or advocacy work on significant social justice issues, Direct leadership or firsthand experience in an affected Southern community

Recent Guest Discussions

Daniel Smith - Florida’s Ballot Initiative Process, HB 1205, And The Broader Movement To Protect U.s. Democracy.

Avner Shapiro - The Splc’s Legal Effort To Protect Florida’s Ballot Initiative Process And Direct Democracy.

Andre Perry - Black Entrepreneurship, Black-owned Businesses, And The Systems And Communities Needed For Black Entrepreneurs To Thrive.

Hasan Kwame Jeffries - Historical Truth, The Black Freedom Struggle, Democracy, And How Understanding The Past Can Help Resist Apathy.

Harper Walton-Mouw - How Young People View The United States’ 250th Year And Its Meaning For Their Generation.

Recent Topics

Politics, Social Justice, Voting Rights, Racial Justice, Economic Justice

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Apathy Is Not An Option

Ep. 21: Supporting Florida’s Fight for Direct Democracy

September 22, 2026

The ballot initiative process can be used to pass laws when legislatures refuse to act, but in Florida, a new statute, HB 1205, is threatening the survival of this process — and the broader movement to protect U.S. democracy. Southern Poverty Law Center attorney Avner Shapiro and political science professor Daniel Smith break down the SPLC’s efforts to fight HB 1205 and protect direct democracy in Florida.Apathy Is Not an Option is a production of PRX and the Southern Poverty Law Center. Nich...

Ep. 20: Uplifting Our Entrepreneurs During Black Business Month

August 31, 2026

Andre Perry, director of the Brookings Institution’s Center for Community Uplift, joins Apathy Is Not an Option during Black Business Month to highlight the importance of Black entrepreneurship. Beyond simply celebrating Black-owned businesses, Perry pushes us to understand the systems that will enable Black entrepreneurs, and the communities that surround them, to truly thrive.Apathy Is Not an Option is a production of PRX and the Southern Poverty Law Center. Nichole Hill and Mark Pagán are ...

Ep. 19: Hasan Kwame Jeffries on Reckoning With 250 Years of American History

August 11, 2026

An expert in confronting “hard history,” professor Hasan Kwame Jeffries joins Apathy Is Not an Option for a conversation on the importance of engaging with the United States’ complete history — the good and the bad — during its 250th year. As the nation looks back on its past and imagines the future to come, Jeffries highlights why historical truth matters, what the Black freedom struggle teaches about democracy and how understanding the past can help us resist apathy in the present.Apathy Is...

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