Indie Content Creators: Briahna Joy Gray Crafts Political Meaning in ‘Bad Faith’
Briahna Joy Gray wears many similarly colored hats. She is a lawyer, political consultant, commentator, and columnist whose work can be found in Rolling Stone, The Guardian, and New York Magazine. Her journey as a competent political entity swiftly gave her access to the position of National Press Secretary for the 2020 presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders. During this time, she served as the nominee’s co-host on the Hear the Bern campaign-sponsored podcast, which contained interviews with progressive-leaning celebrities, journalists, and political pundits. Gray was also making appearances in the television news cycle, including national networks like Bloomberg News, CBS News, and MSNBC. She was even featured in Fortune magazine’s ’40 Under 40’ list of influential figures.
At the end of Sanders’s presidential campaign, Gray would create the Bad Faith podcast, transferring her skills as a communicator and making the most of her political connections in a podcast format. On YouTube, Bad Faith has 60,000 subscribers, and it would not be an exaggeration to believe the show has even more in its podcast format, considering the host’s connection to the Bernie Sanders Presidential Campaign as well as the high-profile guests from the political media landscape that Gray has connected with previously.
There are a number of interesting elements to Bad Faith that make it uniquely detached from Gray’s previous political work; the most impactful being the simple fact that Bad Faith is not associated with any specific political campaign. This is an important benefit because it allows for an extra level of freedom in choosing which guests appear on the show, and which topics will be covered. The Bad Faith podcast covers a wide variety of subject matter. These can range from dating and relationships in conversation with political identity to the politics of nuclear war as it relates to US foreign policy with Ukraine and Russia.
As a host, Gray possesses a remarkable generosity of character. One can tell she is an expert at making her guests feel comfortable with the candid energy she brings. She gives her guests the space to answer every question as completely as possible without veering off-topic or appearing unprofessional. One of the most important tools that the host of any production can use is the ability to guide your guest into speaking knowledgeably about their passions, and that skill is definitely seen in action on the Bad Faith podcast.
I highly recommend this podcast to the politically-minded listener who is really looking for deep investigations on a variety of topics. Bad Faith can be found in Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Google Play, and on Twitter @badfaithpod.
