Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien
Season 6
A weekly program presenting analysis and insight into current events, including interviews with political leaders and experts.
Where to Watch Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien • Season 6
48 Episodes
- OCTOBER 23, 2021E7
OCTOBER 23, 2021This week on Matter of Fact, a look at the supply chain crisis, as it keeps products off of shelves and is causing prices to spike. Correspondent Dina Demetrius talks to a business owner who is anxiously waiting for his products to arrive. Plus, America has a drinking water problem. Catherine Coleman Flowers is a MacArthur Genius Award winner, and the founding director of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice. Soledad talks to her about how she’s looking for solutions to help communities suffering from lack of access to clean water. Then, how California’s shrinking Salton Sea is polluting the community around it. - MARCH 5, 2022E26
MARCH 5, 2022No, the pandemic is not over. As vaccine and mask restrictions ease, Matter of Fact looks at how immunocompromised and COVID-19 long haulers will be affected in this new phase. Plus, a look at the amount of disinformation and misinformation about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. - MARCH 19, 2022E28
MARCH 19, 2022In this episode of Matter of Fact, Soledad O’Brien looks at some of the changemakers working to close the inequity gaps in American society. Author Ibram X Kendi; the Hope Chicago scholarship program; racial activist Beth Howard; civil rights activist Dolores Huerta; Justice Sonia Sotomayor. - MARCH 26, 2022E29
MARCH 26, 2022This week Matter of Fact visits the community of Jackson, Mississippi, to see how police officers and non-profits are coming together to curb gun violence. Plus, we look at the effects of inflation on millennials and Gen Z-ers, and talk with one of the last American athletes to escape Ukraine. - APRIL 2, 2022E30
APRIL 2, 2022This week Matter of Fact looks at why more than 20,000 ballots were rejected in last month’s Texas primary. Plus, we look at how Ukrainian Holocaust survivors are being evacuated to Germany and sit down with Jackson, Mississippi’s mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba to see where he stands on police funding and abolishing open carry laws. - APRIL 16, 2022E32
APRIL 16, 2022Separate is never equal. This week, Matter of Fact catches up with Sylvia Mendez, a pioneering civil rights leader who as a child paved the way for integrated schools – years before Brown v. Education. Plus, we look at how a North Carolina brewery is bringing rival gangs together to curb violence and meet up with a rising star and one of the changing faces of NASCAR. - APRIL 23, 2022E33
APRIL 23, 2022Memory loss. Physical exhaustion. This week Matter of Fact takes a closer look at how COVID-19 long haulers — up to an estimated 23 million Americans — are struggling to access medical care. Plus, evictions are higher than before the pandemic and North American indigenous nations are getting back some of their land. - MAY 21, 2022E36
MAY 21, 2022Traumatic Grief. This week, Matter of Fact looks backs on another community impacted by the violence from racism and white supremacy: Charleston, South Carolina. Plus, a look at why children in one New York neighborhood are at higher risk of asthma. Then, how gun violence is now the leading cause of American youth deaths. - JUNE 25, 2022E41
JUNE 25, 2022Digital deserts. This week Matter of Fact meets with a group of rural Arkansans working to get what millions of Americans already have: an affordable, reliable Internet connection. Plus, a closer look at how equipped the current power grids are to handle heat waves and an interview with WNBA player-turned-owner Renee Montgomery on the importance of Title IX. - JULY 16, 2022E42
JULY 16, 2022Basketball for change. This week, Matter of Fact connects with the Miami Heat basketball team to see how they’re working to bridge relationships between police officers and local communities. Plus, a closer look at the harassment and threats facing local election officials and a behind-the-scenes look at Capitol Hill’s newest statue of legendary educator and civil rights leader Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune. - JULY 23, 2022E43
JULY 23, 2022Tech in your backyard. This week, Matter of Fact catches up with a trio of entrepreneurs who are building a tech hub in their hometown of Jackson, Mississippi, to create jobs and inspiring a new generation of innovators. Plus, legendary comedian Margaret Cho gets candid about finding her voice and a conversation with composer Andrea Ramsey about how she’s bringing the past to the present. - AUGUST 13, 2022E45
AUGUST 13, 2022Sweet potato gin and vodka. This week Matter of Fact takes a look at the legacy of one farm family in Arkansas and how it’s putting a new spin on an old crop. Plus, how a group of dedicated public health researchers is combatting misinformation in BIPOC communities, and California schools have a new plan to increase the number of school counselors desperately needed by students. - AUGUST 20, 2022E46
AUGUST 20, 2022Climate change and asthma. This week Matter of Fact looks at how children in one New York neighborhood are at higher risk of developing asthma than anywhere else in the city. Plus, a closer look at the legendary baseball player Roberto Clemente and questions about the long-term stability of our power grids in the face of prolonged heat waves. - AUGUST 27, 2022E47
AUGUST 27, 2022This week Matter of Fact looks at the 100-year-old history of Japanese-American boarding houses and meets with three LA-based men worried about losing the only home they’ve known for decades to a hot real estate market. Plus, HBO “Katrina Babies” filmmaker Edward Buckles, Jr, speaks with Soledad & poet Elizabeth Acevedo performs “Inheritance,” based on her poem, “Hair.” - SEPTEMBER 3, 2022E48
SEPTEMBER 3, 2022A national shortage of the truck drivers, mechanics, and technicians. This week Matter of Fact looks at an innovative training program helping workers get the skills to get the jobs. A visit with the CEO of American Diesel Training Centers to see its effort to have companies pay for tuition is successfully recruiting and retaining new hires. Plus, a conversation on criminal justice reform between Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and abolitionist Richie Reseda.