CODEPINK Radio
CODEPINK Radio
Voices for peace, justice, and resistance worldwide.
About the Show
CODEPINK Radio cuts through the noise with unapologetic, people-powered conversations on peace, justice, and real resistance—right when we need it most. Every Friday morning, you'll hear grassroots voices from across the globe: organizers fighting U.S. wars, sanctions, and occupation in Yemen, Venezuela, Iran, Palestine, and beyond, alongside local community activists right here at home. This isn't abstract talk—this is about ending militarism, standing up for human rights, and building a peace economy that puts people over profit. CODEPINK Radio brings you the practical steps and frontline stories the mainstream leaves out, connecting international struggles to local action and holding power to account. If you're looking for real analysis, true solidarity, and the tools to build a future beyond war, this hour is for you.
History & Legacy
CODEPINK Radio builds on the foundation of CODEPINK, founded in 2002 as a grassroots movement to protest the U.S. invasion of Iraq and advocate for peace. Over the years, the show has become a dedicated platform for anti-war voices, amplifying women-led organizing, global solidarity campaigns, and urgent calls for justice. CODEPINK's organizing has helped expose the human impact of U.S. foreign policy—from sanctions and armed interventions to support for whistleblowers and opposition to torture and Guantánamo. The program has been notable for connecting local struggles with global movements, featuring frontline activists from conflict zones and U.S. communities alike. Through ongoing campaigns like Divest from the War Machine, CODEPINK Radio continues to be an anchor for education, accountability, and mobilization against militarism.
Hosts & Team
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Marcy Winograd
Marcy Winograd volunteers as a co-producer of CODEPINK Radio and Empire on the Rocks podcast, co-anchoring the twice-monthly podcast with Medea Benjamin. A retired English and government teacher, Marcy also coordinates CODEPINK's Drop the ADL campaign and mobilizes for Palestinian rights within teachers' unions, including United Teachers of Los Angeles and California Teachers Association (CTA). In 2010, Marcy mobilized 41% of the vote in her primary congressional peace challenge to then incumbent Jane Harman. Her activism began in high school when she marched against the Vietnam War and later joined the defense team of Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg.
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Medea Benjamin
Medea Benjamin is a cofounder of both CODEPINK and the international human rights organization Global Exchange. She is the author of 11 books, including Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control, Inside Iran, and War in Ukraine. Described as "one of America's most committed—and most effective—fighters for human rights" by New York Newsday, she was one of 1,000 exemplary women nominated to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. In 2010 she received the Martin Luther King, Jr. Peace Prize from the Fellowship of Reconciliation.
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Jodie Evans
Jodie Evans is the co-founder of CODEPINK and the after-school writing program 826LA, and serves on the CODEPINK Board of Directors. As Director of Administration in California Governor Jerry Brown's first administration, Jodie championed environmental causes, resulting in breakthroughs in wind and solar technology. She has produced several documentary films including the Oscar-nominated The Square and climate change documentary This Changes Everything. Jodie is the co-editor of Twilight of Empire and Stop the Next War Now.
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Michelle Ellner
Michelle is a Latin America campaign coordinator of CODEPINK and producer of CODEPINK Radio and Empire on the Rocks podcast. Born in Venezuela, she holds a bachelor's degree in languages and international affairs from the University La Sorbonne Paris IV. She worked for an international scholarship program and was sent to Haiti, Cuba, The Gambia, and other countries. Subsequently, she worked with community-based programs in Venezuela and served as an analyst of U.S.-Venezuela relations.
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Danaka Katovich
Danaka Katovich is CODEPINK's National Co-Director. She graduated from DePaul University with a bachelor's degree in Political Science in November 2020. Since 2018 she has been working towards ending US participation in the war in Yemen. At CODEPINK, she oversees all advocacy campaigns and facilitates local organizing in the Midwest and in Europe. Her writing can be found in Jacobin, Salon, Truthout, CommonDreams, and more.
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Jenin
Jenin is CODEPINK's Palestine Campaigner. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in Public Policy from the University of Illinois at Chicago in December of 2023. For over five years, Jenin has been a community organizer focused on the Palestinian movement through advocacy, digital storytelling, and grassroots mobilization. She is a firm believer in intertwined struggle and liberation for all.
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Megan Russell
Megan Russell is CODEPINK's China is Not Our Enemy Campaign Coordinator. She graduated from the London School of Economics with a Master's Degree in Conflict Studies, and attended NYU studying Conflict, Culture, and International Law. Megan spent one year studying in Shanghai, and over eight years studying Chinese Mandarin. Her research focuses on the intersection between US-China affairs, peacebuilding, and international development.
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Aaron
Aaron is CODEPINK's War is Not Green Campaigner and East Coast Regional Organizer. Based in Brooklyn, NY, Aaron (they/he) holds an M.A. in Community Development and Planning from Clark University. They worked on internationalist climate justice organizing and Palestine, tenant, and abolitionist organizing. They continue to do this work nationally to combat militarized university repression and produce new modes of solidarity.
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Nuvpreet
Nuvpreet is CODEPINK's Digital Content Producer & Bases Off Cyprus Campaign Coordinator, based in London, England. She completed a Bachelor's in Politics & Sociology at the University of Cambridge, and an MA in Internet Equalities at the University of the Arts London. Her studies focused on racialised surveillance capitalism, with a focus on Artificial Intelligence as a weapon of war and settler colonialism.
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Ryan Wentz
Ryan Wentz is CODEPINK's West Coast Organizer. He graduated from University of Colorado Boulder with a bachelor's degree in Political Science in May 2017. After graduating, he spent six months in Occupied Palestine, doing research on the international weapons trade. He has been active in the antiwar, healthcare justice, and labor movements, and has produced for MintPress News and Empire Files.
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Makayla Heiser
Makayla Heiser is CODEPINK's Digital Organizing Assistant. She graduated from Gonzaga University in December 2022 with a bachelor's in Political Science and double minors in Critical Race Theory and Women's and Gender studies. Through student organizing with United Students Against Sweatshops, she began to understand the global power of solidarity within the working class and the importance of collective liberation.
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Jasmine Butler
Jasmine Butler is CODEPINK's Member & Youth Coordinator. Jasmine (they/them) was born and raised in Memphis by way of deep Mississippi roots. They're a Black queer writer, cultural worker, and afrofuturist-abolitionist deeply committed to collective liberation through mutual care and education. They are growing as a principled network weaver, educator, historian, and archivist. Jasmine received a B.A. in Geography from Dartmouth College in 2021.
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