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Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff

26. Dean Kamen. Trump’s Ukraine Phone Call. On The Streets at Climate Strike with Greta. Inventing iBOTs, Segways and Scooters. The Wheelchair of the Future. Inside DARPA. Using Robots To Build Kids. Revenge of the Nerds.

Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff

Righteous Media | Bleav

Daily News, Veteran, News, Politics, News Commentary, National Security

4.6907 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2019

⏱️ 150 minutes

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Summary

Dean Kamen [22:32] is one of the greatest inventors of our time. He invented the Segway, the first drug infusion pump, and the Slingshot--a water purification device that requires no filters, can turn almost any kind of water into drinking water and can operate using cow dung as fuel. He also invented the LUKE (Life Under Kinetic Evolution) prosthetic arm for the Department of Defense’s DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency). And now, Dean has invented invented a revolutionary all-terrain electric wheelchair known as the iBOT. He rode to our interview on Angry Americans (@AngryAmericans) with host Paul Rieckhoff (@PaulRieckhoff) on the newest version that he unveiled to the world this week in New York--and shares why it can change history not just for the disabled and wounded veterans--but for everyone. Like all our guests, Dean Kamen is an iconic, important and inspiring American. One who’s shaped what America has been in the past, is in the present, and more than any other guest we’ve had so far, he’s shaping the future. One of Dean's proudest accomplishments is founding FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), an organization dedicated to motivating the next generation to understand, use and enjoy science and technology. This year FIRST® will serve more than 1 million young people, ages 6 to 18, in more than 86 countries. High-school-aged participants were eligible for more than $50 million in scholarships from over 200 leading colleges, universities, and corporations. And as 16-year old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg rallied millions worldwide to focus on climate change, Paul Rieckhoff went out in the streets for the protest in New York City [1:45:16] --one of the biggest of thousands that happened all across the world. He walked in the march, interviewed participants--and counter protestors. Angry Americans take you inside a movement of hundreds of thousands of Angry Americans---and tons of kids. We walked with them, we talked with them, and we stood in the crowd, just a few hundred feet from Greta when she gave her speech that echoed immediately around the globe. It was a powerful and historic event, and we take you inside all of it. And as always, Rieckhoff digs into the most important stories in America with a fresh, independent and unique perspective. From the sale of Javelin missiles to Ukraine, to the latest 2020 polling, Rieckhoff breaks it all down. If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention. Download the new Angry Americans podcast for free now. And go behind-the-scenes for video of Dean Kamen and the new iBot, and of recent guests including Chris Cuomo, Tom Collichio, Ai Jen Poo and Rachel Maddow at www.AngryAmericans.us. Angry Americans is connecting, uniting and empowering people of all backgrounds nationwide. It’s changing the podcasting landscape. And it’s powered by Righteous Media. Watch the Conversation: https://youtu.be/tfuqXTQ_bzw

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0:00.0

Welcome to angry Americans. Welcome to episode 26. I am your host, Paul Reichoff. If you're not angry, you're not paying attention.

0:25.6

This is all wrong.

0:28.6

I shouldn't be up here.

0:30.6

I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean.

0:35.6

Yet you all come to us young people for hope.

0:40.8

How dare you?

0:43.0

You have stolen my dreams, in my childhood, with your empty words,

0:48.9

and yet I'm one of the lucky ones.

0:52.6

People are suffering, people are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing.

1:00.4

We are in the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money and fair tales

1:07.6

of eternal economic growth. How dare you?

1:12.6

And that is 16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg.

1:19.6

And she is really angry.

1:22.6

And she has a right to be.

1:24.6

She's paying attention.

1:25.6

She understands science. And she's making waves all around the world. She's amazing. She's a conscience for the world. She's the future. A future that's threatened. And that's as good a reason as any to be angry. Climate change is real.

1:45.8

It's getting worse fast, and it's threatening the future for everyone,

1:50.9

and especially the future for our children,

1:54.6

and for children like Greta and other children worldwide.

1:59.6

And this week, Greta was joined by angry Americans all across America

2:04.9

and by millions of other activists all around the world.

2:09.9

Angry Americans, angry Nigerians, angry Swedes, angry Indians, angry Japanese.

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