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Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff

6. Ai-jen Poo, The Pro-Measles People, A New Deal for Women and The Shocking Death Rate Facing American Mothers On Mother’s Day

Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff

Righteous Media | Bleav

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

4.6907 Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2019

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

This compelling episode of Angry Americans zeroes in the most urgent issues impacting women in America with one of the nation’s most important leaders for women. The show explores the rise of activists and activism worldwide in the age of Trump. And host Paul Rieckhoff (@PaulRieckhoff) takes aim on a new issue that’s got him angry, and will have you angry too: the people intentionally spreading the measles. Rieckhoff breaks it down and goes inside the world of political organizing with his friend, fellow activist and world-renowned organizer, Ai-jen Poo (@AiJenPoo). Poo is the Director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance and the Co-Director of Caring Across Generations. She was named to the TIME 100: The Most Influential People in the world list and is defining the future of America. Ai-jen is a MacArthur “genius” Fellow, a leading voice in the #MeToo movement and recently walked the red carpet at the Oscars with Meryl Streep. She is author of The Age of Dignity: Preparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing America and a founder of a new powerhouse political organization: Supermajority. Supermajority is a new home for women's activism, training and mobilizing a multiracial, intergenerational community fighting for gender equity together and plans to train 2 million women. Wise, insightful and inspirational, Poo is one of the single most powerful, most important voices in America. And you’ll hear from her in a way you only can on this podcast. It’s a dynamic and important conversation--especially for Mother’s Day. Angry Americans shares a situation report on actions from recent episodes focused on supporting 9/11 First Responder heroes. And for Mother’s Day, Rieckhoff explores the stunning rise in the deaths of mothers during childbirth in America. As the number of women who die giving birth in America each year has nearly doubled in the last two decades, Rieckhoff breaks down the issues, shares his own wife’s recent childbirth crisis story and offers ways to get involved. It’s a riveting episode of the new podcast that was recently featured in Variety Magazine and is making waves nationwide. It’s about much more than just being angry. So hit that download button now and step inside an innovative show that really matters. This episode of Angry Americans is sponsored by ZipRecruiter. Hiring is challenging. But there’s one place you can go where hiring is simple, fast and smart. A place where growing businesses connect to qualified candidates. That place is ZipRecruiter.com/AngryAmericans. And right now, Angry Americans listeners can try ZipRecruiter for free at www.ZipRecruiter.com/AngryAmericans. ZipRecruiter. The smartest way to hire. And for brand new American-made Angry Americans merch, behind-the-scenes videos from the show with Ai-jen Poo, inside the last episode with Sarah Jessica Parker, Peter Berg breaking down the NFL, Willie Geist at the Polish Embassy and more: AngryAmericans.us. Join the movement now. Angry Americans is connecting, uniting and empowering Americans nationwide. And it’s powered by Righteous Media.

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0:00.0

Welcome to Angry Americans. Welcome to Episode 6. I'm your host, Paul Reichoff.

0:22.7

Now, this is a show about the state of the Great American Experiment, and that

0:27.5

great American experiment is constantly being shaped, shifted, and shaken.

0:33.4

From the very founding of our country, it was the activists that did the shaking.

0:38.5

The activists pushed America forward.

0:41.3

It was the activist that made it better from the very first colonists who refused to be ruled by a king.

0:48.3

The original angry Americans, the OGs of angry Americans.

0:52.6

They were the unionists who fought to keep our country together. They were the unionists who fought to keep our country together.

0:56.0

They were the abolitionists who fought America's original sin. They were the suffragists,

1:02.7

like Sojourner Truth and Susan B. Anthony, who fought for the rights of women to vote.

1:07.6

There were the 16 million men and women who stood up to fight the Nazis and the Japanese.

1:13.9

They were civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis. They were veterans

1:20.1

like Bobby Mueller and Ron Kovic who came home to oppose the war in Vietnam.

1:26.1

They were Harvey Milk and the first fights at Stonewall.

1:29.5

They were the millions who marched for women just a few years ago.

1:33.1

They're the parents from Sandy Hook and the courageous kids from Parkland

1:37.0

and the 9-11 first responders who right now are walking the halls of Congress for health care support.

1:43.2

On the right, on the left, everywhere in between.

1:47.7

Activists stood in front of muskets.

1:50.1

They stood in front of fire hoses.

1:52.2

They stood in front of tyranny and racism and homophobia and fascism.

1:57.8

They stood in front of hot cameras, in front of angry mobs, and in front of piercing bullets.

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