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American Fever Dream

#693 Politics And The ‘Authenticity’ Problem

American Fever Dream

Betches

News, Politics, Daily News

4.62K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Hosts: Amanda, Milly, Alise, Natasha Murphy of Black Girls Vote Topics: Unpacking Senator Bill Cassidy’s comments on Black maternal mortality and what they tell us about how the Republican party views its electorate. The policies at stake in the 2022 election and non-negotiable positions for candidates that claim to support Black women. Why we need to make gerrymandering the new political buzzword. Finally, a conversation about why some businesses benefit from chiming in on politics, and why some suffer reputational damage. Learn more about Black Girls Vote by following @blackgirlsvote on Instagram or at blackgirlsvote.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Betcha's media presents if you feel depressed and if you feel anxious and you feel confused

0:05.8

You know why welcome to the club a spot. Oh, please. Oh my dad

0:10.3

He believes that it's a woman's right. It's a woman's body and it's her choice a betcha's sub podcast

0:20.2

Hello, I'm Amanda Duperman. I'm Elise Morales

0:23.1

I'm Millie Tameras and this is the Betcha sub podcast where CSPAN meets the group chat

0:27.4

I'll be processing laugh at the biggest topics in US news and politics

0:31.2

Which today are elections? It's primary day one of many there are big elections today and Alabama

0:36.8

Arkansas Georgia and Texas and help us discuss some big issues as midterms

0:40.9

Enterful swing is Natasha Murphy who is the a cheese of staff at black girls vote

0:45.2

Thank you so much for joining us today

0:47.0

Thank you so much for having me looking forward to today's conversation

0:50.6

Yeah, definitely so just to sort of like start for context and then we'll get more into this at the end

0:55.4

What do you guys do at black girls vote? Tell us kind of the background and and what you're focused on sure

0:59.8

So black girls vote we started back in November of 2015

1:03.5

So really know before the pivotal 2016 election and we are all about engaging

1:08.0

Educating and empowering black women particularly those 18 to 25 to leverage our collecting

1:14.5

Voting power to transform our lives and improve the lives of those who live in our community

1:20.2

So our founder Nike Robinson recognize that black women are such pillars of democracy

1:25.5

You know we constantly show up at the polls

1:27.8

We encourage our family and friends to do the same

1:30.3

But we aren't getting policy in exchange for that voting power

1:33.9

And so you know bgv is really focused on not just educating and registering voters

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