#725 Can Politics Right Now Be Hopeful? Ft. Sen. Julia Salazar and Sofia Warren

American Fever Dream

Betches

News, Politics, Daily News

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Hosts: Milly, Julia Salazar, Sofia Warren Topics: New York State Senator Julia Salazar and Cartoonist Sofia Warren join the Sup to talk about the new book, Radical: My Year With A Socialist Senator, which follows Senator Salazar’s first year in office. They discuss the responsibilities of State Senators, and why it’s important to follow and engage in local politics—because it feeds a healthy democracy. Why Sofia took on the challenge of writing, and what she hopes her audience will learn about the importance of active civic engagement Why the trusting relationship between Sofia and Julia has been so foundational to the writing and illustrating of the novel. What Julia has learned as a Latina in politics, and how she hopes to inspire the next generation to see government as within reach. Be sure to check out “Radical: My Year With A Socialist Senator” in (local) bookstores or online today. 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
0:05.6	You don't want welcome to the club. Gaspacho, please. Oh my god
0:10.1	He believes that it's a woman's right. It's a woman's body and it's her choice. The Betcha's sub-podcast
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0:19.9	Hello, I'm Millie Tameras, and this is the Betcha sub-podcast where C-SPAN meets the group chat to help you process and
0:27.2	And laugh at the biggest topics in news and politics today. I'm here with New York State Senator Julia Salazar and
0:36.0	author Sophia Warren
0:38.0	Senator Salazar has represented the 18th District of New York
0:41.8	Which is my district in the state Senate since 2019?
0:47.2	So fear Warren is the author of radical my year with a socialist senator
0:52.3	Which is a graphic novel about Julia Salazar's first year in office
0:57.8	Yeah, I'm so happy to have y'all
1:01.1	Thank you so much for having us Millie
1:06.9	Sue I've been I've been begging. I'm like, please let's let's get my let's let's make the podcast as much about me as possible
1:17.9	For people who you know there's people all over the country that listen to this podcast and you know again
1:25.0	Julia, you are the state senator in you're my state senator and I live in Bushwick
1:32.0	But before we talk about state senatorship you are a self-identified democratic socialist
1:39.0	Can you talk to us about what that means and why it's an important decision from a standard Democrat?
1:46.0	Definitely so
1:49.0	First of all, it means recognizing that we live in a society with a capitalist economy
1:58.1	That is a profit driven
2:01.5	That is exploitative of of workers of working class people and families and
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