#73: The Naivete of Hope
In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 1 August 2017
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
In this chaotic political moment, where does hope fit in? Should we be optimistic about our country’s possibilities for improvement? And does how you view the country depend on whether you're POC?
Hosts Maria Hinojosa and Julio Ricardo Varela lead a discussion on this and more with journalist Jamil Smith, and Matthew Dowd, Chief Political Analyst for ABC News.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of In The Thick is brought to you by Hope. |
| 0:03.4 | Remember Hope? |
| 0:05.2 | The demographics are not going to change. |
| 0:07.1 | In fact, they're going to become more adverse for them. |
| 0:09.9 | They are fighting a cultural war that they have already lost. |
| 0:13.0 | Hey, welcome to In Thethick. |
| 0:17.5 | This is a podcast about politics, race and culture from a POC perspective. |
| 0:21.4 | I'm Maria Inahosa. And I I'm Holy Oricalo Barella. |
| 0:24.4 | And joining us from Texas, I am so excited to have Matthew Dowd. |
| 0:29.6 | He is a political independent, the chief political analyst for ABC News, and he is a former chief |
| 0:35.8 | of staff for George W Bush's campaign in 2004. |
| 0:39.7 | Hey Matt, welcome to the show! |
| 0:41.5 | So great to be here, glad to be with y'all. |
| 0:43.4 | And joining us from Los Angeles is our old friend. |
| 0:46.1 | Journalist Jamil Smith, welcome back to the show, Jamil. |
| 0:48.8 | Thank you very much. The news just keeps coming. |
| 0:53.0 | President Trump announced late Friday that Secretary John Kelly, |
| 0:57.5 | then head of the Department of Homeland Security, was in |
| 1:01.0 | and that Wright's Privis was out as Chief of Staff. |
| 1:05.0 | Then Monday afternoon after apparently being pushed out by Kelly, |
| 1:09.0 | Anthony Scaramuchi was removed from his role as communications director after like a week. |
| 1:16.1 | John Kelly really seems to be making his presence felt, so we want to talk about him. |
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