All Things Midterms and How Race & Culture Shape Our Identity

Our Body Politic

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🗓️ 9 September 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

This week on Our Body Politic, creator and host Farai Chideya interviews Anita Kumar, longtime reporter and first-ever senior editor of Standards & Ethics at POLITICO, on the 2022 midterm elections landscape. Farai and Kumar delve into how issues like political violence and extremism, abortion rights, and even media coverage are playing for the upcoming elections. Then, Farai interviews Carmen Rita Wong, writer, journalist, finance expert and author of the new memoir “Why Didn’t You Tell Me?” Wong candidly shares how discovering a series of family secrets surrounding her heritage led her to re-examine her race and culture, while also forging a path for discovering and living as her most authentic self.

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0:00.0	Hi, folks. We are so glad you're listening to Our Body Politics. If you have time, please consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcast. It helps other listeners find us and we read them for your feedback. We'd also love you to join in financially supporting the show if you're able. You can find out more at ourbodypolit politic.com slash donate. We're here for you,
0:23.0	with you and because of you. Thank you. This is Our Body Politic. I'm Farai Chidea. Labor Day has
0:31.0	traditionally been the start of election season in American politics for decades, though people
0:35.8	start jostling for power months earlier.
0:38.5	As we head towards the November midterms, we're taking a look at what's resonating with voters,
0:43.2	where Democrats and Republicans stand with the electorate and what the outlook is for control of the House and Senate.
0:49.7	Joining me today is Anita Kumar, Politico's first ever senior editor of standards and ethics.
0:55.7	Her focus is on political campaigns and election cycles and how both impact local, state,
1:01.0	and federal government in the U.S. Kumar reported on the White House for Politico for nine years
1:06.6	across President Joe Biden, Donald Trump, and Barack Obama.
1:11.7	Hi, Anita.
1:13.7	Hi, great to be back with you.
1:21.0	So this is the time of year where a lot of voters start plugging into politics, even if they haven't beforehand.
1:23.8	So what stands out to you about the midterm season?
1:29.6	Well, I think that we are seeing a change, a shift a little bit, just in these, you know,
1:36.6	last few days and weeks. You know, it was sort of assumed that Republicans would be able to win back Congress. And I think now it's, we're not so sure about that. You know, conventional
1:42.2	wisdom shows that they will probably win the House.
1:45.8	But the Senate seems like a toss-up.
1:48.1	Some of my colleagues this week that are analyzing the races are talking about how it's possible that maybe Democrats will hold on.
1:56.1	It's just really not sure.
1:57.4	And so I think we're going to see a huge, huge fight, two months of fights here
2:02.7	across the country as they try to figure out who can control Congress or if there's a
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