Hi podcast listeners Joe Biden is the latest to throw his hat into the ring for president

now the 20th Democrat to do so what does such a crowded field mean for the party?

I put that question of many more to two prominent voices in the party,

Bakari Sellers and Amanda Renteria. Then I turn to something that shapes our

everyday decisions and that is unconscious bias learned stereotypes that sometimes we don't even realize

we're acting on. That's the topic of my guest Jennifer Ebbhart's new book and

Alicia has a frank conversation with the actor Ryan O'Connell about

exploring his sexual identity and his disability in his new Netflix show

Special. Enjoy the show. The show. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Montpur in London.

After months of speculation Joe Biden has declared that he's running for the White House, becoming the 20th in a

packed field of Democratic candidates. The 76-year-old is the front runner

according to the most recent polls, riding a wave of popularity, especially from his time as

Barack Obama's vice president. Biden has a reputation as a regular guy and even the

Trump campaign is worried about his pool in some of the white blue-collar

communities that Trump won in 2016. But Biden also comes with some political baggage and

his reputation as a centrist establishment

figure could be at odds with the party's younger more progressive wing.

His announcement when it finally came was unequivocal, rebuking the values of President Trump and framing the

2020 election around a question of moral imperative.

We are in the battle for the soul of this nation. I believe history will look back on four years of this president and all he embraces as an aberrant moment in time.

But if we give Donald Trump eight years in the White House,

he will forever and fundamentally alter the character of this nation, who we are, and I cannot stand by and watch that happen.

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