Andrew Yang: Let's Ditch Our Political Parties

Soul Boom

Rainn Wilson

Mental Health, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.8 • 610 Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Andrew Yang joins Rainn Wilson on Soul Boom to delve into America’s political quagmire, questioning the deeply entrenched two-party system and exploring whether systemic change can lead us toward a more united, fair society. They discuss alternative models for democracy, like ranked-choice voting and community-driven leadership, while dissecting how corporate money and partisan competition fuel divisive politics. Together, Rainn and Andrew contemplate an optimistic path forward, comparing today’s world to sci-fi futures and pondering how digital democracy and grassroots movements could reshape our government. Tune in as they tackle whether U.S. politics could be re-imagined for a fairer, inclusive America. Andrew Yang is a former presidential candidate, entrepreneur, and founder of the Forward Party, an initiative advocating for political reform and breaking through America’s two-party divide. With the 2024 election heating up, and candidates like Donald Trump and Kamala Harris at the center of the debate, Yang’s ideas offer a fresh perspective on achieving unity in a polarized nation. Thank you to our sponsors! Airbnb: http://airbnb.com/host Waking Up app (1st month FREE!): https://wakingup.com/soulboom Fetzer Institute: https://fetzer.org/ MERCH OUT NOW! https://soulboomstore.myshopify.com/ Sign up for our newsletter! https://soulboom.substack.com SUBSCRIBE to Soul Boom!! https://bit.ly/Subscribe2SoulBoom Watch our Clips: https://bit.ly/SoulBoomCLIPS Watch WISDOM DUMP: https://bit.ly/WISDOMDUMP Follow us! Instagram: http://instagram.com/soulboom TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@soulboom Sponsor Soul Boom: [email protected] Work with Soul Boom: [email protected] Send Fan Creations, Questions, Comments: [email protected] Produced by: Kartik Chainani Executive Produced by: Ford Bowers, Samah Tokmachi Companion Arts Production Supervisor: Mike O'Brien Voicing Change Media Theme Music by: Marcos Moscat

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0:00.0	Hey, Soul Boom Generation, I've got a really exciting announcement for you.
0:03.1	We've got a substack.
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0:14.8	There's going to be fantastic guest authors.
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0:19.6	A lot of them delve into the ideas around the podcasts that
0:22.4	we're doing that week. So sign up, please subscribe, go to soulboom.substack.com. Thank you.
0:30.2	You're listening to Sobou. We're in a period of multi-decade, maybe even multi-generational disintegration as a country based upon things like income inequality, sure, but also around institutional trust in government, in schools, and the media.
0:48.9	And there are studies for this. I'm a data guy. Eventually, we come back. Societies do improve as well as devolve.
0:57.0	Yes, we're in a devolutionary period. But then one reason I'm again excited to spend time with
1:03.9	you is that there are going to be people that are helping to build the solutions and the path forward.
1:10.3	So you can believe that these institutions
1:12.6	are full of it and still say it is worth my time to try and make things better.
1:20.6	Hey there, it's me, Rain Wilson, and I want to dig into the human experience. I want to have
1:25.5	conversations about a spiritual revolution.
1:28.5	Let's get deep with our favorite thinkers, friends, and entertainers about life,
1:33.0	meaning, and idiocy. Welcome to the Soul Boom podcast.
1:42.8	Andrew, there's so much I want to get into with you.
1:46.3	Let's go.
1:47.2	Soul Boom.
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