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The Michael Steele Podcast

Becoming the Leaders We Need (with Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr.)

The Michael Steele Podcast

Two Squared Media

Politics, News, History, Government

4.83.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Michael Steele speaks with educator, author, political commentator and Princeton University professor, Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr. about his book, “We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For." The pair discuss the importance of taking personal responsibility for democracy, the impact of liberal white women on Kamala Harris' campaign, how America idolizes prophet-like figures and finding beauty in our brokenness. 

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We will not survive if we continue to outsource our responsibility for democracy.

0:05.1

Right. The country won't survive. Period. And so with that toxic brew of selfishness and greed and hatred that has led to an

0:15.9

evisceration of any robust notion of the public good, I don't think Americans

0:20.6

have a clear sense of their obligations to each other. Hey folks, welcome to the Michael Still podcast. You can catch me and listen to me on Apple

0:39.7

podcast and I-Heart radio. Guess what, I'm at I I heart. Oh my gosh, I'm so excited to be a part of the I heart platform as well. You guys are wonderful. Thank you for the love. Spotify or wherever you get your

0:55.0

podcast I'll be there. If you enjoy this episode please please be sure to share it

1:01.5

with your friends, show some love, download it.

1:05.0

I'm so excited to welcome to the podcast today.

1:10.0

A good buddy, I get into some real deep conversations with Eddie sometimes and this was not any different.

1:20.0

Dr. Eddie Glau Jr. an educator,

1:22.8

author, political commentator, colleague of mine over at MSMBC.

1:28.1

The James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor

1:31.8

at Princeton University.

1:34.0

He is the author of several books,

1:35.7

including the New York Times Best Seller,

1:37.7

Begin Again Again, James Baldwin's America

1:40.4

and his latest

1:45.0

latest book, we are the leaders we've been looking for.

1:49.0

We get into that discussion.

1:51.0

What does it mean?

1:53.6

And who are these leaders?

1:55.4

And how do we ourselves play a role in fashioning them?

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