Championing Democracy from the Hood to the Holler (with Charles Booker)

Our America with Julián Castro

Lemonada Media

Society & Culture

4.6 • 884 Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Julián and guest co-host Maya Rupert speculate on Twitter’s future now that Elon Musk has officially bought the social media giant. They also dive into Trump’s new legal troubles and President Biden’s commitment to financially assist Ukraine in its ongoing fight against Russia. The two then welcome US senatorial candidate Charles Booker of Kentucky to talk about his exciting campaign and his newly-released memoir: From the Hood to the Holler.

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1:26.2	Lemonada. Leminata. Hey there, I'm Julian Castro and I'm Maya Rupert and welcome to Our America. I'm really excited today to have my former campaign manager, Maya Rupert, you all know
1:30.9	her because this is not the first time that she's guest
1:34.6	co-hosted this show.
1:37.0	In fact, Maya, you were here a couple of weeks ago.
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