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Majority 54

COVID winter is coming

Majority 54

Majority 54

Politics, Society & Culture, News, News Commentary

4.76.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Mayor Quinton Lucas of Kansas City, MO talks about what it's like to govern a city during COVID, facing opposition from Republican colleagues at every step. Everybody’s unique and Helix knows that, so they have several different mattress models to choose from. Helix is offering up to 200 dollars off ALL mattress orders and two free pillows for our listeners at HelixSleep.com/MAJORITY54 Get an entire year of top-tier documentaries and non-fiction TV shows for just $14.99, when you sign up using code MAJORITY54 on CuriosityStream Jason is back with a new season and a new co-host, Ravi Gupta. Each week, they'll tackle our most pressing issues, giving you the tools necessary to successfully have conversations across the aisle. Majority54 is a Wonder Media Network production. It's produced by Grace Lynch and Edie Allard. Theme music provided by Kemet Coleman. Special thanks to Diana Kander. Majority 54 on Twitter Jason on Twitter Jason on Instagram Ravi on Twitter Ravi on Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This election once again, a majority of white women voted for Trump.

0:04.0

Why have white women throughout history aligned their politics not with women of color,

0:07.7

but with white men?

0:08.9

And why does white women support for Trump still come as a shock to so many?

0:12.8

On White Picket fence, a new podcast from Wonder Media Network whose Julie Kohler seeks to

0:16.8

understand how white womanhood in America has been constructed, how it's evolved, and

0:21.3

how it's affected our politics.

0:22.6

It's a podcast about what it will take to build a multiracial coalition of progressives.

0:27.7

Listen and subscribe to White Picket fence on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or anywhere you listen.

0:36.8

I'm Jason Kander and this is majority 54, the podcast that helps Americans who voted for progress,

0:42.3

convince those who did not to join our majority.

0:46.0

This is a special episode where we're going to dive into what it is like to be a local leader

0:53.2

right now in the midst of COVID. So governing during COVID, but specifically governing during COVID

0:59.3

and during a time where the federal government refuses to do anything to provide any relief for COVID.

1:05.4

So we're going to talk to my friend Quentin Lucas who is the mayor of Kansas City.

1:09.3

We are going to talk about it from a Kansas City perspective, but I want to be really clear,

1:12.8

if you're not from Kansas City and you're listening to this, don't stop listening to it.

1:16.2

This is not just an episode for people from Kansas City.

1:19.4

That is the context for it, but we're really going to talk about this.

1:22.1

Or I'm interested in this from the perspective of broadly what is this experience like governing

1:28.2

at the local level while the federal and state government is giving you inadequate support.

1:33.1

Quentin Lucas is a dynamic and a fascinating person. He is a former city council member in Kansas City.

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