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Pod Save the People

Draw Strength from Your Weaknesses

Pod Save the People

Crooked Media

Society & Culture, News, Politics

4.78.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2019

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

This episode, DeRay is joined by activist and writer Feminista Jones to discuss organizing, Black Feminism, and the power of the internet. Then, New Mexico's Attorney General, Hector Balderas, talks to DeRay about what it's like to be one of the only Democratic Attorney Generals in a border state.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, this is Durey, welcome to Paxing the People.

0:05.7

This week we're doing something a little different.

0:07.4

Instead of the news of me, Clint Brinion saying we're sharing two interviews.

0:10.5

The first is with Lisa Jones.

0:12.4

She's a writer and activist.

0:13.9

The power of people sharing their own stories is really like one of the greatest things

0:18.1

we're witnessing right now.

0:19.4

And for people to act like that is in a form of activism is ridiculous, particularly

0:23.6

when you are a marginalized person.

0:25.5

You being bold and saying this is my story and this is why I matter.

0:29.6

When you join in with hundreds of thousands of other people doing the same, that is a form

0:34.0

of collective activism.

0:35.5

The second interview is with New Mexico's Attorney General, Hector Valderes.

0:39.2

It's a very, very powerful position depending on how you use the law.

0:43.9

And so it is really the way I describe it.

0:46.1

The shield and the sword of the rule of law for the citizens or each state.

0:51.0

Next we go to the next one.

0:52.5

We're going to go to the normal flow of the news and what a really exciting surprise guest

0:55.1

for you.

0:56.1

I also just wanted to check in and reflect on how the show has developed and grown over

0:59.8

the past couple of years.

1:01.3

We've done over a hundred episodes, which is sort of wild.

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