Erin Brockovich on How We’ll Rescue Ourselves

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Gwyneth Paltrow

Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Education

4.3 • 7.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

“I never thought you had to be any one way to be a person and to be kind and to learn,” says Erin Brockovich, who continues to redefine what it means to be an activist. The tough news, Brockovich tells us, is that Superman is not coming to save the environment, to clean up our water, to kick harmful chemicals out of our neighborhoods. But here’s why Brockovich is optimistic: We’ve had the power all along to rescue ourselves. We do not need to wait for oversight that does not exist. We simply have to believe that we can, that we should, that we have every right to speak up and speak out. And then we can start small, we can start local, and we can make the kind of big, life-altering changes that Brockovich has helped inspire all over the world. (For more, see The goop Podcast hub.) To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Gwyneth Paltrow and you're listening to the Goop podcast.
0:10.8	Thanks for tuning in.
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0:15.2	Twice a week will be interviewing a different thought leader.
0:18.5	For the most part you can look out for new episodes on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
0:22.4	We'll talk to doctors, researchers, creatives, founders, therapists, and healers.
0:28.5	I'll take turns interviewing mentors and friends.
0:31.7	And my chief content officer, Elise Loonon, will interview many more people who we look up to here at Goop.
0:37.5	I think you're going to like hearing from Elise.
0:39.6	And I hope you'll learn something from every guest we have on the podcast.
0:43.0	I know I always do.
0:45.0	Elise's guest today is the real Aaron Brockovich.
0:49.1	Aaron is one of the most inspiring women of our time.
0:52.0	Her story goes way beyond the movie, and she's still working as a consumer advocate and environmental activist today.
0:59.2	Elise got to ask Aaron about how she became a rebel and a fighter.
1:02.9	And we're hoping it rubs off on us.
1:05.5	But when people stop believing that somebody's got your back or Superman's coming,
1:11.6	which I really think for a long, long time, I mean, I can look back on my family, my upbringing,
1:17.4	the 50s, the 60s, the 70s, how we believed in government and all the officials, and that they
1:22.6	would never tell us a lie.
1:24.5	As that starts to unravel, we turn to ourselves.
1:28.0	And that's where you become empowered.
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