FCC and Me
Pod Save the People
Pod Save the People
4.7 • 8.8K Ratings
🗓️ 20 June 2017
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
DeRay speaks with Andy Slavitt, the former head of Obamacare for 3 years, who provides a brief update on the status of the healthcare legislation. Clint Smith joins DeRay and Sam to discuss the news, including updates from the Dept. of Education and Hawaii's recent legislation. FCC Commissioner Mignon joins to discuss the work of the FCC and Lee Petro, a lead lawyer working on prisoner rights, joins to illuminate the work of ensuring that the incarcerated can connect with loved ones.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, this is Durey and welcome to Pots of the People. |
| 0:05.0 | Now, this is a jam packed episode. |
| 0:07.0 | We have two guests, Commissioner Clyburn from the FCC and the Petro leading expert on |
| 0:12.2 | issues of communication and mass incarceration. |
| 0:15.6 | He had a talk to us. |
| 0:16.9 | Also, Clint Smith joining us to talk the news. |
| 0:20.6 | I want to remind you that you have to find your work. |
| 0:24.0 | There's a role for everybody to play and everybody doesn't have to play the same role. |
| 0:28.4 | There's a role for social workers, for teachers, for high schoolers, for everybody in this |
| 0:34.6 | work. |
| 0:35.6 | So make sure you're finding your work to do and not necessarily just doing the work that |
| 0:38.1 | other people are doing. |
| 0:39.1 | You have skills and abilities that are unique to you, that aid you in the fight. |
| 0:44.4 | Now the second thing I'll say is the dedication. |
| 0:46.3 | I'll dedicate this pod to two people. |
| 0:48.6 | One is Charlene Alliles, who's a mother for a black woman who was recently killed by the |
| 0:53.0 | police in Seattle. |
| 0:54.8 | They said she was building a knife. |
| 0:56.2 | They reminded that she called the police actually to report a burglary and was killed by the police. |
| 1:01.7 | She was promised by the police and it was on camera that they would not hurt her and |
| 1:05.6 | nonetheless they killed her. |
| 1:07.9 | In the second person, this bike has dedicated to his full endo, Castillo. |
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