Fight Back with The States Project - Part I
Gaslit Nation
Gaslit Nation
4.7 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 15 June 2022
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
In a two-part discussion, this week we're joined by two experts on the frontlines of fighting for our democracy on the all critical state level. If you want to fight for our democracy and prevent the slide into authoritarianism, clean up your local state government! How to proceed? Two experts from The States Project – Melissa Walker, a widely read author for teen novels turned democracy defender, and the Head of Giving Circles, and Aaron Kleinman, the Director of Research – are here to tell you. Walker and Kleinman address structural impediments to democracy – including gerrymandering, voter suppression, and the composition of the Senate – as well as challenges from dark money shadow networks and astroturf protests. They also give advice on navigating state politics and staying strong in the midst of this onslaught on our rights. We need all hands on deck for 2022, and an informed public is a powerful public!
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Sarah Kanzir, the author of the bestsellers, the view from fly over country and hiding in plain sight, and of the upcoming book, They Knew, How a Culture of Conspiracy keeps America complacent, |
| 0:23.0 | available for pre-order now. |
| 0:25.3 | I'm Andrea Chalupa, a journalist and filmmaker, and the writer and producer of the journalistic |
| 0:31.6 | thriller, Mr. Jones, about Stalin's genocide famine in Ukraine, a film the Kremlin doesn't want you to see, |
| 0:39.8 | so be sure to see it. |
| 0:41.3 | And this is Gaslit Nation, |
| 0:42.9 | a podcast covering corruption in the United States |
| 0:45.7 | and rising autocracy around the world. |
| 0:48.4 | Welcome to our special spring series, |
| 0:50.9 | Gaslit Nation presents Rising Up from the Ashes, Cassandra's and other experts on rebuilding |
| 0:56.8 | democracy. |
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| 1:28.8 | access to watch a live taping of Gaslit Nation over the summer. More details to come. This interview |
| 1:35.9 | was recorded January 7, 2022. Today, we're joined by two experts on the front lines of fighting for |
| 1:42.9 | our democracy on the all-important state level. As you're two experts on the front lines of fighting for our democracy on the all-important |
| 1:45.2 | state level. As you're always hearing on this show, if you went to fight for our democracy |
| 1:51.2 | and prevent the slide into authoritarianism, clean up your local state government. Walking us through |
| 1:59.1 | how to do that, including explaining the gerrymandering crisis |
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