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Pod Save the People

Flint: Lead & Beyond

Pod Save the People

Crooked Media

Society & Culture, News, Politics

4.78.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2018

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

DeRay, Brittany, Sam and Clint discuss the overlooked news, including the decline of U.S. prison populations, how American abortion policies affect women around the world, the death penalty, and who benefits from President Trump's tax cuts. Pediatrician Mona Hanna-Attisha joins DeRay to talk about her efforts to get the government to recognize the effects of lead poisoning in Flint, Michigan.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, this is Durey and welcome to Piotr The People.

0:05.0

On this episode, we're joined by Dr. Mona Hannah Tisha, the doctor who helped discover

0:10.0

the lead in the water and flint.

0:12.0

These facts, these numbers in my research, these numbers were children, a child that I literally

0:18.1

had taken an oath as a pediatrician to protect.

0:21.4

So we fought back, we fought back with more science.

0:23.9

We also joined on the news with Brittany Clinton, Sam.

0:26.1

This is usually, the play is not with us as a part of the recording, but you will hear

0:29.6

his voice shortly because he has news like we all do.

0:33.6

In the message for this week, this week I'm actually traveling in Germany.

0:37.1

I am visiting prisons and jails here to see how other countries think about incarceration

0:43.1

and it's been interesting.

0:44.5

You know what I will say is that most prisons sort of still look like prisons.

0:48.2

But the other thing is that I've been reminded that sometimes we have to take ourselves

0:51.7

out of the situation that we're normally in to be able to think about a possibility.

0:56.9

So here, for instance, like a life sentence is maximum of 15 years.

1:01.6

And then so when we think about life in America, a life sentence is like light, you know,

1:06.6

it's like a long time, 40, 50 years for some people, 60 years, you can get these huge

1:12.0

long sentences here.

1:13.6

You did it just not possible.

1:15.4

So the message is weak is that sometimes we don't even realize that the zones that were

1:19.1

in our comfort zones, that part of what it means to be a comfort zone is not only that

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