"God, Guns, and Gays"

Majority 54

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4.7 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Jason and Ravi are joined by Shannon Watts, founder of the nation’s largest grassroots group fighting against gun violence, Moms Demand Action. They poke fun at the latest absurd campaign ads coming out of the Ohio primary, break down the latest on the Amazon Unionization effort, and discuss how the Biden administration should change its messaging about positive economic gains. Also, Shannon catches us up on the latest advancements in the fight against gun violence, and highlights what still needs to be done. Listen to Art of Power from WBEZ Chicago If you've listened for a while, you know that Ravi and Jason would be nothing without their Athletic Greens. See what all the hype is about when you go to AthleticGreens.com/majority and get a free year supply of Vitamin D and 5 free travel packs with your order. Get $30 off your first order of coffee you'll love at drinktrade.com/m54. Allform is offering 20% off all orders for our listeners at Allform.com/majority54. Jason is back with a new season and a new co-host, Ravi Gupta. Each week, they'll tackle our most pressing issues, giving you the tools necessary to successfully have conversations across the aisle. Majority54 is a Wonder Media Network production. It's produced by Grace Lynch, Edie Allard and Adesuwa Agbonile. Theme music provided by Kemet Coleman. Special thanks to Diana Kander. Majority 54 on Twitter Jason on Twitter Jason on Instagram Ravi on Twitter Ravi on Instagram Shannon on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I've been going mental, I'm losing my mind.
0:05.9	Hi, I'm Eileen Kelly and I'm the host of Going Mental.
0:08.9	After struggling with these incredible highs of a booming career and then the unbelievable
0:13.9	lows of losing my mental health, I've voluntarily admitted myself to a psychiatric hospital.
0:19.7	I ended up staying over five months learning not only how to better manage my symptoms,
0:24.2	but also just get my life back on track.
0:26.6	So I'm here to say that no matter where you are, you're not alone.
0:30.6	On my show Going Mental, I'm going to be talking to guests about their own mental health
0:33.6	journeys as well as talking to professionals, new episodes every Thursday and you can find
0:38.2	going mental and dear media anywhere you listen to podcasts.
0:42.2	I'm Jason Kander and I'm Robbie Gupta and this is majority 54 of the podcasts
0:56.2	for meaningful conversations that change minds, change votes and win elections.
1:01.3	We are joined by the Tom Hanks of this podcast this week and by that I of course mean the
1:07.1	first three time guest on the show.
1:10.0	She was before this the first two time guest on the show.
1:12.7	We've had I think a couple of people come back since then, but the first three time guest
1:16.5	Shannon Watts.
1:17.5	Shannon before you say, hey, great to be here all that.
1:19.2	I'm going to tell people if there are any left who don't know about you all about you.
1:23.6	Shannon Watts is the founder of the nation's largest grassroots group fighting against gun
1:27.7	violence, mom's demand action, which has eight million supporters in the chapter in every
1:32.2	state.
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