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What A Day
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🗓️ 30 November 2022
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued a directive to city agencies on Tuesday to begin involuntarily hospitalizing unhoused people who are, presumably, suffering from mental illness – a move sharply criticized by mental health experts and homeless advocates.
Today would have been Shirley Chisholm’s 98th birthday. She was the first Black woman elected to Congress and the first woman to seek a major party nomination for president. Rep. Barbara Lee of California, Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, and Chisholm biographer Dr. Anastasia Curwood join us to discuss her life and legacy.
And in headlines: President Biden called on Congress to block the looming rail worker strike, the Senate passed the Respect for Marriage Act, and the U.S. men’s soccer team beat Iran to advance to the knockout round in the World Cup.
Show Notes:
- Shirley Chisholm | Anastasia C. Curwood - UNC Press – https://uncpress.org/book/9781469671178/shirley-chisholm/
- Every Last Vote | Vote Save America – https://votesaveamerica.com/every-last-vote/
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| 0:00.0 | It's Wednesday, November 30th. I'm Josie Defi-Race. |
| 0:08.4 | And I'm Juanita Talver and this is What a Day. |
| 0:10.7 | Well we're actually excited to see everyone's Spotify wrapped playlist. |
| 0:14.8 | Can I confess something? |
| 0:16.5 | Please. |
| 0:17.4 | Spotify's not on my phone. |
| 0:19.2 | Oh my god. |
| 0:21.6 | Is that blaspheme? Am I overexposing myself? |
| 0:25.0 | We're launching a new podcast called What's Unwarned Is Phone. |
| 0:31.2 | On today's show, the founder of The Oaf Keepers was found guilty of seditious conspiracy |
| 0:35.2 | and connection with the January 6th insurrection. |
| 0:37.8 | Plus, the U.S. men's national team is heading to the knockout stage of the World Cup. |
| 0:42.5 | But first, on Tuesday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued a directive stating that the city |
| 0:47.6 | would begin involuntarily hospitalizing people allegedly suffering from mental illness. |
| 0:53.3 | He said this would happen if they were quote, a danger to themselves, even when they posed no risk of harm to others. |
| 1:00.2 | The new policy was criticized by mental health experts as well as advocates for unhoused people |
| 1:05.5 | for being an infringement on the rights of city residents. |
| 1:08.7 | Right. And on the surface, this is giving inhumane policy. It's giving cruelty. |
| 1:13.6 | But first, can you give us some background on the policy, Josie? |
| 1:16.1 | Who can involuntarily hospitalize people and buy what standard? |
| 1:20.0 | That is a great question. And the answer is we only sort of know the answer. |
| 1:26.0 | So according to this new policy, doctors, physicians, and police, as well as certain social workers |
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