Heading for the Light
Gaslit Nation
Gaslit Nation
4.7 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 31 August 2022
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Missouri has long been the bellwether of American politics, predicting presidents and anticipating trends – and lately, it's been the bellwether of American decline. This week Gaslit Nation welcomes Jason Kander, a former Missouri Secretary of State, Missouri Democratic Senate candidate, voting and veterans' rights advocate, and bestselling author. Kander's new book, Invisible Storm: A Soldier's Memoir of Politics and Ptsd, is a raw and moving account of his battle with PTSD as well as a thoughtful overview of US politics and media. This is an unusual book for a politician to write, but Kander is not your average politician, which is one reason we were excited to welcome him to the show. (Also you should buy his book, all royalties go to the Veterans Community Project, a nonprofit organization serving homeless and at-risk veterans.)
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Sarah Kensier, the author of the bestsellers, the view from flyover country, and hiding in plain sight, and of the upcoming book, They knew how a culture Culture of Conspiracy Keeps America Complacent, |
| 0:23.6 | which is out on September 13th and available for Pre-order Now. |
| 0:28.5 | And this is Gaslit Nation, a podcast covering corruption in the United States and rising |
| 0:34.5 | autocracy around the world. |
| 0:37.2 | Today, we are going to be talking to my fellow Missouri resident, Jason Kander. |
| 0:42.9 | Jason Kander is a veteran of the war in Afghanistan and the first millennial ever elected to |
| 0:48.7 | statewide office. |
| 0:50.1 | He was the Secretary of State for my state, Missouri, and ran for Missouri Senate in 2016. |
| 0:56.7 | I voted for him enthusiastically, a rare moment for me, and was sad when he narrowly lost to Roy Blunt. |
| 1:04.6 | Jason then contemplated running both for president and running for mayor of his hometown of Kansas City before leaving politics to take care of his mental health, |
| 1:14.5 | which is what he discusses in his new memoir, Invisible Storm, |
| 1:19.3 | a soldier's memo of politics and PTSD. |
| 1:23.1 | He has also worked for organizations protecting |
| 1:25.9 | voting rights and veterans rights. |
| 1:28.4 | And the royalties of his book, Invisible Storm, will go to the Veterans Community Project, |
| 1:34.5 | a nonprofit organization serving homeless and at-risk veterans. |
| 1:39.4 | So all of you should go out and buy this book now. |
| 1:42.3 | It's a fantastic book and a fantastic cause. So Jason, |
| 1:46.5 | welcome to Gaslit Nation. Thank you for having me. Thanks for the very kind introduction. I appreciate |
| 1:51.6 | it. So I just want to say first, I told you this privately, but I truly loved this book. I was |
| 1:59.7 | deeply moved by it. I was reading it in public one day, |
| 2:03.8 | you know, and was crying in public openly. You know, it's honest in a way that I thought was truly |
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