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How to Rebuild the Nation’s Trust

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Humanity Forward Productions

Society & Culture

4.83.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Former Congressman Joe Sestak joins Andrew to talk about life as a Navy admiral, the importance of cybersecurity, and insights into restoring trust with voters. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/k2sEnOZ-10U Follow Joe Sestak: https://twitter.com/joesestak | https://fwdtogether.org Follow Andrew Yang: https://andrewyang.com | https://forwardparty.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I think first and foremost, we should keep in mind what James Madison said.

0:04.4

We know what he talked about, the dangers of factionalism.

0:07.8

But at the end of his writings, he said,

0:10.4

the circulation of confidence, of trust is more important than the circulation of money.

0:17.9

And his explanation was, if we ever lose trust in public institutions or with each other,

0:24.9

then we're lost.

0:34.9

It is my privilege and honor to welcome to forward.

0:55.6

Former Navy admiral and two-term member of Congress from the great state of Pennsylvania,

1:01.3

also my fellow presidential candidate in the 2020 cycle, Joe Sestak. Welcome, Joe.

1:08.0

Well, Andrew, it's very fine to be back with you.

1:11.1

Indeed, my friend. We have some stories to tell from the trail for sure, but your story is epic and

1:17.3

fascinating. I first heard of you when you were in the throes of various congressional and senate

1:24.8

races. I didn't know the full backstory, which we'll get into. But you spent 31 years

1:30.4

in the US Navy, including as a three-star admiral. So my first question is the question that everyone has

1:37.1

with has for you, I'm sure. What did you think of top gun one and two?

1:43.8

Well, a lesson to take away from this one, Andrew, is Tom Cruise flew an F-14 in the first one.

1:50.4

And the second one is aboard a joint strike fighter. But you know, unlike what we do in America,

1:56.6

when we close down a coal mine, and we go to producing solar power panels, the middle class,

2:04.5

the enlisted of that aircraft carrier, we didn't throw them out and say, you don't know how to work

2:09.9

on this, we trained them for the next step. And so when I watched it, what was really missing in

2:15.2

that movie, and all I could think about was the 5,000 sales on an aircraft carrier, their average

2:20.9

age, Andrew, 19 and a half. Oh my gosh. And so that's what I think about. I know Tom Cruise gets

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