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Notes from America with Kai Wright

How You’re Dealing With Digital And Political Life

Notes from America with Kai Wright

WNYC Studios

News Commentary, Politics, History, News

4.41.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

We’ve received a lot of messages from listeners in response to our recent episodes, especially our coverage of the recent midterm elections and our stories about dealing with life online. Host Kai Wright is joined by producer Kousha Navidar to open the listener mailbag and unpack some recent voicemails.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

If this was from America, I'm Kai Rape, and hello podcast listeners.

0:13.3

It's the Monday after Thanksgiving, and we did not make a live radio show over the

0:17.7

holiday weekend.

0:19.4

But we do have a couple of things for you this week.

0:22.5

Later this week, we're going to share a conversation I had this time last year about the history

0:27.8

of division in these nominally United States.

0:31.8

It feels awful relevant again right now, so we're going to revisit that conversation

0:36.4

I knew.

0:37.4

And for today, we're going to focus for a moment on my favorite part of this show, which,

0:42.3

of course, is you, dear listeners.

0:45.2

We continue to receive a lot of voice notes from you, and I thank you so much for that.

0:50.7

We've got a new question for you now, specifically about all the drama unfolding at Twitter, and

0:56.6

what it means for you.

0:58.2

But before I get to that question, I want to share some of what you've already been telling

1:02.6

us, and the thoughts you've sparked.

1:05.3

As always, to do that, I am joined by the man with the password to our show's email account,

1:10.9

Kushe Navidad.

1:11.9

Hey, Kushe.

1:12.9

Is that all I am to you, Kai?

1:14.2

The guy with the password?

1:15.8

Pretty much.

1:16.8

I mean, you know, but it's a, it's very important.

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