Introducing: Season 2 of How To Citizen with Baratunde
How To Citizen with Baratunde
iHeartPodcasts
4.4 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2021
⏱️ 2 minutes
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Summary
How do we wield our collective power for the many, not just the few, in order to live together even with our differences?
We feel the dangerous divisions within our democracy daily: the pandemic response, racial oppression, and political violence. In season two of How To Citizen with Baratunde, we focus on ground zero for these divisions: money, capitalism, and the economy. In a time of radical economic inequality, how do we citizen when we can’t pay the bills.
This season we explore the deep roots of wealth inequality in the US, learn how its historic levels impact democracy, and search across the nation for inspiring people working to find solutions. Their stories paint a powerful picture of a new, more inclusive economy that serves the many, strengthens local relationships, and gives people not just stability but the time to truly citizen.
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CREDITS
How To Citizen with Baratunde is a production of iHeart Radio Podcasts and Dustlight Productions. Our executive producers are me, Baratunde Thurston, Elizabeth Stewart and Misha Euceph. Stephanie Cohn is our Senior Producer and Alie Kilts is our Producer. Kelly Prime is our editor. Original Music by Andrew Eapen. Valentino Rivera is our engineer. Sam Paulson is our apprentice. Special thanks to Joelle Smith from iHeartRadio.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome the season two of How to Citizen with Baratunde. |
| 0:05.0 | Where we believe in citizen as a verb. |
| 0:08.0 | Where we show up. |
| 0:10.0 | Where we participate in our democracy, invest in our relationships, know our power. |
| 0:15.0 | All that's really nice to say and so hard to do. |
| 0:19.0 | When we're as divided as we are when folks are literally storming the U.S. capital. |
| 0:26.0 | So many ways we could talk about this division. |
| 0:29.0 | Can't Republicans and Democrats get along? |
| 0:31.0 | Should we have a beer? Let's think who buy ya? |
| 0:33.0 | We're not doing that. |
| 0:35.0 | No. |
| 0:36.0 | This season we're going deeper. |
| 0:38.0 | We're talking about the money. |
| 0:43.0 | Because to be real is hard to citizen when we can barely pay the bills. |
| 0:49.0 | Folks, I'm like, oh my god, you are going to give black women money. |
| 0:53.0 | What? |
| 0:55.0 | I don't think you are not. |
| 0:57.0 | Now, I'm not an economist, but I do know that wealth inequality is tearing us apart. |
| 1:05.0 | And it's preventing us from living in the democracy we all want. |
| 1:10.0 | So where are the solutions? |
| 1:13.0 | Who's creating wealth that isn't powered by racism? |
| 1:16.0 | It just felt like there was something terribly wrong with the way that politics was narrating. |
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