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🗓️ 13 December 2017
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Do you love America? No, seriously, Carvell Wallace wants to know: do you love America? Today, he talks with Van Jones and Rabia Chaudry about love. Love for our country, love for the complicated humans in our lives, and love for ourselves. Together, they also explore power, specifically political power, and whether or not we can pursue political power with love.
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0:00.0 | This week on True Crime Reports. |
0:04.0 | George Stinney was the youngest American in the 20th century to be electrocated to death. |
0:09.3 | He was accused of murdering two white girls without any evidence. |
0:12.9 | What does his story tell us about the US justice system and the ways it continues to systematically fail African Americans. Find out on the next |
0:25.0 | true crime reports. Subscribe and listen wherever you get your podcasts. Do you have any faith in this country? |
0:42.0 | Do you have any hope that this country can get back to, or was it ever good? |
0:46.6 | I mean, what do you think about the future when you think about it? |
0:53.9 | I don't think they wanted to get better |
0:56.0 | Because you couldn't do the actions that you're doing and stuff that you're letting happen if you wanted this country to get better |
1:04.0 | I hope it get better |
1:06.0 | Do you love America? |
1:14.2 | No, seriously, I'm asking you, do you love this country? |
1:20.2 | Do you love America? |
1:26.2 | You're supposed to say yes, by the way. |
1:29.5 | American patriotism isn't really optional. |
1:32.8 | Even if you're my childhood friend, Sham Race Mims, that's who you just heard. |
1:37.2 | And you've seen this town that you grew up and grow hollowed out by drugs and a failing industry |
1:43.9 | and be completely left behind in that apocalyptic kind of way. |
1:48.9 | Even if it's a colossal understatement to say that you don't trust the government, |
1:53.0 | even if you have really good reason to think that the system is literally stacked against you, |
1:58.6 | even then you're still supposed to say that you love this country. |
2:08.0 | I'm Carvel Wallace, and this is closer than they appear. |
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