Just Let the People Do It
Pod Save the People
Pod Save the People
4.7 • 8.8K Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2018
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Clint, Sam, Brittany and DeRay talk through his week’s news, and invite you to the first Pod Save the People live show in D.C. on 2/18 for Black History Month. U.S. Congressman Joe Crowley (NY-14) joins DeRay to talk DACA, TPS, and impeachment.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, this is Durey and welcome back to Ponte de Pippo. |
| 0:04.6 | I'm excited that Brett Clinton and Sam are back for the news in 2018. |
| 0:08.7 | We also are joined today by Congressman Crowley who represents New York City and who is the |
| 0:12.9 | chair of the Democratic Caucus. |
| 0:14.2 | It has, you know, real life consequences, you know, when the president tweets out that |
| 0:18.5 | he thinks that people should have work requirements before they be eligible for Medicaid. |
| 0:24.6 | You know, I question myself, does the president work enough to be eligible for the benefits |
| 0:29.1 | that he receives at this point? |
| 0:30.1 | That's what we got talked about having a plan and having a plan is about setting goals, |
| 0:34.6 | about mapping out how you can reach those goals and ultimately about putting yourself in |
| 0:39.7 | a position so that you're more likely to be where you need to be, where the magic happens, |
| 0:44.9 | when luck hits, when opportunities arise because you've already thought about where you're |
| 0:49.1 | headed. |
| 0:50.1 | Today, I want to talk about intention and intention is about saying, why am I doing what I'm |
| 0:53.8 | doing? |
| 0:54.8 | What I found over the past few years is that a lot of people who think that they're doing |
| 0:58.0 | really altruistic and morally courageous work, but they've never asked themselves, like, |
| 1:02.3 | why did I go in the street? |
| 1:04.1 | Why did I stand for that issue? |
| 1:06.3 | Why was I silent when I thought that I would have spoken up about that thing? |
| 1:10.9 | Why do I care about these issues? |
| 1:13.0 | And the reason that you examine your intentions is to make sure that you're operating from |
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