Kamala

Call Your Girlfriend

Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow

Society & Culture

4.7 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2018

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) joins us to discuss her policy goals and accomplishments. She believes there is room for optimism even in Ivanka’s dad’s America. Plus, her yes vote on SESTA, safety for sex workers, and why addressing race is a national security imperative (as well as a moral one).

Reading List:

Harris-Rand op-ed on bail reform

Harris statement on SESTA

Smart on Crime by Kamala Harris

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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0:00.0	Welcome to Call Your Girlfriend!
0:02.0	A podcast for long-distance besties everywhere.
0:04.6	I'm Amina Tussau.
0:06.0	And I'm Anne Friedman.
0:07.6	Woo! Child, today I'm the podcast with a very special guest.
0:12.0	I'm gonna let her introduce herself.
0:14.0	My name is Kamala Harris, and I am a United States Senator from California.
0:19.3	Woo! And there you go.
0:30.0	The talk.
0:32.0	Give your reasons.
0:36.0	Say it's not her fault.
0:40.0	Ready you.
0:42.0	Just met somebody new.
0:46.0	Does it ever get old saying that?
0:48.0	My name? Yeah, I mean I'm...
0:50.0	I wasn't saying I'm the United States Senator.
0:52.0	And I've been saying my name for years.
0:54.0	It does get old.
0:56.0	Does there drive you crazy that people say your name wrong?
0:58.0	Yeah, it does sometimes.
1:00.0	You know what I actually think?
1:02.0	I'm sure there's a study that's been done for those of us who have names
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