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The Dissenters with Debra Messing and Mandana Dayani

Kate Roberts: The Women's Health Maverick

The Dissenters with Debra Messing and Mandana Dayani

Dear Media, Mandana Dayani and Debra Messing

Dissenters, Mandanadayani, Debramessing, News, Philanthropy, Activism, Society & Culture, Humanitarian, Inspiration, Iamavoter

4.41.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Debra and Mandana sit down with co-founder of The Maverick Collective and former SVP of Population Services International to discuss how Kate Roberts turned her career as a marketing and advertising executive into an opportunity to end extreme poverty. They also discuss how she built Youth AIDS and her trips with Debra to Africa.

 

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0:00.0

The following podcast is a dear media production.

0:02.8

Hi, this is just a friendly reminder to make sure that you are registered to vote for the

0:05.9

upcoming elections this November. Please text the word voter to 26797 to check your registration.

0:12.4

You will also receive reminders for all local, state, and

0:15.2

federal elections and your polling locations. And don't forget to follow, I am a voter for

0:19.6

more civic engagement opportunities. That's voter to 26797. Also a quick

0:26.2

insider tip we wanted to make sure you've checked out a new podcast from our friend.

0:30.6

And Girl Crash and Partner and I'm a voter. Sarah Riff called Having

0:35.1

It All in Other Lies, where she hosts really fun and enlightening conversations

0:39.2

about redefining success and happiness with badass women like Carla Welch, Jen Adkin, and Jennifer Fisher.

0:46.0

It's available anywhere you listen to podcasts. Hi, this is Deborah Messing. I'm an actress and social justice advocate.

0:59.5

I am Andana Deani, creator and co-founder of the nonpartisan movement, I am a

1:04.0

a voter. So Mandana and I are best friends and we're constantly sending each other

1:08.0

inspiring stories about people around the world who are doing incredible things.

1:11.0

And then one day we realized something. Most of them

1:14.4

had no intention of becoming heroes. They just knew they had to do something and

1:18.6

did it. So after months and months of research into these accidental activists, we created our list

1:26.2

of the 20 dissenters who blew us away.

1:30.3

Based on Ruth Bader Ginsburg's iconic I descent slogan,

1:34.2

a dissenter is someone who stood up to an injustice

1:36.8

or challenged the status quo,

1:39.0

someone who fought to build a better way.

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