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The Dissenters with Debra Messing and Mandana Dayani
Dear Media, Mandana Dayani and Debra Messing
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🗓️ 17 September 2020
⏱️ 67 minutes
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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 upcoming elections this November. |
| 0:07.8 | Please text the word voter to 2697 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 |
| 0:19.7 | more civic engagement opportunities. That's voter to 26797. |
| 0:25.9 | For me it was about, you know, I don't get a lot of mileage out of looking down on nobody. |
| 0:31.6 | I don't get a mileage, I don't get a mileage out of burn the bridges with people. I don't got out of miles, I gotta burn the bridges with people. I gotta mileage |
| 0:34.1 | out of being like, aren't I agree? To me it was more about, okay, I've gained some weight, how can I throw it around? |
| 0:39.2 | Right. And I think that to me was really important. It was about how can I help others, how can I build, |
| 0:45.1 | and I really sort of wanted the freedom to just try some shit. Hi, this is Deborah Messing. I'm an actress and social justice advocate. |
| 0:59.4 | I am And Donna Dayani, creator and co-founder of the nonpartisan movement, I am a voter. |
| 1:04.4 | So Mondana and I are best friends and activism is a huge part of our lives and who we are. |
| 1:09.6 | We're constantly inspired by the incredible work people are doing every day all over the world. |
| 1:15.0 | And then one day we realize something. |
| 1:17.0 | Most of these people had no intention of becoming heroes. |
| 1:20.5 | They're just accidental activists who knew something was not okay and chose to do something about it. |
| 1:26.3 | In this podcast we share the journeys of 20 of these dissenters who blew us away. |
| 1:32.3 | Based on Ruth Bader Ginsburg's iconic I descent |
| 1:35.5 | slogan, a dissenter is someone who stood up to an injustice or challenged the |
| 1:40.7 | status quo, someone who fought to build a better way. |
| 1:45.0 | This week we speak with the one and only Lena Wayth. |
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