America, we got to get back to doing what's expected of us as free citizens in this democracy.

That means being tolerant, being respectful, stay informed, and being engaged.

I'm former Congressman Joe Walsh. Follow me here and join the millions of Americans who are renewing their social contract with each other.

The social contract, it's on us.

Welcome, everybody. Come on in, come on in, come on in.

I promise you a thought-provoking substack live tonight with my guest. As always,

everybody, punch those red hearts. That does something, I'm told, Michael, to the algorithm.

What do I know? I don't know a damn thing about this, but...

You know more than I do, Joe.

Way more than I do.

Well, this is what's so damn cool about this technology is that you and I can begin a conversation

and people around the country are going to listen to us in real time.

Chris, Jeff, everybody welcome.

Come on in, come on in, come on in.

My guest this evening is, gosh, a long time social activist and organizer. And he put out a really cool memoir, a great book

that came out on July 15th called The Hard Work of Hope, going back to his days of

activism in the 1960s and 1970s. And before everybody came in, Michael and I were just commenting

on how crazy and bizarre and scary these times are we're

living in now. Michael, my friend, you may be a completely different time, but you went through

in the 60s a turbulent time in America, no?

Absolutely.

And, you know, by 1968, it seemed like the country was going to fly apart.

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