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The Assignment with Audie Cornish

LeVar Burton on Optimism During Hard Times

The Assignment with Audie Cornish

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News Commentary, News, Politics

4.6844 Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Audie talks with actor and producer LeVar Burton about the political events that shaped his life and informed the way he guided younger generations, especially as they grappled with the political and cultural events of their own time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:59.6

at once. And so... Cunta's busy. Yeah. You know this voice. If not as Kuntikinti of the 70s era

1:07.3

miniseries roots, then as host of the 80s-era kid show Reading Rainbow, or the 90s

1:13.0

era Star Trek, The Next Generation.

1:16.5

But some of you have written in asking about how to deal with the anxiety and stress of

1:21.2

this election year, so I'm bringing in someone I trust to help.

1:25.7

What I want to do in a way is talk to you about your political awakening, so to speak.

1:32.7

How you came to be where you are now at this very, in being what I call a gentle messenger

1:41.9

of a lot of interesting ideas. So that's how I'm going to

1:45.3

approach it. I hope you don't mind. I think it's, it's refreshing to have a point of view for an

1:52.8

interview. Yeah, no, no, it's not just going to be like, oh, what was the director like? Like,

1:57.3

we don't care about that. We a lot of yeah why should I be surprised

2:01.7

oh it's all recorded and this is the assignment for this episode the actor and

2:08.7

producer LeVar Burton on the political events that shaped his life and how that informed the way

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