Lin-Manuel Miranda - #MoreOfUs

Majority 54

News, News Commentary, Politics, Society & Culture

4.7 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2018

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

If you’re new to Majority 54, I’m Jason Kander, the president of Let America Vote: an organization dedicated to making sure that every American gets to vote by creating political consequences for anyone who wants to diminish the most basic American right. And we're talking to the 54% of Americans who did not vote for Donald Trump about where we go from here. In the first episode of this second season, we talk to someone who has an incredible platform about how he uses it to do good. That man is someone that a couple of you may know: Mr. Lin-Manuel Miranda. The creator of In The Heights and Hamilton discusses making politics entertaining and engaging, as well as how to choose fundraising campaigns to maximum effect. Then, we ask when he's going to run for Secretary of Treasury, since he has more experience than the current Secretary of Treasury. This is just a killer interview and we hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed recording it. There are only a few days left to support the campaign Lin-Manuel is running, which benefits Let America Vote among other worthwhile organizations. The links for that campaign is prizeo.com/hamilton-dc Important links: @Lin_Manuel prizeo.com/hamilton-dc @Majority54 @JasonKander hellomajority54@gmail.com Produced by Brock Wilbur. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Jason Kander and this is Majority 54.
0:04.9	We are so excited to come back for the second season of our show here in Kirk and Media.
0:09.4	So excited in fact that we're releasing our first episode two weeks early.
0:13.2	I think you'll understand why, but before we go any further, please consider subscribing
0:17.7	to make sure that you don't miss a single episode this season.
0:20.8	If you're new to Majority 54, let me tell you who the heck I am.
0:23.8	I'm the president of Let America Vote, an organization dedicated to making sure that
0:27.8	every American gets to vote by creating political consequences for any politician who
0:32.2	wants to diminish the most basic American right.
0:34.7	I'm an Army vet, I served in Afghanistan.
0:36.7	I was the first millennial ever elected in state white office.
0:39.0	It used to be the Secretary of State of Missouri.
0:41.0	I live in my hometown, Kansas City with my wife Diana and my son True.
0:45.3	Majority 54 is named for the 54% of Americans that did not vote for President Trump.
0:50.5	And I created this show to help that 54% talk to their family members, their friends,
0:55.6	and their acquaintances who did vote for Donald Trump.
0:58.8	This show is about working to end this divide both politically and culturally by arming
1:03.7	you with the tools to have these conversations rather than just shouting at each other.
1:08.2	Don't get me wrong, I understand the shouting.
1:10.6	It's my hope though that the topics we tackled during the next season will help you connect
1:14.7	with those friends, family and co-workers on a new level.
1:18.5	The reason that it's so important to me that you engage all of these important people
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