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The Tight Rope

Max Alvarez - The Tight Rope on The Real News

The Tight Rope

SpkerBox Media

Society & Culture

5 • 605 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In this special episode, Dr. Cornel West and professor Tricia Rose walk “The Tight Rope” with Max Alvarez, editor-in-chief of The Real News Network. The Real News Network is a nonprofit, viewer-supported center for digital journalism dedicated to telling the stories that matter to movements fighting against systems of oppression. For the next few months, “The Tight Rope” and The Real News Network have partnered to bring you exclusive conversations with some of the world’s foremost thought leaders, educators, activists, artists, and intellectuals. Listen in as Dr. West and Max discuss how Fyodor Dostoevsky mutually inspired their worlds of ideas, and Dr. Rose ties that literary connection to the purpose of their powerful partnership. Become a member of The Tight Rope Patreon family for BTS access and more exclusive content! You can join at https://www.patreon.com/thetightropepod​ Full video versions at https://youtube.com/therealnews​ Previous episodes at https://youtube.com/thetightropepod​   Creator/EP: Jeremy Berry EP/Host: Cornel West EP/Host: Tricia Rose Producers: Allie Hembrough, Ceyanna Dent Beats x Butter (IG: @Butter_Records)   Guest Socials/Guest Links: Max Alvarez’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/maximillian_alv​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetightropepod​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetightropepod Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thetightropepod​ Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and making a small donation: Donate: https://therealnews.com/donate-yt​   Sign up for our newsletter: https://therealnews.com/sign-up-yt​ Like us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/therealnews​ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealnews

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0:00.0

We are witnessing America as a failed social experiment.

0:08.2

How do we tell this story in a way that builds the kind of emotional momentum

0:12.5

that colorblind ideology built?

0:15.4

No many young brothers and sisters of the younger generation find themselves so far removed in the best of their past.

0:23.0

What are we going to make out of the nothing we've been given? How do you envision

0:28.4

possibility?

0:31.8

Hey everyone. Thanks for joining us on the tightrope where we engage in a love and justice-infused

0:37.3

dialogue and walk the line on tough issues.

0:40.3

I'm Tricia Rose and I'm here with my dear friend and colleague and co-host Dr. Coynell West.

0:45.1

And we've got a quick programming update for you.

0:48.4

We're excited to announce that the tightrope has partnered with the Real News Network for a limited time.

0:54.6

Over the next few months, the Real News Network will be airing each episode of the Tightrope has partnered with the real news network for a limited time. Over the next few months, the real news network will be airing each episode of the tightrope on

0:58.6

their quite popular YouTube channel. We'll still be posting clips on our usual channel at

1:03.8

the YouTube.com backslash the tightrope pod. But during this limited collaboration and partnership,

1:10.0

you can view the full episodes at

1:12.4

YouTube.com backslash the real news. Now, today on the tightrope, we have invited Maximilian

1:19.2

Alvarez, the new editor-in-chief of the real news, to join us in a brief discussion about our new

1:24.6

partnership and why it's important for independent news. I was going to say

1:28.7

this part very slowly, independent news programs to support one another in this era of post

1:34.8

truth and seemingly alternative facts, otherwise known as lies. Anyway, Max, welcome to the tightrope.

1:43.0

How are you doing? Hey, y'all. Thank you so much for having me. It's an

1:47.5

honor to be here with both of you. And I could not be more excited about this collaboration. We'd love

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