None of this is Normal. A Conversation with Andrea Chalupa

The PoliticsGirl Podcast

MeidasTouch Network, Leigh McGowan

News Commentary, Politics, News

4.9 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Well, the Dictator has arrived and it’s self reliance time. We need to grow partner groups, our own media ecosystems, and thicker skin. As guest Andrea Chalupa, expert on dictatorships and authoritarian leaders says, we can grieve what happened to our country and that our institutions didn’t save us, but we can’t cling to the status quo or disconnect from society alone and depressed. There is a future where we return to freedom, but we need to work for it. So be visible, stand out, and show your humanity, because as Andrea says, “In an age of cruelty, empathy is an act of rebellion.” No. It’s not over The mainstream media is a joke. So now, more than ever, we need to support those doing independent work and bringing the truth when it’s harder and harder to find. Help people like me be a counterweight to the lies and propaganda. If you find worth in what we do, please SUBSCRIBE to PoliticsGirl Premium. You’ll get this podcast ad free, the rants directly to your inbox, and the knowledge that you’re making this kind of highly researched, factual information still possible in this horrible new reality. If that interests you, please go to https://www.politicsgirl.com/premium and subscribe today!! Thank you so much! xoPG Guest social: https://www.andreachalupa.com/ Twitter: @AndreaChalupa @GaslitNation Instagram: @andreachalupa YouTube: @gaslitnation As always, please RATE and SUBSCRIBE so we can grow the show, open the dialogue, and inspire change moving forward! All show links here!: https://linktr.ee/politicsgirl THANK YOU to today’s sponsors! https://publicrec.com code: politicsgirl https://laundrysauce code: politicsgirl20 https://3DayBlinds.com/politicsgirl https://MudWtr.com code: politicsgirl

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0:00.0	I challenge all of your listeners.
0:02.3	Join me in dreaming very big right now for yourself and your country, what you want to build,
0:09.3	what you want to leave behind, the seeds of change, the seeds of hope you want to plant now.
0:15.0	Because I promise you, there is a future of freedom.
0:19.8	There is a future where there's a historical record of what we're all living today.
0:25.2	And there is going to be the judgment of history where people look back, where your grandchildren are going to ask, what did you do in those moments?
0:32.6	Who were you?
0:48.2	Yeah. Hello and welcome to the Politics Girl podcast. I'm your host Lee McGowan. Let's get into it.
0:55.1	Today I am joined by Andrea Chalupa, a Brooklyn-based journalist, author, and filmmaker, who is also the host and producer of the Webby Award Honorary podcast, Gaslit Nation. A student of Soviet history at the University of
1:00.9	California Davis and Ukrainian history at the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, I had Andrea on
1:06.2	right after the election, because unlike most of us, she wasn't surprised by the results.
1:11.0	Andrea is an author, writer, and director, whose works include the graphic novel,
1:15.1	In the Shadow of Stalin, Dictatorship, It's Easier Than You Think, and the documentary,
1:19.9	The Hadalamoire, Stalin's Secret Genocide. A frequent speaker on global affairs and U.S.
1:25.2	politics and democracy, I find she has a perspective that
1:28.2	few of us in America have, and I love her insight. Today we're going to discuss Trump's new
1:32.6	administration and the days of shock and awe. So without further ado, please welcome my guest,
1:37.6	writer, producer, and passionate warrior against fascism, Andrea Chalupa. Welcome back, Andrea.
1:43.5	Thank you so much, Lee. Well, thank you for coming.
1:46.6	I wanted to have you on at the beginning of this new administration because despite the fact
1:51.6	that you were born in America, you are the child of immigrants who were born in European
1:56.4	displaced person camps after World War II. You are American, but you're also Ukrainian and an expert on
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