Now What, Part 1 (with Stacey Abrams, Ari Berman, and Soledad O'Brien)

You and Me Both with Hillary Clinton

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Society & Culture, Government

4.3 • 9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

How did Joe Biden and Kamala Harris win one of the most important elections in American history? Hillary dives into how it all played out with voting rights activist Stacey Abrams and journalists Ari Berman and Soledad O’Brien.

Stacey Abrams was the 2018 Democratic nominee for Governor of Georgia and previously served as the minority leader in the Georgia House of Representatives. As the founder of Fair Fight and Fair Count, she has been a major force in the push to advance voting rights and ensure fair elections. Her new book is Our Time is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America.

Ari Berman is a senior reporter at Mother Jones, covering voting rights. He is the author of the book Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America (finalist, National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction), Herding Donkeys: The Fight to Rebuild the Democratic Party and Reshape American Politics, and the forthcoming Minority Rule – about efforts by white conservatives to entrench power in the face of a massive demographic and political shift.

Soledad O’Brien is an award-winning documentarian, journalist, author, and philanthropist, who founded Soledad O’Brien Productions, a multi-platform media production company dedicated to telling empowering and authentic stories on a range of social issues. She anchors and produces the Hearst TV program “Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien” and is a correspondent for HBO Real Sports.

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0:30.0	You and me both is a production of I Heart Radio.
0:35.0	I'm Hillary Clinton and this is You and me both and welcome to the other side of this election.
0:44.0	I don't know about you but boy since Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were elected,
0:50.0	I've gotten so many texts and emails and phone calls that are full of joy and hope and just good old fashioned relief.
0:59.0	You know there's a lot to try to figure out about this election who turned out in record numbers, where, what they had to overcome to do that.
1:08.0	Really what all of it means for our president elect and for our democracy.
1:14.0	So for help trying to figure it out, I'm checking in with three fantastic guests today.
1:20.0	We have Ari Burman, a journalist who's written extensively about voting rights and voter suppression in this country.
1:27.0	We'll also hear from journalist Soledad O'Brien who has a really focused view of what the press has to do better in order to cover politics and elections.
1:40.0	But first I wanted to check in with someone who's getting a lot of much deserved gratitude right now for her role in Georgia.
1:47.0	Stacey Abrams.
1:50.0	You may remember that Stacey ran for governor in 2018.
1:54.0	I think it's absolutely fair to say that the election was taken from her because of all the shenanigans to prevent people from registering, prevent them from voting, make voting really difficult.
2:07.0	But she never quit. She just went back to work organizing and speaking out about what needs to be done to help our democracy thrive and while we saw it in action as Georgia turned blue.
2:24.0	I just want to add my voice to the chorus and say thank you, thank you, thank you.
2:31.0	Not just for coming back on the podcast post election, but for everything you did to help Georgia turned blue and help so many people across the country have the energy to keep going.
2:45.0	So on a scale of like one to 10 Stacey, how excited are you?
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