OBP Rewind: Celebrating 100 Episodes: Past, Present and Future

Our Body Politic

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News Commentary, Documentary, Society & Culture, Government, News

4.8 • 658 Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Our Body Politic celebrates the new year by re-airing our 100th episode. Farai reflects on some of the show’s most impactful moments of news and political coverage over the past two years with OBP regular contributors Karen Attiah, columnist for the Washington Post and Tiffany Jeffers, associate professor at Georgetown University Law Center. The trio examines the current political atmosphere, its origins, and reflect on how issues like reproductive rights, the COVID-19 crisis, and the aftermath of the Jan. 6 Insurrection could impact this year’s midterms elections and why cultivating hope and safeguarding democracy is more important than ever.

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0:00.0	Hi, folks, we are so glad that you're listening to Our Body Politics. We've reached the end of an incredible year and we could not have done it without our dedicated listeners. If you're listening to Our Body Politics. We've reached the end of an incredible year and we could not
0:21.8	have done it without our dedicated listeners. If you can, please leave us a review on Apple Podcast.
0:27.8	It helps other listeners find us and we read them for your feedback. We'd also love you to join
0:32.8	in financially supporting the show if you're able. You can find out more at our body politic.com
0:38.2	slash donate. We are here for you, with you, and because of you. Thank you and happy new year.
0:50.2	This is Our Body Politics. I'm Farai Chidea.
1:08.3	2020 has been quite a year from the January 6th hearings to the overturning of Roe v. Wade to as the Twitter's turn and the election of the first Gen Z member heading off to Congress, we have been there for it all.
1:13.6	My friend Betty Reid Soskin, a former National Parks Ranger and author who is now 101 years old, says that every 35 years or so, America becomes chaotic, and that's when we can
1:19.1	get into the system and change things for the better.
1:22.7	I'd say now is probably one of those chaotic times, and we are here for you as you seek
1:27.3	the best
1:27.8	information to navigate this moment in history. Our guests have given us deep insights into
1:33.4	tough issues, including abortion rights, extremism, mass shootings, and disinformation. We have
1:39.0	also made sure to center the importance of mental health, rest, joy, and wellness, and
1:44.0	building communities
1:45.0	that honor and support that. This year, we also received the gift of connecting with listeners,
1:50.4	supporters, and friends of the show in real time and in real life. We hosted a great rooftop
1:55.8	gathering in New York City in the spring and traveled to Southern California for KPCC's Radio Paloosa Live event in December.
2:04.1	Our Body Politics has been on the air for just over two years through plenty of big events,
2:08.9	a presidential election and insurrection, a pandemic, a historic midterm election cycle.
2:14.3	It can all be tough going, so we're deeply invested in giving perspectives on joy,
2:18.6	health, healing, and community, and you can expect more of that in the programming for the year
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