“Party of Q.”
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🗓️ 4 February 2021
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Democrats choose to go big and fast on Covid relief, Republicans choose applause over punishment for Marjorie Taylor Greene, and control of the House could hinge on the redistricting battles set to begin soon. Then journalist Farai Chideya talks to Dan about building a media that’s more representative and better connected to all communities.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Pots of America, I'm John Favreau, I'm Dan Fifer. |
| 0:23.4 | On today's pod, Democrats go big and fast on COVID relief. |
| 0:27.3 | This take it easy on Liz Cheney and Marjorie Taylor Green, and the fate of democracy could |
| 0:31.8 | depend on the redistricting battles that will take place in state houses over the coming |
| 0:35.4 | months. |
| 0:36.8 | Then Dan talks to journalists Farai Chideya about building a media that's more representative |
| 0:40.6 | and better connected to all communities. |
| 0:43.2 | But first, check out Keep It all this month, Ira Aida and Lewis will be having discussions |
| 0:48.0 | with Black creators, Black owned business leaders, and many more great guests for Black |
| 0:51.6 | History Month. |
| 0:53.0 | Also check out this week's Pod Save the World to learn about the military coup in Myanmar |
| 0:56.7 | that took place this week. |
| 0:58.8 | And speaking of Pod Save the World, Ben Rhodes has written another book, which you can pre-order |
| 1:03.7 | right now. |
| 1:04.7 | It's called After the Fall. |
| 1:05.7 | It's about Ben's travels around the world after Trump won, where he met with dissidents, |
| 1:10.4 | opposition leaders, and young activists who are trying to understand the turn towards |
| 1:14.8 | authoritarianism and nationalism in their own countries and all over the world. |
| 1:20.6 | Ben is one of the best writers I've ever met, one of the best storytellers I know. |
| 1:25.9 | He should go pre-order after the fall right now. |
| 1:28.3 | It comes out in June. |
| 1:29.6 | I started reading it a few nights ago. |
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