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Thank you. how they can do so too. Now, onto our show. Hey, fam, it's me, Amara. Welcome to the Translash podcast, a show where we tell trans

stories to save trans lives. Well, you've probably heard a lot about Project 2025 by now,

but what you may not have heard is that there's not really a way to understand what Project

2025 is all about or how it came to be without examining its focus on trans people and by looking

at it through a gender lens overall.

With just a couple weeks before the election, I thought it was a crucial time for us to

have this conversation to fully understand what's at stake in our community should

Donald Trump be elected president and implement Project 2025.

First, I'm joined by ProPublica investigative reporter Andy Kroll to discuss what's inside

this 887-page document and how it hopes to fundamentally reshape the way our government

works for trans people and everyone else. They're saying to these future potential staffers, like get ready for doing dramatic things

that could cost you your connections, that could lose you friends.

Next, I'll talk with Vice President for Economic Justice at the National Partnership

for Women and Families, Sharita Gruberg, about the long history that the Heritage

Foundation has had, you know, the ones who authored and sponsored Project 2025, has had to

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