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Welcome to another episode of Conversations with Coleman.

My guest today is Brianna Joy Gray.

Brianna was the National Press Secretary for Bernie Sanders in his 2020 campaign.

And before that, she wrote extensively for The Intercept, as well as many other outlets like

Rolling Stone magazine, Current Affairs, New York Magazine, and The Guardian.

She currently hosts the Bad Faith podcast, which I hope to go on soon.

We talk about how Brianna's international childhood influenced

her worldview. We talk about American exceptionalism and patriotism and whether they're justified.

We talk about how identity politics crowds out the issues of poverty and class. We talk about the

effects of crime and poor neighborhoods. We discuss the cancellation of Whoopi Goldberg. We argue about the extent to

which culture is a cause of racial and ethnic disparities. We talk about our cultural obsession with

four-year colleges and the prospect of instead supporting vocational schools much more than we

currently do. And finally, we discuss minimum wage laws and socialism generally.

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