Reviving the politics of hope over hate with Dean Obeidallah and A'shanti Gholar

The MeidasTouch Podcast

MeidasTouch Network

News, Politics

4.9 • 56.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2022

⏱️ 93 minutes

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On today’s episode of The MeidasTouch Podcast, we have TWO incredible guests for you. First, we speak with Dean Obeidallah, host of The Dean Obeidallah on SiriusXM channel 127. During our conversation, Dean breaks down his thoughts on Russia, the unhinged Republican Party and what the hell is wrong with Josh Hawley. Our next guest is the amazing A'shanti Gholar! A'shanti currently serves as the President of Emerge, the only organization dedicated to recruiting and training women to run for office. Gholar is also host of the podcast ‘The Brown Girls Guide To Politics’ (a must listen!). During our interview with A’shanti, we cover some incredibly important topics including Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court confirmation hearing, the structural barriers Black women face when running for office & A’shanti’s work to help elect women into office. The remainder of the show, the brothers catch you up on all the latest breaking news from over the weekend that you need to know about. If you enjoyed today’s show please be sure to rate, review & subscribe! As always, thank YOU for listening! Get involved with Emerge here: https://emergeamerica.org Learn more about 'The Brown Girl's Guide to Politics' here: https://www.thebgguide.com/ DEALS FROM OUR SPONSORS: Trade Coffee: https://drinktrade.com/meidas MasterWorks: https://masterworks.art/meidas Remember to subscribe to ALL the Meidas Media Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://pod.link/1510240831 Legal AF: https://pod.link/1580828595 The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://pod.link/1595408601 The Influence Continuum: https://pod.link/1603773245 Kremlin File: https://pod.link/1575837599 Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://pod.link/1530639447 Zoomed In: https://pod.link/1580828633 The Weekend Show: https://pod.link/1612691018 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.7	Welcome to the Midas Touch Podcast, Ben, Brett and Jordy fighting for democracy with
1:09.8	you each and every pod, each and every day here and abroad unapologetically. Pro, democracy,
1:20.9	threat, Jordy. How are you doing? Big, big week today with Contange Brown, Jackson's
1:27.0	confirmation hearings, the Republicans apparently starting their attack because apparently
1:34.5	Contange Brown, Jackson has the audacity to support the 1965 precedent in the Supreme
1:41.0	Court, Griswold versus Connecticut, which enshrined a constitutional right to contraception.
1:48.1	The Republicans want to ban contraception. This is what they are coming out with right
1:53.1	away and more on that. Brett, Jordy, I'll get your thoughts, but we got incredible guests.
1:57.1	I should talk about at the top. We have Dean Obedala, Dean Obedala from the serious XM channel
2:03.6	127, serious progress. We were on the Dean Obedala.
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