Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The RBG Tribute Episode
The Dissenters with Debra Messing and Mandana Dayani
Dear Media, Mandana Dayani and Debra Messing
4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 24 September 2020
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
This week’s episode is a special podcast honoring Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The Dissenters could not imagine going ahead this week with the scheduled episode as RBG is the inspiration behind the podcast. Her loss cannot be understated. She was the architect of equal rights in our country. Debra and Mandana sit down with Glennon Doyle, Sophia Bush, and Shannon Watts. Each spoke passionately and eloquently about RBG, and each gave a unique perspective.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a dear media production. |
| 0:02.8 | You do not demand a perfect home to run into when your house is on fire. |
| 0:08.0 | Right. |
| 0:09.0 | Just get the hell out of the burning house. Hi, this is Deborah Messing. I'm an actress and social justice advocate. |
| 0:22.0 | I am and Donna and social justice advocate. |
| 0:22.8 | I am and Donna Dayani, |
| 0:24.2 | creator and co-founder of the nonpartisan movement. |
| 0:27.0 | I am a voter. |
| 0:28.1 | Welcome to our podcast, The Dissenters, |
| 0:30.9 | where we interview our heroes. Based on Ruth Bader Ginsburg's iconic I-Dissent slogan. |
| 0:37.0 | A dissenter is someone who stood up to an injustice or challenged the status quo, |
| 0:42.0 | someone who fought to build a better way. |
| 0:45.0 | Our nation has lost a giant, a true pioneer for women and equal representation. |
| 0:51.0 | Mandana and I lost our hero and the inspiration for this podcast and community, |
| 0:57.0 | our personal activism and how we both aspire to serve our country. |
| 1:01.0 | So this week, we are dedicating our episode to the ultimate |
| 1:04.8 | dissenter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. We will share a bit about her life and legacy |
| 1:10.1 | how she inspired this podcast, what she meant to us personally and what is at stake for |
| 1:15.6 | our nation with this unbearable loss. We will also hear from our previous dissenters, Shannon |
| 1:21.8 | Watts, Sophia Bush and and Glen and Doyle, and how this has impacted |
| 1:25.8 | them and how we carry the torch and continue the fight that RBG has led for decades. |
| 1:31.8 | While we mourn this loss with the rest of the world, |
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