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Pod Save the People

Showing Up To Fight Fires (with Gregory Washington)

Pod Save the People

Crooked Media

Society & Culture, News, Politics

4.78.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

DeRay, Kaya, De'Ara, and Sam dive into recent overlooked news including Black veganism, California's inmate firefighters, a Georgia co-op town, and self-care. Then, DeRay chats with Gregory Washington, President of George Mason University, to discuss the new reality of re-opening schools and the launch of new anti-racism policies. Links: DeRay De'Ara Kaya Sam

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0:00.0

Hey, this is Dereya. Welcome to Potsy, the people as usual. It's me, Sam, Kaya, and

0:05.4

DR, talking about the under-reported news this week. And I sit down and talk with Gregory

0:10.6

Washington, president of George Mason University, to discuss the issues that colleges are facing

0:15.2

as they reopen in this new reality.

0:17.2

And my advice for this week is to show up, but show up isn't enough. You gotta show up

0:22.8

and do something. That people talk about like being in the room is half the battle. And

0:26.4

it is true that it is hard to make an impact in a place you just refuse to go or won't

0:31.9

go or aren't there for whatever reason, right? Whether you're being there on the internet

0:36.4

or in person, I think that people confuse that as being all you gotta do.

0:42.9

Showing up is necessary, but not sufficient, right? You gotta show up to be immersed,

0:48.5

to have proximity, to understand. You also have to do once you show up. A lot of people

0:54.0

are quote, showing up and not really doing much else. Let's make sure that it's always

0:58.8

a both hand. Let's go.

1:01.6

Family, welcome to another episode of Pod Save the People. I am DR a Ballinger at DR a

1:07.4

Ballinger on Twitter and Instagram. And I'm Samson Yangueh at Sam's Way on Twitter

1:12.4

and Instagram. I'm Kaya Henderson at Henderson Kaya on Twitter.

1:17.9

Mrs. Dere at DR a Y on Twitter.

1:20.8

So we're happened to be recording at the same time as the iconic versus between

1:28.8

Patty Lebel and Gladys Knight. So if we sound like we're rushed, it's because we are.

1:35.1

We want to know what's going on. My money's on Patty Lebel. I'm a Patty Lebel person.

1:40.4

I don't know where the rest of these folks stand, but I'm with Patty. So hopefully she takes an

1:45.6

eyelash or two off tonight. I can't wait to see.

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