Shrum and Murphy Talk with CPF Fellows Jessica Lall and Elan Carr

Let's Find Common Ground

USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future

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🗓️ 29 July 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Center Co-Directors Bob Shrum and Mike Murphy join two of our five Fall 2022 CPF Fellows, Jessica Lall and Elan Carr, to discuss current events, their careers, and their upcoming USC study groups. They discussed the Los Angeles mayoral race, California's COVID response, diplomacy, and how to move away from polarization.

Featuring:

Jessica Lall: President and CEO, Central City Association of Los Angeles; Fall 2022 Barbara Boxer Fellow, USC Center for the Political Future
Elan Carr: Former U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism; Fall 2022 Polak Foundation Fellow, USC Center for the Political Future
Bob Shrum: Director, Center for the Political Future; Warschaw Chair in Practical Politics, USC Dornsife
Mike Murphy: Co-Director, Center for the Political Future; NBC Political Analyst

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0:00.0	Welcome to the bully pulpit from the University of Southern California Center for the Political Future.
0:11.7	Our podcast brings together America's top politicians, journalists, academics, and strategists from across the political spectrum for discussions on hot button issues where we respect
0:22.0	each other and respect the truth. We hope you enjoy these conversations.
0:29.5	I'm Bob Shrum, the director of the Center for the Political Future at USC Dornside. I'm here with
0:36.4	our co-director, Mike Murphy, or a new edition of our
0:39.7	podcast, The Bulli Pulpit. We will have a discussion with our guests for 40 to 45 minutes and then
0:45.7	open it up to questions from our audience. Now let me introduce two extraordinary people.
0:51.2	Jessica Law is the president and CEO of the Central City Association,
0:56.4	CCA, an advocacy group focused on promoting a vibrant business climate in downtown Los Angeles,
1:03.4	an increasing economic opportunity across the region. We're thrilled that Jessica will join us
1:09.7	as our Barbara Boxer fellow this fall
1:12.4	to lead a study group on local leadership and community change. Elon Carr served as the U.S.
1:19.7	Special Envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism in the Trump administration. He was also a
1:25.9	deputy district attorney in Los Angeles County,
1:28.7	a candidate for Congress who almost pulled off a legendary upset and a decorated officer
1:34.5	in the United States Army Reserve. We're thrilled that he too will be joining the center
1:39.3	as our 22 Pollack Foundation Fellow to lead a study group on America and anti-Semitism,
1:46.8	how the United States wrestles with the world's oldest hatred.
1:51.0	I also want to acknowledge that Jeff Pollock from the Pollock Foundation is with us today,
1:56.4	and I want to thank him for his generous support for the Fellows Program
2:00.0	and for the Center for
2:01.5	the Political Future. Let me begin with a separate question for each of you. Jessica, you initially
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