Start Putting People First (with Mayor Randall Woodfin)
The Michael Steele Podcast
The Bulwark
4.8 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 January 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Check out Randall Woodfin's book, "Son of Birmingham," here:
https://www.amazon.com/Son-Birmingham-Memoir-Randall-Woodfin/dp/B0DDVDV8VS
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| 0:00.0 | 1500 that were pardoned. |
| 0:02.6 | This is probably one of the most un-American things 47 could have done. |
| 0:08.0 | You just spit in the face of those law enforcement officers who died. |
| 0:11.5 | You just spit in their family faces. |
| 0:14.0 | And is the spitting in the face part where we recognize that maybe this just isn't about |
| 0:19.3 | the price of eggs, But it is about... |
| 0:21.1 | I haven't gone down, by the way. |
| 0:22.1 | I'm still looking for eggs and... |
| 0:24.4 | Hey, it's been two days and you've done everything else. |
| 0:27.6 | Right. |
| 0:27.8 | I see the price of eggs and the price of gas hasn't gone down. |
| 0:41.8 | He is a son of Birmingham. |
| 0:45.1 | He is the mayor of Birmingham. |
| 0:52.1 | And after four years in Atlanta, earning his degree from Morehouse College, he has lived in Birmingham ever since. |
| 0:56.8 | He's worked at City Hall and for the Jefferson County Committee on Economic Opportunity. He attended Cumberland School of Law at Samford University, |
| 1:04.4 | and after obtaining his law degree, accepted a job in the city of Birmingham Law Department. |
| 1:10.2 | He ran for mayor in 2016 with endorsements from President Joe Biden, |
| 1:15.8 | Senators Bernie Sanders Bernie Sanders and Cory Booker. |
| 1:18.5 | My guest today, who is the author of Son of Birmingham, Randall Woodfman, |
| 1:25.2 | is the current mayor who won that seated an upset victory in 2017 and earned a featured speaking role at the 2020 Democratic National Convention. |
| 1:37.3 | He is not just a rising star, but a competent, capable leader leading Birmingham, Alabama into the 21st century. |
| 1:48.1 | So I'm looking forward to, and I hope you will join me for my conversation with the mayor |
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