Swing State Stress (with Ben Wikler)

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Society & Culture, News, Politics

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🗓️ 18 August 2020

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

DeRay, Sam, Kaya, and De'Ara dive into recent overlooked news including HBCUs joining Esports, streaming DNC, mental health in a pandemic, and Burundi's reparations. Johnetta Elzie joins again to update us about developments around the current protests. Then, DeRay chats with Ben Wikler, chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, to discuss the fight over one of 2020's most important swing states. Links: DeRay: https://www.insider.com/cdc-11-percent-us-adults-seriously-considered-suicide-in-june-2020-8 De'Ara: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/17/us/politics/democratic-national-convention-speakers-schedule.html Kaya: https://theundefeated.com/features/hbcu-esports-league-to-debut-next-week/ Sam: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-14/burundi-demands-43-billion-as-reparations-from-colonial-rulers Liquid IV - LiquidIV.com, promo code PEOPLE Ritual - Ritual.com/PEOPLE Blinds.com Sun Basket - SunBasket.com/PSTP Mailchimp - Going Through It, wherever you get your podcasts NYT: Nice White Parents - Nice White Parents, wherever you get your podcasts

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0:00.0	Hey, this is Durey.
0:03.0	Welcome to Fossil of the People in this episode.
0:04.5	It's me, Kaya Diara, and Sam, as usual,
0:07.2	when we talk about the news that you're probably not know.
0:09.4	And then a quick check in with NETA about what's
0:11.2	happening with the protests that continue.
0:12.9	And then I sit down with Ben Wickler,
0:14.9	chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin
0:16.8	and an organizer, to talk about the fight over one
0:19.6	of the election's most important swing states.
0:22.4	My advice for this week, it's Tuesday.
0:24.8	Go Download the untold story, policing.
0:28.4	It is a podcast that we help put into the world.
0:31.3	It's hosted by none other than Emmy nominated J. Ellis
0:35.1	from insecure.
0:36.4	And you will learn so many things about police unions
0:40.2	and the role they play in blocking accountability
0:42.5	and blocking the transformative change
0:44.1	of our lives demand.
0:45.0	Let's do it.
0:46.0	Welcome to another episode of Pod Save the People.
0:49.0	I'm Kaya Henderson at Henderson Kaya on Twitter.
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