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Teaser - Dave Pederson Takes the Self-Care Q&A

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Gaslit Nation

Politics, Society & Culture, News

4.74.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2023

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Dave Pederson, screenwriter-producer of Americonned, and the producer of the Oscar nominated film “Super Size Me”, and the Cannes Award winning “The Third Wave," takes the Gaslit Nation Self-Care Q&A Here is the trailer of their powerful must-watch film.
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To submit your own answers and share inspiration for ways to recharge as we together run a marathon to protect our democracy, leave your answers in the comments section or send an email to GaslitNation@gmail.com. We’ll read some of the responses on the show!
Gaslit Nation Self-Care Questionnaire
  1. What's a book you think everyone should read and why?
  2. What's a documentary everyone should watch and why?
  3. What's a dramatic film everyone should watch and why?
  4. Who are some historical mentors who inspire you?
  5. What's the best concert you've ever been to?
  6. What are some songs on your playlist for battling the dark forces?
  7. Who or what inspires you to stay engaged and stay in the fight?
  8. What's the best advice you've ever gotten?
  9. What's your favorite place you've ever visited?
  10. What's your favorite work of art and why?

Transcript

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Alright, I'm just gonna make this quick, there's a lot of people, but I'm just gonna go back to how Reds was my favorite film.

0:12.0

One person that really inspired me was watching Maureen Stapleton playing Emma Goldman in Reds.

0:21.0

I was like, who is this woman? I never heard of her. I love the character and she was so brash and just so righteous.

0:31.0

She just blew me away. I was like, who is this woman?

0:34.0

The first thing I did was go to the library and I found that she wrote an autobiography called Living My Life.

0:41.0

I learned a lot from that. Just stand up what you believe in, fight for it, don't just say, get out there in the streets and fight for it, try and get your message out, using your artistic abilities.

0:58.0

She was just so inspirational. She's like to me one of the greatest historical badasses. And I'm gonna throw an FDR there.

1:07.0

I think he really changed this country for the good, just economically speaking, you know, patching things up and, you know, using a lot of John the Intercans, you know, methods to fix the government.

1:22.0

And so, you know, it didn't sway into the margins and, you know, it was regulated and it built our middle class for decades until the 70s when Nixon, you know, from Nixon on, they started dismantling all the regulations and we are in the shit we are right now.

1:52.0

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