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The Mother Jones Podcast

The Argument for Rage

The Mother Jones Podcast

Mother Jones

Scoops, News, Politics, Investigations, Elections, Journalism

4.51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2018

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

This week: We’re in the home stretch—only 27 days to go until the midterms. As Brett Kavanaugh gets to work, rockstar feminist writer Rebecca Traister joins MoJo’s Becca Andrews to discuss the political power of women’s rage and how it is reshaping America. And we hear from you, our listeners, about how you reacted to the historic Supreme Court appointment. We also take a look inside Florida’s long-awaited movement to restore voting rights to 1.4 million people, featuring senior reporter Ari Berman.

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0:00.0

This is the Mother Jones Podcast. I'm Jamila King in New York.

0:05.0

On today's show, on today's show, okay, let's just stop the intro music for a moment. Okay, question, how are you? I mean really, how are you? Wherever you are, wherever you are whatever you're doing on the train in your

0:26.9

car doing laundry we've been thinking about you are listeners at Mother Jones I

0:32.3

guess I'm taking a moment to talk directly to our women

0:35.2

listeners now. What's it been like these past few days? I got a message from a friend

0:40.5

right around the Kavanaugh confirmation that read, I can't even describe how angry I am right now. So many of us are.

0:48.0

On today's show, rage. Women's rage, your voices, and an interview with rock star author Rebecca Traster.

0:59.0

One of the things that has to be recognized is that this fight is a long-term one. It is at this point going to last

1:04.4

for the rest of all of our lives. I do hope that this rage makes a difference in the

1:10.0

midterms regardless of whether it does or does doesn't, that's not the end point of what's happening now.

1:17.0

Also on the show, Florida Revolution, inside the unlikely movement that could restore voting rights to 1.4 million people in the

1:25.9

country's biggest swing state.

1:28.3

Every time I explain these numbers to people, they're shocked.

1:31.2

They're like, how is this possible? And I'm like, it's been going on since

1:35.2

1868 and it's only getting worse.

1:37.8

Stick around.

1:38.8

But first, we're gathered together this evening for a truly momentous occasion.

1:48.3

I have long been told that the most...

1:51.3

Here we are.

1:52.3

As we put this show together for you, Brett Kavanaugh is at work. He got the job.

1:57.0

At a White House ceremony earlier this week, President Trump celebrated in only the way he knows how by rationing up the already

2:06.0

feverish partisan tension. On behalf of our nation I want to apologize to Brett and the entire Kavanaugh family for the terrible pain and

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