The Good, The Bad & the Helpful with Pete Buttigieg

The PoliticsGirl Podcast

MeidasTouch Network, Leigh McGowan

News Commentary, Politics, News

4.9 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Today’s pod is a Candid Conversation with US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg. We’ll talk what to look forward to as the Infrastructure & Jobs Act comes to our towns and cities, what we should be paying attention to after the recent train derailment in East Palestine, and we’ll get a little insight on how Secretary Buttigieg is able to handle all the disinformation and spin thrown at him, and what we take from his innate skill to bring into own lives. Guest social: https://www.transportation.gov/meet-secretary/secretary-pete-buttigieg Twitter: @SecretaryPete | @PeteButtigieg Insta: pete.buttigieg Please RATE and SUBSCRIBE so we can grow the show, open the dialogue, and inspire change moving forward! All show links here!: https://linktr.ee/politicsgirl Thank you to today’s sponsors! www.lomi.com/politicsgirl PromoCode: PoliticsGirl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's a gift.
0:01.4	You have this innate talent for deeply calm Smackdowns.
0:06.0	And it's amazing.
0:07.0	And as far as I'm concerned, it's one of the reasons you're so often targeted by the
0:10.1	opposition because you're just incredibly effective at destroying disinformation in a
0:14.5	polite way.
0:15.5	Hello, and welcome to the Politics Girl podcast.
0:28.3	I'm your host, Lee McGowan.
0:29.8	Let's get into it.
0:30.8	Today's pod is a candid conversation with US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg.
0:36.2	Secretary Buttigieg previously served two terms as mayor of his hometown of South Bend,
0:40.0	Indiana, and as a member of the US Navy Reserve.
0:43.2	He took a leave of absence from being mayor to be deployed to Afghanistan in 2014.
0:48.6	Secretary Buttigieg is a graduate of Harvard and Oxford University and a Rhodes Scholar,
0:52.8	completing a degree in philosophy, politics, and economics.
0:55.5	I'm having him on today for a couple of reasons.
0:58.2	Hostes to get people excited about all that we have to look forward to as the Infrastructure
1:01.7	and Jobs Act really starts coming into its own.
1:04.7	And secondly, to talk about where we are with the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio,
1:08.7	and what we can do moving forward to ensure something this horrific doesn't happen again.
1:13.1	So without further ado, please welcome my guest, former mayor of South Bend, US Navy veteran,
1:18.0	and guy making it possible for parents to sit with their children on flights without
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