The Grace of a Trailblazer
The Brown Girls Guide to Politics
Acast Creative Studios
3.3 • 845 Ratings
🗓️ 8 February 2022
⏱️ 34 minutes
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The Brown Girls Guide to Politics Podcast is all about amplifying the voices of women who are too often forgotten in media coverage. Host A’shanti Gholar leads conversations with women changing the face of politics. In the BGG to Politics blog, A’shanti created a space for women of color to learn about the current state of politics, to support others breaking into the political sphere, and to celebrate incredible women changing the course of the country. A’shanti founded the blog in 2018 and Wonder Media Network is thrilled to extend her platform to audio.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey y'all. I'm Ashanti Golar, host of the Brown Girls Guide to Politics. |
| 0:05.1 | The BGG is the one-stop shop for women of color who want to talk and shape the world of politics. |
| 0:12.9 | This season, we're getting deep into the details of Project 2025. |
| 0:18.7 | In 900-plus pages, it's proposing dramatic conservative changes to education, |
| 0:24.3 | health care, and foreign affairs. But underpinning it all is an entirely new vision for how |
| 0:31.1 | the government operates, and that could change everything. Thank you so much to our friends |
| 0:37.2 | at Way to Win for supporting us |
| 0:39.0 | and making this season possible. Listen to the Brown Girls Guide to Politics wherever |
| 0:44.1 | you get your podcast. Hey Brown girls, it's Ashanti, host of the Brown Girls Guide to Politics. |
| 1:01.3 | Welcome to Season 8. |
| 1:04.3 | Right now, women of color are at the helm of our most important political organizations. |
| 1:10.6 | They're running the show, without a playbook, |
| 1:13.5 | and taking on the reins and showing up in the face of national crises, all in the middle of a |
| 1:19.5 | pandemic. We're diving deep into what it means to be a trailblazer in politics during these |
| 1:26.2 | changing times. |
| 1:28.4 | To kick off the season, we're talking to one of the biggest names in organizing in politics, |
| 1:34.4 | LaFanza Butler, president of Emily's List. |
| 1:38.5 | We spoke less than 48 hours after Emily's List issued a statement condemning Arizona Senator Kristen Cinema's opposition to |
| 1:46.7 | filibuster reform. LaFanza told us about her journey, her inspirations, and the most important thing that |
| 1:55.6 | she's keeping at the front of her 2022 strategy. Voting rights. |
| 2:03.7 | I hope you enjoy our conversation. |
| 2:11.8 | LaFonsea, thank you so much for joining us today. I honestly couldn't think of a better person to kick off the season to kick off Black History Month |
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