The NEW Local Elected Official Prototype: Commissioner Regina I. Hill

Straight Shot, No Chaser with Tezlyn Figaro

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Government, Education, Society & Culture

4.9 • 684 Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

If you ever wondered if it is possible to run for office for the first time and win by a landslide three times, then you MUST check out this powerful interview with Orlando City Commissioner Regina I Hill. Tezlyn Figaro formally served as Commissioner Hill's Director of Communications for her first campaign. During this intimate interview, they discuss Hill's heartbreaking tragedies and her victorious triumphs and how doing the work withstood it all.

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0:00.0	Hey kids, it's me Kevin Smith.
0:01.6	And it's me, Harley Quinn Smith.
0:03.1	That's my daughter, man, who my wife has always said is just a beardless, dickless version of me.
0:07.9	And that's the name of our podcast, beardless d-de-less me.
0:10.1	I'm the old one.
0:11.0	I'm the young one.
0:11.9	And every week we try to make each other laugh really hard.
0:14.9	Sounds innocent, doesn't it?
0:16.2	A lot of cussing.
0:17.0	A lot of bad language. It's for adults only. Or listen to it with your kid. It could be a family show.
0:21.6	We're not quite sure.
0:22.2	We're still figuring it out.
0:23.2	It's a work in progress.
0:24.2	Listen to Beardless Me on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.
0:30.4	I'm ready to fight.
0:31.5	Oh, this is fighting worse.
0:32.8	Okay.
0:33.2	I'll put the hammer back. Hi, I'm George M. Johnson, a bestselling author with the second most banned book in America.
0:40.3	Now more than ever, we need to use our voices to fight back.
0:43.6	Part of the power of black queer creativity is the fact that we got us, you know?
0:49.5	We are the greatest culture makers in world history.
0:54.0	Listen to Fighting Words on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.
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