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Forward

Transforming American Politics: Forward's Vision for Change

Forward

Humanity Forward Productions

Society & Culture

4.83.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

As we enter the 2024 election season, Andrew sits down with Kerry Healey, former Lt. Gov. of Massachusetts, to talk about preserving democracy in a system of unrepresentative party primaries, Forward's strategy for changing politics through downballot races, and what it takes to be a Forward candidate. Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/4l3od3I1Q8s Follow Kerry Healey: https://milkeninstitute.org/events/gc21/speakers/47634 Follow Andrew Yang: https://andrewyang.com | https://twitter.com/andrewyang To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This week on forward.

0:04.0

I think it's important that people understand that to be an impactful,

0:08.0

to be a profoundly impactful third party,

0:10.0

we don't have to be the dominant party. We don't have to have a majority.

0:15.0

You know, just a few votes that are genuinely able to coalesce and do what's right for America

0:22.0

could make a huge difference in the functionality of our entire

0:26.3

nation.

0:27.3

We need candidates who can solve local problems as well as...

0:30.6

A good mayor is worth his or her weight in gold, you know what I mean?

0:33.4

A good school board.

0:35.4

As a parent, I mean, I've got a chaun in public school.

0:38.2

Like a good school board is worth his weight in gold. It is my pleasure to welcome back to the podcast former lieutenant governor of the state of Massachusetts,

0:58.0

former president of Babson College, a brand new executive chair of the forward party Carrie Healy welcome back Carrie

1:06.4

Thank you Andrew. It's great to be back in this position working with you. Yeah you are

1:18.2

exactly want Yeah, you are exactly what forward has been looking for in an executive chair. We're going to talk a little bit about that role and your vision for 2024. Now those of you who are avid

1:25.8

listeners to the podcast, Carrie came on last year when she joined forward as a

1:30.4

board member so you I'm not going to rehash her extensive awesome history there.

1:37.3

In many ways this could be like Carrie Healy, part two.

1:41.6

So if you want to check out Part 1, just you know, click on the archives. But let's give people a very brief refresher about what brought you to forward.

1:52.0

So Andrew, I came to forward because I had for many, many years

1:56.4

been feeling that the two-party system wasn't working for me

2:00.8

and then suddenly it really wasn't working for America.

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