Weekends: August 8, 2020 (ft. Abby Martin)
Jacobin Radio
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4.7 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 11 August 2020
⏱️ 99 minutes
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Summary
This week, Ana Kasparian and new co-host Nando Vila talk about big data capitalism, discuss US imperial ambitions in Venezuela, speak with Abby Martin about Afghanistan and China, dunk on the ludicrous arguments for reopening schools, and more!
Abby Martin is a journalist, filmmaker, and host of The Empire Files.
Weekends on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ1p5CrbecY&list=PLxlNhP2f0kULVe45TbPaF-uLuMQYMJcLk
Empire Files: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG29FnXZm4F5U8xpqs1cs1Q
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The What's up everyone? |
| 0:17.0 | What's up everyone? Welcome to weekends. I'm Anna Casparian and with us is Nando Vila who is now the full-time host of this show. |
| 0:26.0 | Nando is a great friend of mine and you know we came together with Michael and |
| 0:32.0 | had so many important political discussions, |
| 0:34.8 | debates, we would share stories together. So Nando I think that you're the |
| 0:38.7 | perfect fit for this show and I'm so happy that you're with us. |
| 0:41.2 | No, I'm so happy and I'm so excited to be working with you |
| 0:44.5 | because I've always admired you very deeply, |
| 0:47.2 | your honesty, your fierceness, your integrity, |
| 0:50.2 | all those things, I just, |
| 0:51.6 | you're just an absolute powerhouse, So I'm very happy to be working with you and I'm also I love |
| 0:57.1 | The fact that we're working with Jacobin I mean I love Jacobin |
| 1:00.4 | You know if we grow up to a better world and our kids grow up to a better world I think |
| 1:04.4 | Jacobin will have a large role in that so I'm I'm very excited. |
| 1:09.4 | Yeah definitely I mean so Nando and I actually met each other when the full-time show that I work on the |
| 1:16.8 | Young Turks had sold a show to Fusion and we were traveling around the country going to different college campuses to cover the 2016 election. |
| 1:27.0 | Nando was on many of those episodes as an employee at fusion. |
| 1:30.0 | You had like a pretty important role there too, right? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, whatever. Yeah, not a big deal. And I like to do so much that like within a month of meeting you I invited you to my wedding. So, yeah. |
| 1:43.2 | So, so so much fun. |
| 1:44.8 | It was so much, it really was. |
| 1:46.2 | I had a great time. |
| 1:47.7 | But you know, I'm glad that we're doing the show together |
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