Hey everybody this is Skye and you'll have noticed by now that you know the general

election is upon us democracy moves forward pandemic and all and just in time for

it we're going to change things up a bit here at the United States of anxiety.

Starting on Sunday, August 23rd, we will begin making this show live.

It'll be broadcast on the radio here in the New York area and of course you can

stream it from anywhere in the world. That's at 6 PM Eastern every Sunday forever and ever,

or at least for the foreseeable future anyway.

Now of course you can also continue to listen right here in the same podcast feed whenever

you want to listen, we'll still be telling great stories and still have intimate conversations with smart people.

But we also want to bring all of you just in a little closer to us and to each other.

You know, we gotta stay apart in the streets out there, but

let's get close on the radio, or on the smart speaker or laptop or wherever you stream stuff at

WNYC.org. Listen, call us up, tweet at us. listen call us up, tweet at us, share your story with us.

And let's start that right now.

Our first live show comes right after the Democratic National Convention wraps up.

So I'm wondering if you consider yourself... right after the Democratic National Convention wraps up.

So I'm wondering, if you consider yourself part of the Democratic Party,

what do you want from your party?

I don't mean like, what issues do you care about?

I mean, literally, what can the Democratic Party do for you in your life?

This is an invitation to get concrete and specific.

Particularly if you have a health care concern. Like, I personally have had tons of anxiety

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