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Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness

What’s Happened Since The Ohio Train Derailment? with Justin Garner and Emily Wright

Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness

Sony Music

Society & Culture, Comedy, Education, Self-improvement

4.921.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

On February 3rd, a train derailed right outside of East Palestine, Ohio. Toxic substances were released into the air, thousands of gallons of oil leaked into the ground, and the residents of the town feel they have been forgotten. This week, activists Justin Garner and Emily Wright join Jonathan to talk about what’s happened in the eight months since the disaster, and what we can all do to help. We get into our conversation with Emily and Justin around 8 minutes into the episode, so skip to then if you simply can’t wait to hear from them! For more information on the news stories we covered this week, head to @curiouswithjvn on Instagram. You can follow River Valley Organizing on Instagram @rivervalleyorganizing, Twitter @RiverValleyOrg, and Facebook @rivervalleyorganizing. Their website is rivervalleyorganizing.com. Justin Garner is the Communications Director for River Valley Organizing. Emily Wright is an activist, organizer and resident of the area surrounding East Palestine, Ohio. Tune in next Monday for another episode of our other new series Pretty Curious, all about beauty—and every Wednesday for an all-new episode of Getting Curious. Follow us on Instagram @CuriousWithJVN to join the conversation. Jonathan is on Instagram @JVN. Transcripts for each episode are available at JonathanVanNess.com. Find books from Getting Curious, Curious Now, and Pretty Curious guests at bookshop.org/shop/curiouswithjvn. Our producer is Chris McClure. Our associate producer is Allison Weiss. Our engineer is Nathanael McClure. Our theme music is also composed by Nathanael McClure. Production support from Julie Carrillo, Anne Currie, and Chad Hall. Curious about bringing your brand to life on the show? Email podcastadsales@sonymusic.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:09.5

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You.

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because with a show this hot, nobody wants spoilers.

0:28.3

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0:32.1

That's H-A-Y-U-D-C-O-C-O-C-O-C-O-C-O-C-O-C-O-C-O-O-C-O-T-O-T-E-T-E-E-T-E-T-E-T-E-T-E-O-T-O-T-O-T-O and you can thank me later. Welcome to Curious Now, Curious Now, I'm Jonathan Van Ness and every other week I sit down with a brilliant expert to go beyond the headlines.

0:54.0

Before we go any further, we want to acknowledge the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine.

0:59.0

Since this is a fast-moving situation, we're not going to report on one specific headline.

1:05.1

What we will say is that every civilian life loss so far is tragic.

1:09.9

The world is mourning and watching.

1:12.2

We should all be doing what we can to

1:13.7

de-escalate the current conflict and save as many lives as we still can.

1:19.2

Everyone deserves the right to food, water, medical care, freedom, mobility, and safety. Beyond that,

1:26.0

kids deserve the right to play, to learn, and to live in a world that sees a future

1:30.4

for them. We also know that in times like this, misinformation and

1:34.8

disinformation can spread rapidly. It's on all of us to check our sources and

1:39.1

stick with the facts. And now back to this week's episode.

1:42.4

Today we're speaking with Activists And now back to this week's episode.

1:43.0

Today, we're speaking with activists and organizers Justin Garner and Emily Wright.

1:48.0

We last spoke with them in March 2023, one month after a train carrying dangerous chemicals derailed in East Palestine, Ohio.

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