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Pod Save the People

Win the Available Victory

Pod Save the People

Pod Save the People

News, Society & Culture, Politics

4.78.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2017

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Summary

DeRay interviews NYC Mayor Bill DeBlasio at Gracie Mansion about policing, universal pre-K, and turnstyle jumping. Sam, Clint and Brittany join to talk about the myths of meritocracy and rehabilitation and a myriad of other issues facing America. DeRay and Chris Hayes talk about the debt ceiling, the opioid crisis, and cross-racial solidarity together.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, this is Dere.

0:03.8

And welcome to Potsy of the People.

0:05.7

Today we have Mayor Bill de Blasio, the Mayor of New York City.

0:08.9

We also have Chris Hayes, who is the MSNBC host of All In with Chris Hayes.

0:14.0

And then the news, as you know, with me, Brittany, Sam and Clint.

0:18.0

And the word I offer before we get into this episode is a variation of start where you are.

0:23.6

So I've said this before, but I'd encourage all of you to get one or two or three people

0:28.6

who are your friends who think about the world similarly.

0:32.0

And start to have like a kitchen cabinet to process what's going on and to think about solutions.

0:36.2

The best organizers always start small.

0:39.4

The Harry Tubman didn't call me and tell me that I needed to organize.

0:42.8

The Harry Tubman didn't read 15,000 books.

0:45.0

She started where she was and she got a couple people to believe in a vision and a dream

0:49.8

and she made it happen.

0:50.8

And when people ask me how can they get started, I'm reminded that I got started with one phone call

0:56.5

to one of my best friends and then one more person and one more person.

1:00.1

And that's how it started.

1:01.1

That's how it always starts.

1:02.4

So find your people and build your tribe.

1:04.5

Let's do work.

1:07.5

Here's my conversation with Bill DiBlasio, the Mayor of New York City.

1:10.9

So we'll jump right in.

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