Your post-election thoughts and feelings
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🗓️ 7 November 2024
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Today we’re handing the microphone over to our listeners to tell us how they’re reacting to the outcome of this week’s presidential election. We’ll hear their concerns about the future of transgender health care, the long-term economic impact of a second Trump presidency and why — even though it can be daunting — we can all make change if we start in our local communities. Plus, is this our Brexit moment?
Here’s everything we talked about today:
- “Want to protect our democracy? Start here!” from our episode with lawyer and author Emily Amick
- “For trans people reliant on federal programs, this election could change everything” from 19th News
- “How to get your elected officials to listen to you” from Vox
- “5 ways Trump’s next presidency could affect the U.S. economy — and your money” from CBS News
Got a question for the hosts about the election, Trump’s next presidency and the U.S. economy? Email us at makemesmart@marketplace.org or leave us a voicemail at 508-U-B-SMART.
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| 0:00.0 | Roxanne. |
| 0:05.0 | You don't have to. |
| 0:07.0 | Okay, fine. |
| 0:09.0 | Oh, finish. Please do. |
| 0:11.0 | Oh, no, I'm fine. Thank you very much. |
| 0:14.0 | Thank you very much. |
| 0:15.0 | We ready? |
| 0:16.0 | Yeah, let's do it. |
| 0:17.0 | All right, let's go. |
| 0:25.8 | Hello, everyone. |
| 0:26.7 | I'm Kimberly Adams. |
| 0:28.0 | Welcome back to Make Me Smart. |
| 0:29.4 | Where we make today make sense. |
| 0:30.3 | I'm Kyle Rizal. |
| 0:34.6 | Thanks for joining us on this Thursday, 7 November, 2024. |
| 0:45.3 | The Fed meets as we speak. Actually, they just wrapped up. Interest rates are down again, but that's not what we're going to talk about. We're going to talk about the mailbag in what's on y'all's mind. |
| 0:54.7 | Yeah, we've been hearing from lots of you about the outcome of the election. And today we're going to share your messages, your reactions, your thoughts, |
| 0:58.6 | your feelings. So thanks to everybody who sent us a message. Let's hear our first one. |
| 1:07.7 | Hi, this is James, and I'm calling from Michigan, and it's just kind of tough. I'm married to a trans man, and the future of what trans health care will be in the U.S. is a little scary to the both of us. |
| 1:13.6 | As far as like what we can do at this point is try and be local. Voting got us into this and |
| 1:21.6 | activism locally is the best way that I feel that I can make this a better place for the next four years. |
| 1:31.1 | So one of our editors here at Marketplace, Noia, is a trans woman, and I was talking to her yesterday |
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