Facepalm America

Guest Dan McMillan, Executive Director of Save Democracy in America, joins us to discuss the Democracy Dollars program, a public campaign financing program that disperses money in Democracy Dollar vouchers to eligible residents. These residents are able to use the funds for campaigns to give the candidates of their choices resources.

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We're joined by Professor Heather Cox Richardson, author of the upcoming title Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America out September 26th to discuss how democracy has gotten to way it is and how to move our society ahead effectively going forward.

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Katherine Turk is the author of The Women of NOW: How Feminists Built an Organization that Transformed America; She joins to discuss the civil rights movement, the intense circumstances leading the founding of NOW, and how the feminist organization transformed America.

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Loren Grush, author of THE SIX: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts, joins us to explain exactly who The Six first female astronauts were, their histories and qualifications, and what challenges they had to face not only as astronauts, but also additional challenges as women.

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Cenk Uygur, author of Justice Is Coming: How Progressives Are Going to Take Over the Country and America Is Going to Love It, joins us to discuss the momentum of the progressive movement; We discuss the history of progressive politics, how progressives "will take over the country", and how to fight against facism.

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Robert Jay Lifton, author of Surviving Our Catastrophes: Resilience and Renewal from Hiroshima to the COVID-19 Pandemic, joins us to discuss natural disasters, pandemics, and how we've historically bounced back from all sorts of disasters, from Hiroshima to COVID.

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We're joined by Dr. Jacqueline Gudza, political commentator and professor at Western Connecticut State University, to discuss media literacy, how to determine facts or misinformation, and how the media has played its own role in the presidential election.

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Kathryn Edin, co-author of The Injustice of Place: Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America, breaks down how poverty "functions" in different parts of the U.S, urban vs rural poverty, and how the legacy of poverty has evolved and changed through the country over time.

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Kristin Urquiza is a co-founder of Marked By Covid, a pandemic justice and remembrance movement led by Covid grievers. We discuss Marked by Covid, and their message to memorialize those lost to the pandemic and document the preventable suffering caused by the U.S.’ pandemic response.

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We're joined by guest Mark Shayler, author of You Can't Make Money from a Dead Planet, to explore the journey towards sustainable business practices, the history of sustainability, and how to push toward a more thriving planet.

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