Guest: Adam Green

Adam Green is Co-Founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, a grassroots organization with a million members that engages in electoral and issue advocacy work -- with a focus on economic populism and democracy issues. 

For four years, he worked as Director of Strategic Campaigns and Civic Communications Director for MoveOn.org

Special Guest: Morris Pearl

Morris Pearl is the Board Chair of the Patriotic Millionaires. Previously, Mr. Pearl was a managing director at BlackRock, one of the largest investment firms in the world. Prior to BlackRock, Mr. Pearl had a long tenure on Wall Street where he invented some of the securitization technology connecting America’s capital markets to consumers in need of credit. He co-authored Tax the Rich: How Lies, Loopholes and Lobbyists Make the Rich Richer, and the upcoming Pay the People: Why Fair Pay is Good for Business and Great for America.

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Guest: Michele Evermore

Michele Evermore is a Senior Fellow at the Century Foundation and former Biden Department of Labor official

This morning, the Labor Department released their October jobs report, showing that the US economy only added 12,000 jobs over the last month.

Michele Evermore is a Senior Fellow at the Century Foundation and former Biden Department of Labor official. This exciting interview talks about tax in the community and a woman's value in society is society should be equal to men.

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Wendy Li is a sociologist and fellow at the SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University. She studies the careers and social networks of policy professionals, and is writing a book about revolving door lobbyists. She has a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The Maggie Daun Show is a part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Monday through Friday from 2-4 pm across the network. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X and Instagram to keep up with Maggie and the show!

Maureen Kennedy is a philanthropist focusing on tax policy and K-12 education. A member of the Patriotic Millionaires, she believes that changes to our tax system will lead to a fairer deal for all Americans, and 2025 is the key moment to make those changes.

She was a licensed broker in the East Bay Hills near Oakland, CA.  Before that, she served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy at HUD during the Clinton Administration, and ran the Farmer’s Home Administration with a team of 5000 staffers across the country delivering housing and community assets to rural America.  She’s a graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School.

The Maggie Daun Show is a part of the Civic Media radio network and airs Monday through Friday from 2-4 pm across the network. Subscribe to the podcast to be sure not to miss out on a single episode! To learn more about the show and all of the programming across the Civic Media network, head over to https://civicmedia.us/shows to see the entire broadcast line up. Follow the show on Facebook, X and Instagram to keep up with Maggie and the show!

Guest: Bev Pestel 

Beverly Pestel is a retired chemistry professor who returned to her home state of Wisconsin to restore an old farmhouse and become a tree farmer in Richland County. After the 2016 election, she realized that standing on the sidelines politically was a mistake and began researching social and political issues. In 2022, she began writing columns for the small independent newspaper, Valley Sentinel, out of Spring Green.

She’s a member of Economic Equity Now, a nonpartisan group working towards a fairer tax code.

Guest: Karen Stewart

Dr. Karen Seal Stewart is a retired business professor, Real Estate Broker, Registered Investment Advisor, and Certified Financial Planner. 

She was the former owner/operator of 4 Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly, and is a member of the Patriotic Millionaires.

Special Guest: Morris Pearl

Morris Pearl is the Board Chair of the Patriotic Millionaires. Previously, Mr. Pearl was a managing director at BlackRock, one of the largest investment firms in the world. Prior to BlackRock, Mr. Pearl had a long tenure on Wall Street where he invented some of the securitization technology connecting America’s capital markets to consumers in need of credit. He co-authored Tax the Rich: How Lies, Loopholes and Lobbyists Make the Rich Richer, and the upcoming Pay the People: Why Fair Pay is Good for Business and Great for America.

Special Guest: David Sirota

David Sirota is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Lever, an investigative news outlet focused on exposing corruption in America. In 2022, he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay for conceiving the story for Netflix's Don't Look Up alongside co-writer and director Adam McKay. Sirota has been a columnist for Guardian US, editor-at-large for American left publication Jacobin and senior investigations editor for The International Business Times. He has also worked as television writer and radio host.

In politics, he has held roles such as campaign manager, fundraiser, spokesperson, strategist, and consultant for a variety of left-leaning Democratic candidates and office holders. He twice worked for Bernie Sanders, both when Sanders was a member of the House and as part of his 2020 presidential campaign, where he served as a senior advisor and speechwriter.