The Electorette

One year ago, last spring, six Asian-American women were murdered at an Atlanta Spa during one of many vicious attacks against members of the AAPI community in recent history. Run AAPI Executive Director Linh Nguyen discusses what has and has not changed for members of the AAPI community, and in addressing escalating hate crimes. She also discusses how we can promote reform from within via political action. 

I Am An American by Run AAPI

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Tatenda Musapatike, the Founder and CEO of the Voter Formation Project, discusses how social media companies, like Facebook, proliferate, and profit from political disinformation. She also explains why it takes so long for social media companies to respond to disinformation, and groups that could potentially foment violence. Additionally, we discuss whose job it is to hold social media companies accountable for their role in incubating, and spreading harmful disinformation, and misinformation. Lastly, we discuss The Facebook Papers.

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Emily Bingham, a historian and Louisville-native, has spent years examining the troubling history of this iconic American melody, the Kentucky's State Anthem, "My Old Kentucky Home." She provides an analysis and an historical context for the song's lyrics, and given it's problematic association with mistral shows, she addresses the question of how to move forward while learning from the country's painful legacy of slavery.

#KentuckyDerby #MyOldKentuckyHome

Book: MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME: THE ASTONISHING LIFE AND RECKONING OF AN ICONIC AMERICAN SONG 

Original Lyrics: My Old Kentucky Home Lyrics

Emily Bingham is a native of Louisville, Kentucky. She is the author of the prizewinning biography, Irrepressible: The Jazz Age Life of Henrietta Bingham, and a multigenerational family saga, Mordecai: An Early American Family. She currently serves as Visiting Honors Faculty Fellow at Bellarmine University.

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Lala Wu, the Executive Director of the Sister District Project, discusses the historic confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, and the impact and importance of having diverse representation at all levels of government. We also discuss the status of the Republican long-game to undermine democracy, specifically as it relates to redrawing congressional maps. Recently, Republicans attempted to apply a fringe constitutional theory called Independent State Legislature doctrine to further weaken voting rights in a few key states; Lala Wu explains why this strategy failed in the short-term, but may be a concern in the long run.

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Amanda Hunter, the Executive Director of the Barbara Lee Family Foundation, discusses the unique challenges women face in gubernatorial races. We discuss upcoming gubernatorial races like Stacey Abrams in Georgia and Nan Whaley in Ohio, as well as, biases in the way voters view a woman's preparedness to lead when seeking election to an executive level position.

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Emily Cherniack, Founder & Executive Director of New Politics, an organization focused on recruiting, and electing leaders who've served the country, through military service, discusses the those who've served in the military can bring to the table in elected positions. Emily also discusses two of New Politics' elected candidates, Representatives Abigail Spanberger of Virginia, and Seth Moulton of Massachusetts.

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Amanda Litman, Co-Founder & Co-Executive Director of Run For Something, a progressive political organization dedicated to recruiting and supporting young candidates running for down-ballot office, discusses the upcoming midterms, and how Democrats can counter threats to democracy by targeting down ballot races.

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Laura Packard is the Executive Director of Healthcare Voter, an organization that holds elected officials accountable for their votes on health care. Laura is also a healthcare advocate, and cancer survivor who credits the Affordable Care Act with saving her life; in this episode, she discusses the details of President Biden's Cancer Moonshot Initiative which aims to reduce cancer deaths by 50 percent over the next 25 years. Laura also hosts of the weekly show, CareTalk on @actdottv where listeners can call to get their questions about healthcare answered.

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Meagan Hatcher-Mays, the director of democracy policy at Indivisible, discusses the historic nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson, to the Supreme Court. We discuss Jackson's unimpeachable record as a federal appellate court judge, conservative pushback to her nomination, and why Jackson has been embraced by all factions of the Democratic Party, from progressives to moderates.

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Financial Journalist and co-host for NPR’s Planet Money podcast, Mary Childs, discusses her new book, "The Bond King: How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost It All."

The Bond King is the story of American Investor, and fund manager Bill Gross, who was the co-founder of the powerful, and wildly successful investment firm, PIMCO (Pacific Investment Management Co.). Gross also played a major role in helping shape the government's response to the 2008 financial crisis. We discuss Gross's influence on the bond market, his steep rise, and of course, his downfall.

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