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Speaker 1: Hi everyone, it's Sophia. Welcome to work in progress.

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Speaker 2: Please welcome to this day, Sophia.

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Speaker 1: Let me just put my notes down. My dog here

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Speaker 1: to copy of this book. You know, well, Hi Canada,

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Speaker 1: this is very cool.

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Speaker 3: I am.

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Speaker 1: I'm so thrilled to be here with you as a moderator,

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Speaker 1: as a dual citizen of the US and this great country,

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Speaker 1: and as a woman who believes very much in democracy. Now,

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Speaker 1: before I bring out the star of our show, there's

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Speaker 1: a few things we need to shore up here. You

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Speaker 1: and I Toronto. No, I am not related to the

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Speaker 1: former president of the United States. My dad is from Montreal,

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Speaker 1: which is why I know to say Montreal and not Montreal.

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Speaker 1: He is an artist, he's never been a politician. Yes,

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Speaker 1: I am an actor, you could say television personality, but

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Speaker 1: I do actually know the difference between domestic and foreign Wolcy,

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Speaker 1: would you think you'd be relevant in my other country?

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Speaker 4: Now?

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Speaker 1: As someone who's been volunteering in democratic politics for nearly

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Speaker 1: twenty years now, who hails from California, I have had

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Speaker 1: the deep honor of being represented by Vice President Kamala

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Speaker 1: Harris in a number of her roles serving the people.

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Speaker 1: From being a champion for small business women who've suffered violence,

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Speaker 1: the LGBT community, and both our love and our rights.

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Speaker 1: She's also, if I may say so, myself, really great

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Speaker 1: person to have announced that you're in love with a

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Speaker 1: woman on Instagram for you. She did that for me,

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Speaker 1: and it was basically my best claim to fame. All right, y'all,

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Speaker 1: are you ready to have a kiki with the vice president?

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Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen, Kamala Harris.

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Speaker 5: Good, thank you, thank you, thank you.

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Speaker 6: We're taking the time we spend some time with us

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Speaker 6: this afternoon.

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Speaker 4: Thank you.

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Speaker 6: It's great to see everybody.

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Speaker 4: Hi.

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Speaker 1: Hi, Well that made me emotional. Wow, there's so much

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Speaker 1: love in this room. Thank you for continuing.

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Speaker 6: For each other. Yeah, that's what we do. That's what

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Speaker 6: we all do.

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Speaker 1: But in a time that is really so divided. Thank

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Speaker 1: you for helping us gather in this way. It's really

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Speaker 1: profoundly meaningful.

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Speaker 6: We're all here together. Oh, we all here together.

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Speaker 1: Okay, before we dive into all the things, because twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty five really is twenty twenty fiving and even into

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Speaker 1: this magnificent window into this one hundred and seven days

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Speaker 1: you've given us, I actually really want to go back okay,

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Speaker 1: because you are someone who we know sort of. We

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Speaker 1: know your history, we know your record, we know all

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Speaker 1: these incredible things you've done. But if we could perform

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Speaker 1: a really cool science experiment and suddenly in this room

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Speaker 1: be on the playground with Kamala Harris at eight years old.

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Speaker 7: Oh.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, like, what would you see in her? What aspects

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Speaker 1: us who follow you recognize today?

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Speaker 4: You would not recognize that I was a pigeon toe

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Speaker 4: scrapes on my knees to prove it. You know, I

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Speaker 6: It's a real blessing, and I know it.

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Speaker 4: I grew up in an environment that every signal that

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Speaker 6: And I do believe that's how I think about it.

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Speaker 4: Children are the children of the community, sending them signals

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Speaker 4: the environment I grew up, and I grew up as

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Speaker 6: And you know that influenced me in.

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Speaker 4: Just very substantial ways about also, not only just intellectually

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Speaker 4: For whatever strength or weakness it is, for me, it

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Speaker 1: I think that that points to something that feels so

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Speaker 4: Or who witness it and either it instills in them

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Speaker 4: an injustice obviously against any of us, as an injustice

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Speaker 4: nobody should be made to fight alone. Nobody should be

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Speaker 4: made to fight alone. I mean, when I was growing up,

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Speaker 4: Actually her mom came to the convention with her. Stacy

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Speaker 1: I like that story. I got my first playground fight

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Speaker 1: people now. On that sort of humorous note, there's a

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Speaker 1: Michael Key says that the choice between you and your

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Speaker 1: And I don't just mean running against that man whose

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Speaker 6: That's just for me. Y'all can do whatever you want

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Speaker 1: I don't have to be as classy as her. I

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Speaker 1: vision that you've given us of not only what it

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Speaker 1: So like memos, plans, appointing staff, I mean, you were

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Speaker 4: So there are many reasons I wrote the book, and

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Speaker 4: And it turns out it was the closest presidential election

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Speaker 4: So I care deeply about this relationship between the United

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Speaker 4: One third of the US electorate voted for him, one

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Speaker 4: And I wasn't about to have history talk about it

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Speaker 6: It like a journal.

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Speaker 4: So the first chapter is that first day that I

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Speaker 4: And I write each chapter is a different day in

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Speaker 6: What we were all doing around that time. You know,

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Speaker 4: I'll tell you the and there were you know, there

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Speaker 6: This is the garbage they're pushing.

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Speaker 4: Success that we've achieved without the support of others. I've

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Speaker 4: had people in my life who have, and I hope

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Speaker 4: and want this for any and everyone you know. I

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Speaker 4: will say, make sure that especially when you're going through

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Speaker 4: something where you're in a competition, you're up for something.

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Speaker 6: You have ambition.

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Speaker 4: By the way, have ambition, I applaud that, but try

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Speaker 4: to have in your life that be intentional about maybe

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Speaker 4: that small group within the group of people you know,

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Speaker 4: who will be the ones who have some sense of

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Speaker 4: what you're going through and are the ones that you

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Speaker 4: can call late at night and laugh about the thing

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Speaker 4: you're not supposed to laugh about, or say the words

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Speaker 4: you may not say in the place where you pray,

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Speaker 4: or who will be with you and when you trip,

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Speaker 4: they will laugh at you, and then they will pick

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Speaker 4: you up and they will push you back out. It

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Speaker 4: is part of my success is because I've had those

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Speaker 4: people in my life, including my family.

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Speaker 6: Again, my aunt is here.

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Speaker 4: I had an extraordinary mother, her elder sister, my husband Dougie,

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Speaker 4: who sends his.

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Speaker 6: Love to everybody.

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Speaker 4: And it is they who have supported me in extraordinary ways.

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Speaker 6: And it is they who have sacrificed.

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Speaker 4: When I was in the United States Senate and I

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Speaker 4: was elected to the United States Senate the same night

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Speaker 4: that Trump was elected the first time, and it was

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Speaker 4: a very obviously bittersweet personal experience because I thought we

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Speaker 4: were going to have our first woman president that night,

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Speaker 4: and so I went to the Senate with a completely

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Speaker 4: different agenda than I thought i'd have, And I served

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Speaker 4: on the Senate Judicial Committee and ended up cross examining

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Speaker 4: a lot of.

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Speaker 6: People and.

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Speaker 4: Including people who now serve on the United States Supreme Court.

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Speaker 4: And one of those hearings was happening and I had

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Speaker 4: to be there, which meant that I missed.

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Speaker 6: Our daughter's high school graduation.

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Speaker 4: And it pained me to the point I was I

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Speaker 4: but if I hadn't been there, it was it literally

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Speaker 4: would have affected the outcome of the hearing. And I

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Speaker 4: could go on and on about examples. I mean, my

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Speaker 4: aunt is always saying, when you coming to Toronto.

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Speaker 6: I'm here, Chitty, I'm here right now. She made it,

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Speaker 6: We got her here.

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Speaker 4: You know. But so there are sacrifices that we all make,

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Speaker 4: right and I've made many, but my family and my

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Speaker 4: friends have made those sacrifices with me. But you know,

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Speaker 4: it's also about having moments where we can be together

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Speaker 4: in celebration of the victories, whether it be the work

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Speaker 4: that we have done that has been about you know,

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Speaker 4: one of my areas of focus maternal mortality and extending

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Speaker 4: benefits for postpartum care for women.

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Speaker 6: I could go on and on.

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Speaker 4: This is not a campaign event to give you on.

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Speaker 6: My accomplishments, but.

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Speaker 4: There are those high points where the work and the

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Speaker 4: sacrifice is completely diminished as compared to the impact.

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Speaker 1: And now a word from our wonderful sponsors. It strikes

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Speaker 1: me that you always carry your people into rooms with you.

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Speaker 1: You know, you talk about your aunt who's here. You

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Speaker 1: talk about all of your family so beautifully. You write

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Speaker 1: in the book about your mother. Yeah, and she appears

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Speaker 1: over and over again in your story as both a

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Speaker 1: compass and an anchor. And I'm curious, in the moments

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Speaker 1: of the most intense political pressure, be it grilling that

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Speaker 1: Supreme co or a candidate. Thank you for that. I

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Speaker 1: was screaming at the TV at home when that happened.

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Speaker 1: No shock to anyone who knows me. You know you

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Speaker 1: you stand up for people, and I have a hunch

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Speaker 1: that it's because you see the faces of the people

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Speaker 1: you love in every room. You're advocating in and I'm curious,

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Speaker 1: in moments like that, when things are so intense, or

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Speaker 1: in moments like you describe in the book, are there

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Speaker 1: faces or voices that always rise above the noise for you?

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Speaker 4: Certainly my mother is one of them. My baby nieces

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Speaker 4: are also those voices. I write in the book. In fact,

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Speaker 4: they appear in the very first chapter because we were

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Speaker 4: we just had pancakes and bacon and sausages, and I

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Speaker 4: was in my sweats and I hadn't showered when I

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Speaker 4: got the news that I was going to be running

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Speaker 4: for president in the United States.

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Speaker 6: If my memory serves me, craigly, you were.

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Speaker 1: On the floor.

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Speaker 4: We were cross legged on the floor doing a puzzle,

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Speaker 4: which is the best thing to do with me, your

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Speaker 4: very young children for hours at a time and get

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Speaker 4: everyone engage. Yeah, that's where we were at. So their voices,

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Speaker 4: you know, my mother's voice. I hear my mother's voice

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Speaker 4: a lot. You know, when I ran for Attorney general.

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Speaker 4: It was when my mother, as it turned out, was

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Speaker 4: dying of cancer, and I took care of her and I,

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Speaker 4: you know, as any of you have sadly experienced, we

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Speaker 4: were back and forth to the hospital a lot.

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Speaker 6: And there was one day we were at the hospital.

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Speaker 4: She was in the bed, she was exhausted, and I

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Speaker 4: was sitting next to her on a chair and she

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Speaker 4: was on the bed and she was looking in that

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Speaker 4: direction and I was here, and she said she was

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Speaker 4: very tired, and she said, how's the race for Attorney

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Speaker 4: General coming? And I looked at her and I said, well, mommy,

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Speaker 4: they said they're going to kick my ano. And my

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Speaker 4: mother turned around and looked at me and smiled.

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Speaker 6: Because she knew what they were in for. In that

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Speaker 6: smile was a Darren and that was that smile. That

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Speaker 6: smile was brand on, you know. But you know, like I.

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Speaker 4: Said about like that that group of people that you

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Speaker 4: should have with you. So in the beginning, I thought

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Speaker 4: one of those people in that group should be my mother.

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Speaker 4: And then I realized that was a huge mistake because

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Speaker 4: she just wanted to kick everybody's ass, and so I'd

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Speaker 4: have to spend full time talking her in town. And

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Speaker 4: so I realized, yet, no, Mommy cannot be a part

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Speaker 4: of that group because it would be disastrous for other people. Yes,

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Speaker 4: I know those are the voices and again and that

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Speaker 4: I think it's just very intentional in life, and I've

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Speaker 4: learned this through all that I've experienced in terms of

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Speaker 4: highs and lows, to try as much as possible and

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Speaker 4: be intentional about who's in your life and to the

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Speaker 4: extent that we have the luxury or ability to make

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Speaker 4: choices about who is in that closest circle, and that

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Speaker 4: makes life better.

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Speaker 6: I think when we do that.

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Speaker 1: You watched your mom March for Justice, organize help to

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Speaker 1: isolate the progesterone gene that absolutely changed breast oncology eventually

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Speaker 1: suffer from cancer herself. It's such a beautiful American dream

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Speaker 1: story and a really crushing reminder that no matter how

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Speaker 1: you live, or where you live, or what you do,

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Speaker 1: you can't avoid you know, illness life. The things you

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Speaker 1: advocate as a leader to help people through, to open

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Speaker 1: more access, to open more pathways to care. And you

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Speaker 1: wrote in your book talking about her legacy, how special

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Speaker 1: it was close to the end of the run, that

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Speaker 1: it happened to be Pink Sunday, a day of prayer

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Speaker 1: for breast cancer sufferers and keep it lost in October,

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Speaker 1: and how that fell on your birthday and you got

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Speaker 1: to be with all of these people and be reminded

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Speaker 1: of you know unity you write about the parable of

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Speaker 1: Isaiah to be encouraged not to otherwise, not to see

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Speaker 1: a stranger but a neighbor. Can you share a little

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Speaker 1: bit about that moment. It's such a personal one in

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Speaker 1: such a national time. But I I'm so struck by

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Speaker 1: the way you were able to be covered in a

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Speaker 1: day that was hard to miss her and in a

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Speaker 1: big day in your own life.

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Speaker 4: That day was so it was days before the election.

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Speaker 4: So my birthday is October twentieth. The election was on November.

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Speaker 1: Would be belated birthday President.

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Speaker 6: Okay, that's not my point, but thank you, thank you.

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Speaker 6: I had to do it, and.

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Speaker 4: I was, of course campaigning, and it was in October

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Speaker 4: is always in the state's breast cancer Awareness month, and

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Speaker 4: that particular Sunday obviously happened to follow my birthday, and

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Speaker 4: it was a special day because the congregation, in particular

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Speaker 4: all the women were in pink to commemorate breast cancer

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Speaker 4: awareness and my mother really did and I learned it

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Speaker 4: again at a young agent's part of the fight that

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Speaker 4: I've always been engaged in is to fight for the

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Speaker 4: dignity of women in the healthcare system. And that was

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Speaker 4: the day that in particular that close to the election

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Speaker 4: was a reinforcement of why we're in the fight, because

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Speaker 4: still there is so much work we have to do,

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Speaker 4: certainly in the States on the issue of women's health

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Speaker 4: and reproductive health and the dignity that women deserve in

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Speaker 4: the healthcare system. We still have one of the highest

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Speaker 4: maternal mortality rates of any so called wealthy country in

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Speaker 4: the world.

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Speaker 6: We still have globally, so much.

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Speaker 4: Work to do that is about increasing funding and resources

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Speaker 4: that go into scientific research around the health issues that

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Speaker 4: specifically impact women's bodies. And it is part of my fight.

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Speaker 4: It is always going to be part of my fight again,

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Speaker 4: you know. I think what's interesting also in terms of

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Speaker 4: what you've been witnessing recently is people ask, what are

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Speaker 4: some of the biggest differences between Republicans in terms of

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Speaker 4: the elected party representatives and Democrats in elected office, And

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Speaker 4: probably one of the biggest differences in the United States

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Speaker 4: is the fight and who's waging the fight for affordable

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Speaker 4: health care. And again, it really does come down to

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Speaker 4: as much as anything, Yes, equality and fairness and justice,

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Speaker 4: but also dignity and undercurrent for me and most of

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Speaker 4: my work has been just that point, which is the

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Speaker 4: dignity to which everyone is entitled, but if you look

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Speaker 4: at certain disparities and systems, you will do not receive.

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Speaker 6: And that is the point.

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Speaker 4: When we talk about equity, when we talk about diversity,

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Speaker 4: when we talk about inclusion, these issues fundamentally are also

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Speaker 4: about dignity and recognizing the dignity in each other. And

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Speaker 4: so that day represented one of those days, and there

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Speaker 4: are many days like that.

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Speaker 1: It's really beautiful. It's a passage that reads in such

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Speaker 1: a moving way in the book because it feels like

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Speaker 1: you just got some sort of like sign, you know,

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Speaker 1: some really special moment from her, and to your larger

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Speaker 1: point about how she inspired you to look at the

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Speaker 1: standing of women in the world, the way we are treated,

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Speaker 1: the way we are often held back, and arenas like healthcare.

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Speaker 1: You know, the book touches on being underestimated. There are

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Speaker 1: passages that I read along with photographs and to girlfriends

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Speaker 1: who were like you tell them, you know, talking about

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Speaker 1: how we've got to work twice as hard to get

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Speaker 1: to the same starting line. And you had a great

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Speaker 1: conversation about this with Cardi b. I was obsessed. You've

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Speaker 1: really taken it into every arena and I'm curious where

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Speaker 1: you felt like for you, as this candidate who had

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Speaker 1: to do so much catching up in just that three

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Speaker 1: and a half months. You spoke of is there a

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Speaker 1: point on the trail when you felt like that shifted

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Speaker 1: or do you feel like it was close to shifting

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Speaker 1: and you just needed a little more time.

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Speaker 4: There's no question we needed more time. But the momentum

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Speaker 4: was absolutely on our side.

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Speaker 6: And.

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Speaker 4: The you know, as you s mentioned earlier, Sophia, there

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Speaker 4: was there was an enthusiasm about what is possible? Dare

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Speaker 4: I say joy?

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Speaker 6: And it continued to grow.

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Speaker 4: And again one of my great experiences in those hundred

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Speaker 4: and seven days was as the room would grow larger

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Speaker 4: and larger, you would see that people who seemingly had

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Speaker 4: nothing in common knew they had everything in common. But

666
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Speaker 4: what we needed more time. I mean, running for president

667
00:45:53,560 --> 00:45:58,440
Speaker 4: of the United States means you have to earn the vote,

668
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Speaker 4: and I was keenly and fully aware of that. You

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Speaker 4: can't assume that anyone is going to vote for you.

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Speaker 4: You got to arm the vote. And that was. As

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Speaker 4: you read the book, you will see perhaps the tension

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Speaker 4: in the short time we had to talk with as

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Speaker 4: many people as possible, you know, marketing people will say

674
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Speaker 4: that someone needs to hear the same message three times

675
00:46:26,400 --> 00:46:32,920
Speaker 4: before they actually absorb it. So that's about repetition. The

676
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Speaker 4: campaign in the one hundred and seven days, although obviously national,

677
00:46:38,719 --> 00:46:45,600
Speaker 4: really focused on seven states, the swing states, and it

678
00:46:45,680 --> 00:46:50,080
Speaker 4: was about going back to those states as frequently as possible,

679
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Speaker 4: while not neglecting other states, but knowing that this is

680
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Speaker 4: where the decision would be made. And so the task

681
00:46:59,360 --> 00:47:05,040
Speaker 4: at hand was to be present. It was to give

682
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Speaker 4: people understanding of my background and my accomplishments.

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Speaker 6: You know.

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Speaker 4: One of the things that I enjoyed. You've asked a

685
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Speaker 4: lot of questions about just what the personal experiences brought

686
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Speaker 4: to bear on the campaign. It includes during the convention,

687
00:47:26,040 --> 00:47:30,520
Speaker 4: the Democratic Convention, I gave a speech that I took

688
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Speaker 4: a lot of time thinking about and preparing. That was

689
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Speaker 4: what I knew would be an introduction or reintroduction, and

690
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Speaker 4: part of what I talked about there, you'll appreciate this

691
00:47:42,280 --> 00:47:46,640
Speaker 4: is that I have a family by blood and a

692
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Speaker 4: family by love, and.

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Speaker 6: They are both family.

694
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Speaker 4: I talked, yes, you know, but explaining that my sister

695
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Speaker 4: and I would would ride around the neighborhood on our

696
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Speaker 4: banana seat bikes, anybody remember those exactly. I talked about

697
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Speaker 4: my best friend from high school, Wanda, who is here

698
00:48:13,040 --> 00:48:15,320
Speaker 4: and she and I were in high school together in Montreal.

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Speaker 4: I talked about who I am as a person in

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Speaker 4: my life experiences, including my priorities, which included, for example,

701
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Speaker 4: that as president of the United States, I intended to

702
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Speaker 4: honor our relationships with our allies and understand the importance

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Speaker 4: of the interconnection and interdependence, and the importance of honoring

704
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Speaker 4: the relationship and its history. But I needed to do

705
00:48:47,880 --> 00:48:51,480
Speaker 4: that as much as possible to let the people who

706
00:48:51,520 --> 00:48:54,360
Speaker 4: were going to invest their time in thought about who would.

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Speaker 6: Be their next president.

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Speaker 4: In knowing who I am, there was the work to

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Speaker 4: do about introducing policy. You know, one of the things

710
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Speaker 4: I write about in the book is that I had

711
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Speaker 4: my focus on policy really was about something I think

712
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Speaker 4: Democrats have got to do better, which is focusing on

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Speaker 4: the here and now issues. You know, our administration did

714
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Speaker 4: extraordinary work, including honoring the relationships. But if I had

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Speaker 4: to do it differently, I would have delayed the infrastructure

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Speaker 4: bill that we did and the CHIPSAC bill that we

717
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Speaker 4: did that was about obviously upgrading the America's infrastructure and

718
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Speaker 4: investing in chips, and I would have first done the

719
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Speaker 4: affordable childcare, extending the child tax credit and pay leave

720
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Speaker 4: as the first thing that we would have done as

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Speaker 4: an administration to address the here and now issues in

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Speaker 4: my campaign. That is why as my priority policy were

723
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Speaker 4: to offer for the first time that we would give

724
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Speaker 4: a twenty five thousand dollars down payment for first time

725
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Speaker 4: home buyers. That we would take on corporate organizations that

726
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Speaker 4: were buying up properties and jacking up rents, that I

727
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Speaker 4: would take on predatory practices that included price gouging, something

728
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Speaker 4: I dealt with when I was Attorney General.

729
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Speaker 6: These were the things that.

730
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Speaker 4: I was offering as a new policy approach to dealing

731
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Speaker 4: with everyday issues one hundred and seven days to let

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Speaker 4: everybody know, and it took time. One of the policies

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Speaker 4: that I still feel so strongly about as a segue

734
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Speaker 4: on healthcare, was again, we have a very different healthcare

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Speaker 4: system in the United States and Canada, and the healthcare

736
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Speaker 4: system that exists now has Although we have the Affordable

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Speaker 4: Care Act, which was an incredible breakthrough, there's still so

738
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Speaker 4: many holes in the system, including what it means for

739
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Speaker 4: what we and I refer to as the Sandwich generation,

740
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Speaker 4: people who are raising their young children while they're taking

741
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Speaker 4: care of their senior relatives and parents. They're in the

742
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Speaker 4: Sandwich generation, and for so many who are there, it

743
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Speaker 4: is almost impossible to take care of both. So I

744
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Speaker 4: was as part of my policy and did all the

745
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Speaker 4: homework that it was absolutely something that was feasible and

746
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Speaker 4: could be done. Would have offered Medicare to cover home

747
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Speaker 4: health care for people who are in that situation so

748
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Speaker 4: they don't have to quit their job, which means paying

749
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Speaker 4: rent to be able to take care of their children,

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Speaker 4: take care of their elder relatives, and then be completely

751
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Speaker 4: overwhelmed and bankrupt again. To talk with the number of

752
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Speaker 4: people that needed to hear this and for them to

753
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Speaker 4: be able to hear it and know it in one

754
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Speaker 4: hundred and seven days was a huge challenge. Part of

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Speaker 4: the momentum that I'm referring to in terms of what

756
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Speaker 4: we were building. If you track it, you can see

757
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Speaker 4: that as more people started to hear Yeah, that's that

758
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Speaker 4: I attribute to the momentum about the growth.

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Speaker 6: And so there you are.

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Speaker 4: But these are the realities of running for president or

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Speaker 4: any office, and I don't bemoan the responsibility which is

762
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Speaker 4: that the candidate must earn the support.

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Speaker 1: And now a word from our sponsors. If you could

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Speaker 1: go back to that first day one hundred and seven

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Speaker 1: and rate yourself a post it note to slap on

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Speaker 1: your mirror, what would it say being able to look

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Speaker 1: back it?

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Speaker 6: Get more days, get more days.

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Speaker 1: I want that too.

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Speaker 4: But here's the other thing that I will mention about

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Speaker 4: what I write about, and a challenge that we are

772
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Speaker 4: all facing right now that I think is under estimated

773
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Speaker 4: in terms of its impact on democracy and the well

774
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Speaker 4: being and health of us as societies, and that is

775
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Speaker 4: the issue of missing disinformation.

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Speaker 6: It is profound and I.

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Speaker 4: Most recently, probably in one of the most public ways,

778
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Speaker 4: have been the subject of miss and disinformation. And I

779
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Speaker 4: will tell you that if we want to deconstruct the

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Speaker 4: concern that we have about divisions in society and challenges

781
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Speaker 4: and threats to democracy, this is one of the issues

782
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Speaker 4: that we have got to.

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Speaker 6: Take on with force. Often.

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Speaker 4: I am actually suggesting to people who are having disagreements

785
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Speaker 4: with people who voted differently than them in the last election,

786
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Speaker 4: is I think we have to we have to think

787
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Speaker 4: about are we making certain assumptions and challenge those assumptions,

788
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Speaker 4: and one of them is the assumption that the person

789
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Speaker 4: who voted differently than us is working with the same

790
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Speaker 4: information we are. Bob Bart and I purposely, by the way,

791
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Speaker 4: said information, not fact, because two plus two equals for

792
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Speaker 4: every day of the year, but different information. And the

793
00:54:36,120 --> 00:54:40,080
Speaker 4: reality of it is that mis and disinformation being widely

794
00:54:40,200 --> 00:54:43,839
Speaker 4: spread is not a new phenomena in terms of the

795
00:54:43,880 --> 00:54:47,719
Speaker 4: threats to a democracy. It has always existed, whether it

796
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Speaker 4: be you know, the wide dissemination of flyers and all that.

797
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Speaker 4: But what we are seeing now is that unlike before

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Speaker 4: where for it to widely, to disseminate widely, it would

799
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Speaker 4: really take nation states ability to do that, usually adversarial

800
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Speaker 4: now because of the Internet and technology which has otherwise

801
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Speaker 4: democratized voices, and there is a strength to that, but

802
00:55:15,800 --> 00:55:20,280
Speaker 4: it is also lowered the bar of entry for those

803
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Speaker 4: who want to engage.

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Speaker 6: In missing disinformation.

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Speaker 4: And if it's hot enough, it will attract forces that

806
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Speaker 4: allow it to grow quickly, and it is a huge

807
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Speaker 4: challenge I've been convening. First of all, I love gen Z,

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Speaker 4: I love gen Z, I love this.

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Speaker 6: Generation of people. Go on, just go for it.

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Speaker 4: I'm gen Z, by the way, for anyone who does

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Speaker 4: not know. They are at least in the States, and

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Speaker 4: I'm pretty sure here in Canada they are demographically a

813
00:55:57,880 --> 00:56:04,400
Speaker 4: larger population than boomers. They are between about age thirteen

814
00:56:04,480 --> 00:56:09,360
Speaker 4: and twenty eight. They have only known the climate crisis.

815
00:56:11,120 --> 00:56:16,080
Speaker 4: They lost critical phases of their education and socialization during

816
00:56:16,080 --> 00:56:23,279
Speaker 4: the pandemic. It is estimated that they will, upon graduation

817
00:56:23,400 --> 00:56:27,279
Speaker 4: from high school or college, have in their lifetime ten

818
00:56:27,360 --> 00:56:32,320
Speaker 4: to twelve jobs, whereas older generations came out of high school,

819
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Speaker 4: came out of college that one job is where they retired.

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Speaker 6: They are acutely aware.

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Speaker 4: If you have anyone in your life who is college

822
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Speaker 4: age or in college, they are acutely aware that what

823
00:56:44,360 --> 00:56:47,839
Speaker 4: they are studying now may or may not lead to

824
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Speaker 4: an employable job because of technology. And in convening them

825
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Speaker 4: as I've been, one of the things they will share

826
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Speaker 4: with me is one that they are aware of how

827
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Speaker 4: they are basically a commodity in the way that technology

828
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Speaker 4: is playing around around social media. But a point that

829
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Speaker 4: they are also raising with me often is we intuitively

830
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Speaker 4: know and can decipher miss and disinformation, but where do

831
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Speaker 4: we go for accurate information? Yes, and so as we

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Speaker 4: move forward and certainly as I think about it. That

833
00:57:31,480 --> 00:57:35,240
Speaker 4: is one of the challenges we face is how do

834
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Speaker 4: we ground these discussions that are in particular, when we

835
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Speaker 4: are faced with a disagreement of at least opinion, have

836
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Speaker 4: as our entry point not the difference of opinion, but

837
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Speaker 4: a query about whether we're working with.

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Speaker 6: The same information, yeah.

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Speaker 4: As a beginning point, and then also having some idea

840
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Speaker 4: about where we are all collectively trust to be the

841
00:58:03,120 --> 00:58:06,840
Speaker 4: sources of accurate information. But I mention again gen Z,

842
00:58:07,040 --> 00:58:10,000
Speaker 4: because they're not for the most part, and I say

843
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Speaker 4: this to people of my generation.

844
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Speaker 6: They're not watching the evening news.

845
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Speaker 4: They're not and a lot of their information, for example,

846
00:58:19,440 --> 00:58:21,600
Speaker 4: they're getting on TikTok Instagram.

847
00:58:22,080 --> 00:58:25,760
Speaker 6: Right. And so, as we are thinking about the.

848
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Speaker 4: Future of democracies, the future of society, how we are

849
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Speaker 4: going to deal with what we see and feel and

850
00:58:32,160 --> 00:58:35,640
Speaker 4: witness to be the divisions in society, one of the

851
00:58:35,680 --> 00:58:38,840
Speaker 4: issues that we have to confront and really think about

852
00:58:39,600 --> 00:58:44,160
Speaker 4: is this issue of where and how do we share

853
00:58:44,280 --> 00:58:48,640
Speaker 4: accurate information. And interestingly enough, and I can tell you

854
00:58:48,760 --> 00:58:50,840
Speaker 4: it certainly in politics.

855
00:58:50,280 --> 00:58:53,520
Speaker 6: It is we know it to be true.

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00:58:53,840 --> 00:58:59,600
Speaker 4: Some of the most reliable and trusted sources of information

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00:58:59,720 --> 00:59:04,720
Speaker 4: for an individual or people they know. So I offer

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00:59:04,800 --> 00:59:12,160
Speaker 4: that to the friends here to reinforce don't ever underestimate

859
00:59:12,240 --> 00:59:17,440
Speaker 4: your power to have conversations with the people in your life.

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00:59:17,480 --> 00:59:19,760
Speaker 6: Colleagues, friends, neighbors.

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Speaker 4: Which are grounded and sharing information about the things you

862
00:59:25,200 --> 00:59:29,680
Speaker 4: know to be accurate and true with you know, and

863
00:59:30,400 --> 00:59:32,840
Speaker 4: do that knowing that you should not assume that we're

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Speaker 4: all working with the same information.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, figuring out how to get back to the

866
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Speaker 1: foundation of the house being facts and not the phrase

867
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Speaker 1: coined by you know who downstairs, because alternative facts are

868
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Speaker 1: not a thing.

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Speaker 6: They're all lots downstairs from you. Who are you talking

870
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Speaker 6: about I'm talking about I'm.

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Speaker 1: Talking about America is like the crazy is your favor

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00:59:57,120 --> 01:00:04,400
Speaker 1: sometimes to Canada, like, man, who is that person? And

873
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Speaker 1: she's like you move to the East Coast and suddenly

874
01:00:06,760 --> 01:00:13,520
Speaker 1: your neighbors are crazy. No, it's us, and like, you know,

875
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Speaker 1: there's facts or there's lives. Frankly, we've got to have

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Speaker 1: the foundation be let's meet to talk about the facts

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Speaker 1: and then figure out, with our differences of opinion, how

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Speaker 1: we're going to build the house. And I'm thrilled that

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Speaker 1: this is something you're focusing on it's you know, I've

880
01:00:32,840 --> 01:00:34,800
Speaker 1: got a thousand more cards and we're running out of time,

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Speaker 1: so I'm not going to be able to ask all

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Speaker 1: those questions. But particularly watching you move into new media

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Speaker 1: despite not having had all that many days. You know,

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Speaker 1: I say this as a person.

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Speaker 6: Who has a podcast.

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Speaker 1: Podcast equipment has gotten far too inexpensive.

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Speaker 6: Some people, I'm like, you shouldn't have a podcast.

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Speaker 1: You're literally spouting the live parts that are going to

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Speaker 1: get people killed.

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Speaker 6: Stop it.

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Speaker 1: So knowing that you are on the case of helping

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Speaker 1: us cut through some of the noise and return to

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Speaker 1: some truth telling thrills me. Dare I say, it makes

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Speaker 1: me feel hopeful, and hope can feel in the world

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Speaker 1: right now, not just for us and you know, folks

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Speaker 1: in the United States, but I think globally, hope can

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Speaker 1: feel like a radical act right now. And it strikes

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Speaker 1: me that you are moving through your leadership clearly and

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Speaker 1: tactically and with hope. You're not letting go of the

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Speaker 1: joy that you gave to us last year. And I'm

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Speaker 1: curious for you when you look at the landscape of

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Speaker 1: your life right now and you look at what you're

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Speaker 1: excited about, what feels like you're work in progress.

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Speaker 4: You know, when I look at when I look at

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Speaker 4: gen Z, when I look at the young people, when

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Speaker 4: I look at those who are young, whatever your age,

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Speaker 4: who we still.

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Speaker 6: Have a glimmer and a light.

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Speaker 4: And I just I've strongly believe that no election or

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Speaker 4: individuals should be allowed to defeat our spirit, because then

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Speaker 4: the bad guys are winning.

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Speaker 6: Right, you can't let something defeat your spirit. And I

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Speaker 6: feel that way.

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Speaker 4: I feel that you never let anyone take your power

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Speaker 4: from you. And there's so much worth fighting for. Look,

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Speaker 4: you know, for those of us who have and everyone

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Speaker 4: here has experienced some conflict, some form of defeat or disappointment.

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Speaker 4: But wherever you started your day, we're all here together

919
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Speaker 4: and that tells us something about ourselves, that it.

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Speaker 6: Is our nature.

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Speaker 4: And I don't suggest that we should be blind to

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Speaker 4: what's happening. I don't suggest that we should be deeply

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Speaker 4: troubled and angry and you know, and you know, depressed

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Speaker 4: and sad and all of those things. Those are good

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Speaker 4: emotions to have when you care.

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Speaker 6: It's important to care.

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Speaker 4: And then we got to just say, Okay, I understand

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Speaker 4: what's happening here. I'm going to get back out there

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Speaker 4: because there are going to be people there when I

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Speaker 4: go back out there, and we're going to need to

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Speaker 4: see each other. I mean, I ask you just look

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Speaker 4: at the person next to you and say, hey, how

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Speaker 4: you doing.

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Speaker 6: Just like, look, we're all here together. Hi, we're all

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Speaker 6: here together right now. It's really great. You know, it's

936
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Speaker 6: really great. We're all here together. Yeah, you know. And

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Speaker 6: let's hold on to these feelings.

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Speaker 4: This is who by this is who we are by nature,

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Speaker 4: and we can't be defeated because there's too much worth.

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Speaker 4: There's so much to do and so much good to do.

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Speaker 1: So it's refusing defeat. It's like you said, you can,

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Speaker 1: you can concede an election, but not the fight for

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Speaker 1: who we.

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Speaker 4: Are absolutely right, And to that point, Sophia is so

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Speaker 4: in the rallies, I would end every rally with a

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Speaker 4: call and response, which is that I would say when

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Speaker 4: we fight, and the audience would say, we win.

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Speaker 6: Because I believe that an election night and writing.

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Speaker 4: That chapter of the book was probably the most difficult

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Speaker 4: thing I've ever done. So that night, our plan was

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Speaker 4: that we would have gone to the campus of my

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Speaker 4: alma mater, Howard University.

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Speaker 6: To give a victory speech.

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Speaker 4: We thought we were going to win, and of course

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Speaker 4: that is not what happened. And so I had to

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Speaker 4: figure out the speech I was going to give the

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Speaker 4: next day to all the people who came back assembled

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Speaker 4: from the night before, and I was just battling with myself.

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Speaker 4: I have to figure out how to reconcile for the

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Speaker 4: people who are there and everyone who heard me and

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Speaker 4: believe me when I said, we fight, we win. I

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Speaker 4: had to reconcile that, because it was not when I

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Speaker 4: said that, and then given the outcome it was, it

964
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Speaker 4: was not as trite as all you win some, you

965
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Speaker 4: lose some.

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Speaker 6: And on my.

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Speaker 4: Way to Howard to the university, I actually wrote into

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Speaker 4: my speech the thing that I believe equally to that.

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Speaker 4: And sometimes the fight takes a while, yep. And sometimes

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Speaker 4: the fight takes a while, right, So let's understand the

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Speaker 4: nature of it.

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Speaker 6: And be up for it, and.

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Speaker 4: In the process have joy, have a sense of community,

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Speaker 4: find time to laugh, find time to sing and to dance,

975
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Speaker 4: eat good food, and fight. All these things coexist in

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Speaker 4: a beautiful way. Yeah, in a beautiful way.

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Speaker 1: The moral arc of the universe is long. It's long,

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Speaker 1: and we have to remember to stay engaged for the

979
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Speaker 1: long haul. And now a word from our sponsors who

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Speaker 1: make the show possible. It's a perfect segue to the

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Speaker 1: Q and A from some of our audience. I asked

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Speaker 1: for you, Sarah is asking on behalf of my twelve

983
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Speaker 1: year old nephew, Darius. What advice would you give to

984
01:07:39,120 --> 01:07:43,919
Speaker 1: youth like him who want to pursue a future in politics?

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Speaker 1: How do you A?

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Speaker 6: Where are you?

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Speaker 4: Hi?

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Speaker 6: Sarah is Deriah's here? Hid by you?

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01:08:00,480 --> 01:08:04,040
Speaker 4: Oh, I'm so glad you're here and that you guys

990
01:08:04,080 --> 01:08:08,880
Speaker 4: are here together. See, this is why we're excited, right,

991
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Speaker 4: this is why we're excited.

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Speaker 6: So here is the thing, Dearias.

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Speaker 4: So first of all, I have to tell you that

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Speaker 4: I'm so excited you're here, and I love seeing our

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Speaker 4: young leaders. I believe we are all born as leaders

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Speaker 4: and it's just a matter of when you decide to

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Speaker 4: turn it on. And the fact that you're here means

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Speaker 4: you have decided already, And that's the beginning step if

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Speaker 4: you want to be in politics. Here's what I would

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Speaker 4: encourage you to do. Think about and talk with people

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Speaker 4: about the Ask people in your life what are the

1002
01:08:52,439 --> 01:08:55,759
Speaker 4: things that make you afraid and what are the things

1003
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Speaker 4: that make you hopeful and then start to listen to

1004
01:09:00,800 --> 01:09:05,440
Speaker 4: what they're talking about, and it may be they are

1005
01:09:05,920 --> 01:09:10,719
Speaker 4: afraid about the climate crisis. And then if they talk

1006
01:09:10,760 --> 01:09:13,479
Speaker 4: to you about that, I want you to do some

1007
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Speaker 4: research to understand exactly what is the nature of the crisis.

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Speaker 6: You're going to find that human behavior has a lot

1009
01:09:20,000 --> 01:09:26,360
Speaker 6: to do with it. Find out what people are hopeful about.

1010
01:09:26,880 --> 01:09:30,320
Speaker 4: Maybe it's that they're starting a family, and then you're

1011
01:09:30,360 --> 01:09:32,559
Speaker 4: going to think about, well, what would make for a

1012
01:09:32,600 --> 01:09:37,040
Speaker 4: healthy family, and that could be about the education of

1013
01:09:37,080 --> 01:09:41,200
Speaker 4: the children, the health care that they have, their ability

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01:09:41,240 --> 01:09:45,519
Speaker 4: to afford a home, and listen to these things, and

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01:09:45,560 --> 01:09:48,559
Speaker 4: then pay attention to what just kind of gives you

1016
01:09:48,600 --> 01:09:52,200
Speaker 4: a little tingle, like, oh, that's something.

1017
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Speaker 6: I want to know more about.

1018
01:09:54,640 --> 01:09:57,200
Speaker 4: Because if you're going to decide to get in politics,

1019
01:09:57,880 --> 01:10:01,760
Speaker 4: you have to have a purpose that is bigger than yourself,

1020
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Speaker 4: and it's about figuring out how you can help people,

1021
01:10:06,880 --> 01:10:09,960
Speaker 4: but connect it to something that gives you a sense

1022
01:10:09,960 --> 01:10:13,320
Speaker 4: of passion which you are ready to fight for it.

1023
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Speaker 4: You stay up at night thinking about it, And that's

1024
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Speaker 4: how I want you to think about it.

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Speaker 6: Okay, high five, virtually, high five, virtually there we are.

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Speaker 1: Beautiful Alexa would like to know for those of us

1027
01:10:33,320 --> 01:10:36,240
Speaker 1: who might never run for office but want to make

1028
01:10:36,280 --> 01:10:39,320
Speaker 1: a difference where we are, what is a small action

1029
01:10:40,080 --> 01:10:42,160
Speaker 1: you actually think is powerful?

1030
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Speaker 6: Where's Alexa? Where are you? Hi?

1031
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Speaker 4: Hi? So, first of all, I want you to never

1032
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Speaker 4: refer to yourself as doing small things.

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Speaker 6: Okay, just don't do that.

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Speaker 4: I also like, please don't ever say sorry unless you

1035
01:10:59,240 --> 01:11:00,240
Speaker 4: break something.

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Speaker 6: Like you know what I mean?

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Speaker 4: You know, Oh, I'm sorry. I have a question. No,

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Speaker 4: just asked the question. There is no small There's no

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Speaker 4: small thing you can do. One of the things I think,

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Speaker 4: so first of all, being involved in campaigns and policy

1041
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Speaker 4: around advocacy around the policies that you care about is

1042
01:11:28,960 --> 01:11:32,320
Speaker 4: very important. I think one of the things, especially now

1043
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Speaker 4: that is incredibly important is figure out in your community

1044
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Speaker 4: where there are nonprofits that are doing work that is

1045
01:11:42,320 --> 01:11:44,599
Speaker 4: the work that you care about. So many of our

1046
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Speaker 4: nonprofits are just stretched around their resources, be it the

1047
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Speaker 4: people who work there or they're you know, just their funding.

1048
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Speaker 4: And when a stranger walks in and says or calls

1049
01:11:56,400 --> 01:11:58,519
Speaker 4: and says or emails and says, how can I help you?

1050
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Speaker 3: Guys?

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Speaker 6: That's really great?

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Speaker 4: And there are nonprofits that are doing a range of

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Speaker 4: good works.

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Speaker 6: Work that would love.

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Speaker 4: I'm sure to hear from you to figure out how

1056
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Speaker 4: you can contribute to what they're doing. And you know,

1057
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Speaker 4: here's the great thing about politics about nonprofit work.

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Speaker 6: You meet the best people. You meet the.

1059
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Speaker 4: Best people when you're in those places because you just

1060
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Speaker 4: it's other people who are just you know, they just

1061
01:12:23,760 --> 01:12:26,880
Speaker 4: they're ready to roll their sleeves up and do it.

1062
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Speaker 4: And sometimes it's about baking cookies, and sometimes it's about

1063
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Speaker 4: you know, doing whatever it needs to be done around

1064
01:12:32,600 --> 01:12:36,080
Speaker 4: writing things, or or just out there knocking on doors.

1065
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Speaker 4: So I would encourage you to think about it that way. Okay,

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Speaker 4: all right, thank you.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I've got one more for you, And forgive me.

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Speaker 1: I don't have a pronunciation guide here, so I'm going

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Speaker 1: to try my best. Princess, guilded.

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Speaker 4: Princess, Where are you? Well, there are so many here

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Speaker 4: I know, but I don't know.

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Speaker 1: Where.

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Speaker 4: Oh where? It's okay, you don't out there is are

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Speaker 4: you there?

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Speaker 6: Yes? There? She doesn't want to stand up.

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Speaker 4: Okay, there, we are going to pretend that we don't

1077
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Speaker 4: see you, even.

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Speaker 6: Though we do. It's okay, okay, we know your general vicinity.

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Speaker 1: Now, given the incredible momentum the Democratic Party has built recently.

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Speaker 1: What guidance would you give to ensure the movement stays energized,

1081
01:13:30,520 --> 01:13:33,599
Speaker 1: united and connected to the people it serves.

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Speaker 4: You gotta listen. I mean, part of it is just

1083
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Speaker 4: that basic. You have to listen to the people. You

1084
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Speaker 4: can't lead as a party or as an individual by

1085
01:13:52,320 --> 01:13:54,160
Speaker 4: telling people what's in their best interest.

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Speaker 6: You have to listen.

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Speaker 4: And right now, the future of the Democrat Pratic Party

1088
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Speaker 4: has to also be fueled as it's been, and we've

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Speaker 4: got great leaders around fighting. You got to be ready

1090
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Speaker 4: to fight. I mean, this is a time truly to

1091
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Speaker 4: fight fire with fire. This is not a time to

1092
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Speaker 4: sit around and complain about oh, they're cheating, they are cheating,

1093
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Speaker 4: and and so that's how I think about it. And

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Speaker 4: we have to be you know, part of connected with

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Speaker 4: the first part about listening is you have to be

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Speaker 4: relevant and that means being clear eyed about a moment

1097
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Speaker 4: in time and challenging assumptions and being prepared to This

1098
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Speaker 4: sounds so cliche, but to meet the moment. And that is, yes,

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Speaker 4: about the fight, but it's also about you know, I mean,

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Speaker 4: again my point, my earlier point that we've discussed about

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Speaker 4: missing disinformation, about how technology is having such an impact

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Speaker 4: at such a rapid pace and what that's doing around displacement.

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Speaker 4: And I don't mean to say that technology is bad,

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Speaker 4: but there are impacts that we cannot overlook when we

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Speaker 4: as a as a political party are are professing to

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Speaker 4: have a vision for the future, and it also the

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Speaker 4: future of the party has to be about understanding that

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Speaker 4: we cannot have a circular firing squad and we have

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Speaker 4: to be disciplined, you know. So there is the tactical

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Speaker 4: piece of it all. You know, there's a piece of

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Speaker 4: it that's about policy, there's a piece of it that's

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Speaker 4: about messaging, and then there is the tactical piece of it,

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Speaker 4: and that's maybe.

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Speaker 6: Where you can put it under that cat.

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Speaker 4: That's about knowing how to fight, and part of it

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Speaker 4: is understanding that, given the what's at stake, this is

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Speaker 4: not a time to have a circular firing squad when

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Speaker 4: the stuff that we're dealing with is historic in nature

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Speaker 4: and has the potential to end up causing an extraordinary

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Speaker 4: amount of debris because of destructive policies. And on that

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Speaker 4: happy note, let's see, let's not end with that, Okay.

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Speaker 6: Give me more. I didn't get to ask. Hold on,

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Speaker 6: I'm not.

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Speaker 4: Sending you guys back out into that cold with this,

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Speaker 4: but you know.

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Speaker 1: What it's all about staying engaged. And I am really curious.

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Speaker 6: You know.

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Speaker 1: Part of the way we do that, to your point,

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Speaker 1: is partnership. Whether it's showing up at a nonprofit, whether

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Speaker 1: it's encouraging people to get active early, whether it's doing

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Speaker 1: something for your neighbor. And we are up we're upstairs

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Speaker 1: if you're picking up what I'm putting down.

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Speaker 6: With our neighbor. And I'm really.

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Speaker 1: I'm really curious from your vantage point. You know, there's big,

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Speaker 1: bad global forces moving. Fascism's on the rise everywhere. It's

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Speaker 1: scary on the planet.

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Speaker 6: We're supposed to go to a happy place.

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Speaker 1: I know. I'm gonna just follow me there. I'm long

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Speaker 1: winded too, you know, but I think of not only

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Speaker 1: how we can show up in our communities, but how

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Speaker 1: we can show up across our continent. And when you

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Speaker 1: think about the potential for allyship as you mentioned earlier,

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Speaker 1: for partnerships between countries, hours in Canada both mine love

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Speaker 1: it for me, Like, how do you envision that kind

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Speaker 1: of international progressive advocacy working.

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Speaker 6: That's great. I love how you framed it.

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Speaker 4: This is how I think about it, the relationship between nations.

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Speaker 4: I believe I, as Vice President the United States, met

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Speaker 4: over one hundred and fifty world leaders, presidents, prime ministers, chancellors,

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Speaker 4: and kings, and have traveled the world. As you can imagine,

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Speaker 4: I am convinced that the strength of the relationship between

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Speaker 4: nations is completely and almost entirely dependent on the strength

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Speaker 4: between the people of those nations. The people that the

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Speaker 4: relationship between Canada and the United States, and I know it,

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Speaker 4: it's a lived experience for me.

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Speaker 6: I lived in Canada.

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Speaker 4: Is as much as anything not about the relationships between

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Speaker 4: the Prime Minister and the president.

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Speaker 6: It's about the people.

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Speaker 4: And let's remember that, you know, let's remember that. Let's

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Speaker 4: remember that it is about mutual respect and admiration and

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Speaker 4: shared experiences, and especially in moments like this where to

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Speaker 4: your point, around the world, we are seeing an ascendancy

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Speaker 4: in some places of leadership that is working against that spirit.

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Speaker 6: Let's have some faith.

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Speaker 4: In the fact that we still do have those relationships

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Speaker 4: between the people and that that will carry us through

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Speaker 4: a specific.

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Speaker 6: Moment of conflict or crisis.

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Speaker 4: And I certainly believe that's true as it relates to you.

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Speaker 4: I'd stay it's in Canada.

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Speaker 6: Hi, Jan, That's.

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Speaker 1: Beautiful, and I have so many more questions, but we

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Speaker 1: are out of time, So if I may, I would

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Speaker 1: like to echo one last sentiment from your book. Your pastor,

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Speaker 1: Bishop Lea Daughtry sent you a meditation every day of

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Speaker 1: your campaign, and this is after twenty years of your friendship.

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Speaker 1: On the final days, she told you to stand, to

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Speaker 1: stand in the strength that was given to you, believing

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Speaker 1: and knowing that you've done your part. I'm gonna cry, sorry, guys,

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Speaker 1: I'm fine tonight. I would really love if you would

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Speaker 1: do me and everyone hear the honor of standing, so

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Speaker 1: we can just shower you in the appreciation you deserve.