1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:04,280 Speaker 1: Hey you it's me Bartune Day. Yeah, I missed you two. 2 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 1: I know, I know. I've been very busy. I've been 3 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:09,800 Speaker 1: writing for Puck, this new media outlet. I shot a 4 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:13,800 Speaker 1: whole TV show for PBS called America Outdoors. I even 5 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 1: left the country for a minute. When I came back, 6 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:19,320 Speaker 1: I was inspired to make this next season of How 7 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:23,960 Speaker 1: the Citizen with You. In previous seasons, we dug deep 8 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 1: into the systems of technology and economics and reckoned with 9 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:31,680 Speaker 1: our relationship to them as citizens. In this, our fourth season, 10 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:34,960 Speaker 1: we're far from the surface, deep in the soil where 11 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 1: these systems take root. This show has always been based 12 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 1: on interpreting the word citizen as a verb. We believe 13 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:46,320 Speaker 1: that the citizen is to show up and participate, invest 14 00:00:46,400 --> 00:00:51,479 Speaker 1: in relationships, understand power, and value the collective. Now, it's 15 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:54,480 Speaker 1: one thing to talk about these as principles. It's a 16 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:57,959 Speaker 1: whole another thing to practice them. How do you do 17 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 1: that day to day? Where you're at right now? How 18 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:04,919 Speaker 1: can the practice of citizening in ways big and small 19 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:10,760 Speaker 1: create a dope culture of democracy. We've crossed borders and 20 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:13,600 Speaker 1: disciplines to try to answer this question. That's what this 21 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:20,560 Speaker 1: whole season is about We'll look at citizen ng within 22 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:24,480 Speaker 1: teams and in sports with NBA legend and coach Steve Kerr. 23 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:29,120 Speaker 1: Connection between people is really a powerful force, whether it's 24 00:01:29,240 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 1: a force for winning basketball games or a force for 25 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 1: changing society. Will explore our practice of democracy and our 26 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 1: homes and in our hearts with Adrian Marie Brown, and 27 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 1: I feel like we have to be able to say that, 28 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:43,759 Speaker 1: like if this ship is sinking, but we're all still 29 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:46,959 Speaker 1: alive and there's still on earth here, there's still a 30 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: way to live, how quickly will we tune into that? 31 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 1: How quickly can we have the right conversation. We'll learn 32 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 1: how to maintain and rebuild our communities by rethinking the 33 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 1: way we gather with Prea Parker so and what we 34 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:04,559 Speaker 1: actually need to shared experiences where we're literally talking less. 35 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:08,520 Speaker 1: Dialogue is one form of communication, and sometimes there are 36 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:12,240 Speaker 1: so many landmines that actually what you need to remember 37 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 1: is that there's other ways to be and we might 38 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 1: even skip electing candidates altogether and instead conscript ourselves into 39 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:23,360 Speaker 1: the process through citizen assemblies. With Claudia Clouds, I really 40 00:02:23,400 --> 00:02:26,959 Speaker 1: feel personally a sense of disillusionment with how things work, 41 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 1: but I also feel like we cannot give up hope 42 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 1: that things could be different, because it's in that uncertainty 43 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:36,359 Speaker 1: around hope that motivates us into action and to say that, 44 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 1: you know, we are all capable of making some changes, 45 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 1: to actually do things differently, to change the way things work. 46 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:51,960 Speaker 1: So this season we're getting practical sharing things you can 47 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:55,080 Speaker 1: try in your community, in your workplace, in your home, 48 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:59,119 Speaker 1: and within yourself to contribute to a culture of democracy. 49 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 1: I am committed to helping us tell a better story 50 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: of who we are. Whether you know me from America Outdoors, Puck, 51 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:13,000 Speaker 1: The Daily Show, MSNBC, or Twitter Rest in Peace Twitter, 52 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 1: I hope you'll see the connective tissue. How the Citizen 53 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 1: is the centerpiece of that work. For me, we can 54 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:24,359 Speaker 1: citizen in every area of our lives. We just need 55 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:27,680 Speaker 1: a bit more practice, some guidance, and the belief that 56 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 1: we can do it. I hope you'll join us in 57 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 1: creating that new story. Listen to How the Citizen with 58 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 1: Baritunday starting February six on the I Heart Radio app, 59 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 1: Apple podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts.