WEBVTT - Biden is Old… So is Trump! 0:00:00.320 --> 0:00:03.840 Native lamp Pod is a production of iHeartRadio and partnership 0:00:03.960 --> 0:00:05.840 with Recent Choice Media. 0:00:09.360 --> 0:00:09.719 Guys. 0:00:09.760 --> 0:00:12.719 This is Andrew Gellam, This is also Tiffany Craus, and 0:00:12.760 --> 0:00:16.000 this is Angela Rae and together we make up what 0:00:16.239 --> 0:00:18.320 Native Lampod. Welcome everybody, which. 0:00:18.200 --> 0:00:20.040 All y'all, welcome home. 0:00:23.320 --> 0:00:26.920 Happy Valentine's Day because that's recording day. Happy Black History Months, 0:00:26.920 --> 0:00:28.400 Happy Black History Months. 0:00:28.920 --> 0:00:30.440 I was about to check in with y'all. 0:00:30.560 --> 0:00:33.760 Y'all live the most fabulous lives. 0:00:33.920 --> 0:00:37.280 I mean, I think I've seen y'all at fashion shows. 0:00:37.440 --> 0:00:40.199 We were together in your say. 0:00:41.400 --> 0:00:45.159 Hopefully y'all are having or expect to have an amazing 0:00:45.240 --> 0:00:48.600 Valentine's Day by the time you all are in listening room. 0:00:48.640 --> 0:00:51.240 I hope everybody at home had a lovely one. Either 0:00:51.320 --> 0:00:53.800 you were loving the one you were with or you 0:00:53.920 --> 0:00:57.160 were loving being by yourself. Either way, I'm just happy 0:00:57.280 --> 0:01:00.480 for you, Okay, Happy Valentine's all Right, So we've had 0:01:00.480 --> 0:01:03.880 since the last time we were together. The Super Bowl 0:01:03.960 --> 0:01:08.959 and gone, the Valentine's dating gone, Usher gone, and them. 0:01:09.280 --> 0:01:11.120 Taylor Swift, she's still. 0:01:10.880 --> 0:01:14.039 Here, still here us. 0:01:14.080 --> 0:01:15.959 She's going on tour, which you mean, And guys, a 0:01:16.000 --> 0:01:17.520 married man in Vegas. 0:01:17.640 --> 0:01:20.280 I saw the news. Boy, what is Vegas for? It 0:01:20.400 --> 0:01:22.839 is not for a shotgun. 0:01:22.400 --> 0:01:25.959 Wedding, comment, residency and other news. 0:01:26.160 --> 0:01:27.920 What the hell have y'all been up to? Ladies? 0:01:28.319 --> 0:01:31.680 Okay, I can say, well, we've been up to. We 0:01:31.720 --> 0:01:35.800 did go to fashion Week, New York Fashion Week, and 0:01:35.840 --> 0:01:40.120 Angela encouraged me to wear a ponytail, which I've never done. 0:01:40.560 --> 0:01:42.360 I felt like my forehead is too big for that. 0:01:42.560 --> 0:01:44.640 And now that I've born this ponytail, I will be 0:01:44.680 --> 0:01:45.880 wearing it in perpetuity. 0:01:46.160 --> 0:01:47.080 So I'm loving it. 0:01:47.440 --> 0:01:50.600 Show everybody, Yeah, with my hair back and forth. 0:01:50.640 --> 0:01:51.880 What y'all think out there in pod? 0:01:52.040 --> 0:01:55.200 In pod world, Andrew's been making fun of me, talking 0:01:55.200 --> 0:01:57.520 about somebody please get to get that horse some water. 0:01:59.440 --> 0:01:59.760 Listen. 0:02:00.360 --> 0:02:02.680 It was out of respect for all animal life. Yeah, 0:02:03.080 --> 0:02:07.120 you know, all mammal life, all mammal life. 0:02:07.480 --> 0:02:08.480 But yeah, we've been kicking it. 0:02:08.480 --> 0:02:09.720 We've been kicking it, Angela. 0:02:09.919 --> 0:02:13.520 We went to Sergio Hudson's fashion show Amazing in particular, 0:02:13.720 --> 0:02:16.000 and that's our time where we all reconnect. 0:02:16.000 --> 0:02:18.520 It's our you know, our little girl time, and we love. 0:02:18.360 --> 0:02:19.880 It all right, So if people want to know what 0:02:19.960 --> 0:02:20.480 y'all were. 0:02:20.320 --> 0:02:23.120 Wearing Hudson. 0:02:25.600 --> 0:02:28.120 Sergio down to the socks. We were searching. 0:02:27.960 --> 0:02:30.000 Down to the socks and you had no socks. 0:02:30.360 --> 0:02:32.240 Yes, right, it was a good time. What you been 0:02:32.320 --> 0:02:33.880 up to, Andrew. We hadn't seen you such. 0:02:34.520 --> 0:02:35.040 You know what. 0:02:35.240 --> 0:02:39.959 The last time we were together, you said to me, uh, Tiffany, 0:02:40.160 --> 0:02:44.520 that the rattlers have been looking for me. So I 0:02:44.639 --> 0:02:48.280 decided to let y'all find me. I'm right here, baby, 0:02:48.360 --> 0:02:53.080 this family way representing my orange and green go, Rattlers go, 0:02:53.160 --> 0:02:56.240 rattlers go, rattless, strike, strike, strike again. I am a 0:02:56.240 --> 0:02:58.720 proud of them. It's the Florida and M University and 0:02:59.400 --> 0:03:02.760 Farmer Step president on the books. Yeses have been a 0:03:03.000 --> 0:03:07.400 I'm a lifetime member of the alumni Association. And if 0:03:07.400 --> 0:03:11.120 you're not stop repping until you get paid up. Y'all 0:03:11.200 --> 0:03:13.000 paid up? Okay, Andrew? 0:03:13.040 --> 0:03:14.600 I love that you said, let me tell you about 0:03:14.600 --> 0:03:16.359 this black history I made for black history, right. 0:03:16.919 --> 0:03:18.799 And I mean, just a really quick point about what 0:03:18.880 --> 0:03:22.239 you're saying about pay up because a lot of HBCU's alumni. 0:03:22.360 --> 0:03:25.480 You asked did you have a nurturing environment there? And 0:03:25.480 --> 0:03:27.320 people say yes, and then it's like do you give 0:03:27.360 --> 0:03:29.280 back to your school? And then a lot of people 0:03:29.320 --> 0:03:31.239 say no, so I love that point, Andrew, thank. 0:03:31.080 --> 0:03:33.880 You, Tiffany. Folks got dead. I get it, but I'm 0:03:33.960 --> 0:03:40.320 just saying every little bit okay. On this episode, we're 0:03:40.320 --> 0:03:44.440 going to discuss Biden is old. The Special Prosecutors Report 0:03:44.520 --> 0:03:47.680 put the president's cognitive abilities back at the center of 0:03:47.720 --> 0:03:53.520 the twenty twenty four election conversation. Democrat Tom Suazi wins 0:03:53.760 --> 0:03:59.120 George Santos's former congressional seat Long Island, New York. Should 0:03:59.280 --> 0:04:05.400 anyone anyone be joking about George Floyd's death? And it's 0:04:05.440 --> 0:04:10.320 almost time for the All Star Game, which you all 0:04:10.360 --> 0:04:14.080 know you can't resist. Our friend Tiffany Cross is brilliant 0:04:14.560 --> 0:04:18.800 sports commentary. We also get to the viewers questions, our 0:04:18.920 --> 0:04:22.760 favorite part of the pod. Stay tuned, everybody, and welcome home, 0:04:25.640 --> 0:04:29.799 Iiff Angela. I don't really know where to begin except 0:04:29.800 --> 0:04:33.599 where we have to began. But in the meantime between time, y'all, 0:04:33.680 --> 0:04:40.599 Trump then lost at the DC Appeals Court. He wants 0:04:40.600 --> 0:04:44.119 the Supreme Court to issue a ritisseurciar rory to bring 0:04:44.160 --> 0:04:47.080 the case to the US Supreme Court to do what 0:04:47.680 --> 0:04:51.760 stop the January sixth trial. He wants to put that 0:04:51.880 --> 0:04:56.120 on postponement. Anybody have an answer as to why Tiffany 0:04:56.640 --> 0:04:57.159 I don't. 0:04:57.240 --> 0:04:59.640 I honestly, I got it. Just be honest. 0:04:59.640 --> 0:05:03.320 I'm e with talking about Trump. I know he's the 0:05:03.320 --> 0:05:05.000 front runner of the Republican Party and we have to 0:05:05.040 --> 0:05:08.160 talk about it. But honestly, one thing Andrew that frustrates 0:05:08.200 --> 0:05:11.840 me is people talk about Biden's age and compare it 0:05:11.960 --> 0:05:14.400 like it has like like Trump is not the existential 0:05:14.440 --> 0:05:17.719 threat not just to America but the globe. So to me, 0:05:17.800 --> 0:05:20.520 all the indictments and I can't even keep up with 0:05:20.600 --> 0:05:23.240 all Trump's challenges. I've always often said trying to cover 0:05:23.360 --> 0:05:25.720 him and all his scandals is like trying to catch confetti. 0:05:26.000 --> 0:05:28.120 And when I hear people make this false equivalence like, oh, 0:05:28.200 --> 0:05:30.720 but Biden's old, It's like, yeah, Trump is old, and 0:05:30.800 --> 0:05:33.000 he's crooked, and he's a trader, and he is an 0:05:33.040 --> 0:05:35.560 existential threat to the globe. So I kind of want 0:05:35.560 --> 0:05:37.719 to address some of these issues that people seem to 0:05:37.720 --> 0:05:39.600 have with Biden's age, which I do think is a 0:05:39.680 --> 0:05:44.680 legitimate concern, but it pales in comparison to the concern 0:05:44.720 --> 0:05:46.480 from the other front runner, in my opinion. 0:05:46.640 --> 0:05:49.840 So that's it. Oh, Angela, you but you're already there. 0:05:49.839 --> 0:05:51.040 You want to take it from there. 0:05:51.520 --> 0:05:53.520 Sure, I was just gonna say tip to your point. 0:05:53.600 --> 0:05:58.799 Eighty six percent of Americans agree that Joe Biden is 0:05:58.920 --> 0:06:01.599 too old in their concern, and then sixty two percent 0:06:01.600 --> 0:06:04.320 of Americans agree that Trump is too old in their concern. 0:06:05.040 --> 0:06:08.280 So therefore a majority of Americans think that Joe Biden 0:06:08.320 --> 0:06:10.440 and Donald Trump are too old for the presidency. 0:06:10.480 --> 0:06:13.120 According to this latest ABC News ipsos. 0:06:12.760 --> 0:06:15.880 Paul, I think that what we now have before us 0:06:15.960 --> 0:06:18.200 is there's an elephant in the room, no pun intended, 0:06:18.480 --> 0:06:22.360 because of Special Prosecutor Robert Hur's recent report where he 0:06:22.440 --> 0:06:26.960 quotes says he's a well meaning elderly man with a 0:06:27.040 --> 0:06:30.240 poor memory. And I think that what we really see 0:06:30.240 --> 0:06:34.400 as someone who took a flamethrower approach. Merrick Garland appointed 0:06:34.560 --> 0:06:37.640 a Trump appointee to be special prosecutor, probably in the 0:06:37.680 --> 0:06:40.080 name of fairness because somebody asked him to do that. 0:06:40.360 --> 0:06:43.359 I'm asking for his resignation at this point. But what 0:06:43.480 --> 0:06:48.080 he also indicates very clearly is that Joe Biden cannot 0:06:48.160 --> 0:06:52.280 be charged in this classified document's case. And it's not 0:06:52.320 --> 0:06:54.880 because he was a well meaning elderly man with a 0:06:54.920 --> 0:06:58.320 poor memory. It's because there was no case that they 0:06:58.360 --> 0:07:01.000 could prosecute. We all know when they got a little 0:07:01.000 --> 0:07:02.719 bit of something, they're going to go forward with it 0:07:02.760 --> 0:07:03.560 because they couldn't. 0:07:03.600 --> 0:07:04.960 I think that speaks volumes. 0:07:05.320 --> 0:07:09.440 So on this point again, to just encapsulate this around age, 0:07:09.760 --> 0:07:12.840 Joe Biden is the oldest sitting president at this time 0:07:12.840 --> 0:07:15.480 at eighty one. Donald Trump, by the time, if he 0:07:15.560 --> 0:07:18.720 were elected in the fall, would then be tied with 0:07:18.880 --> 0:07:21.640 Ronald Reagan at seventy eight years old for being the 0:07:21.680 --> 0:07:24.160 second oldest. I think that we should always be taken 0:07:24.160 --> 0:07:28.840 into consideration age, mental ability, and fitness. For attorneys, we 0:07:28.960 --> 0:07:30.760 have to do character fitness. We don't have to do 0:07:30.760 --> 0:07:33.600 psychological evaluations. But I think that is fair game for 0:07:33.680 --> 0:07:36.360 the president of the United States. And furthermore, when you 0:07:36.400 --> 0:07:39.120 look at corporate boards, seventy two you have to be 0:07:39.160 --> 0:07:43.200 seventy two or under for most corporate boards, for CEOs 0:07:43.240 --> 0:07:45.200 you have to be sixty five and under. These are 0:07:45.240 --> 0:07:48.000 fair points. But again, when to Test's point, there's an 0:07:48.000 --> 0:07:50.960 existential crisis, democracy is on the line. Would you rather 0:07:51.040 --> 0:07:53.920 take an old full or a fascist? 0:07:54.360 --> 0:07:56.920 I take the old full, yeah, And I don't think 0:07:56.960 --> 0:07:58.840 a lot of people are paying attention to the minutia 0:07:58.880 --> 0:08:02.200 of politics, right. I think people are like the whole 0:08:02.240 --> 0:08:04.640 thing with Biden in the campaign documents. Unless you're like 0:08:04.680 --> 0:08:07.040 sitting in the echo chambers watching cable news twenty four 0:08:07.040 --> 0:08:09.240 hours a day, people aren't talking about that, you know, 0:08:09.360 --> 0:08:13.480 like people here Biden's I'm old and Trump is crooked, 0:08:13.560 --> 0:08:15.240 Like those are the two people have a tendency to 0:08:15.240 --> 0:08:17.360 read the headlines and not the story. I think if 0:08:17.400 --> 0:08:21.040 you look at these two candidates and see what the 0:08:21.080 --> 0:08:24.320 implications are from each of them. When Trump was in office, 0:08:24.400 --> 0:08:29.080 his own staff consistently talked about invoking or evoking the 0:08:29.080 --> 0:08:32.400 twenty fifth Amendment. It was not the media calling for that, 0:08:32.600 --> 0:08:35.440 it was his staff. No, you have not heard anything 0:08:35.640 --> 0:08:37.600 like that from Joe Biden's camp. And I'm not here 0:08:37.920 --> 0:08:40.480 to be a spokesperson for Biden or an apologist for 0:08:40.520 --> 0:08:42.199 the party. I think we have to acknowledge it's a 0:08:42.280 --> 0:08:45.360 legitimate concern about his age. But you got two choices 0:08:45.520 --> 0:08:47.920 right now, And so if you're thinking about I'm gonna 0:08:47.920 --> 0:08:50.640 sit this out because I'm not excited about either candidate, 0:08:51.000 --> 0:08:54.320 or if you're thinking you know that you're confused about 0:08:54.320 --> 0:08:56.439 who to vote for because they're both old. I think 0:08:56.480 --> 0:08:58.520 both of those are bad choices. And Andrew, you've said this, 0:08:58.679 --> 0:09:02.120 you said, when you sit out, that is making a decision. 0:09:02.400 --> 0:09:02.920 The decision. 0:09:03.080 --> 0:09:05.040 Yeah, what are your thoughts on how this, Andrew? 0:09:05.080 --> 0:09:07.520 Because you've run for office so many times and you 0:09:07.640 --> 0:09:10.360 know how much energy it takes and one yes, yes, 0:09:10.400 --> 0:09:11.959 and you know what energy it takes. I mean, what 0:09:12.000 --> 0:09:14.679 do you think about how this is going? There's not 0:09:14.760 --> 0:09:17.600 going to be another like Joe. Biden is the he 0:09:17.720 --> 0:09:19.520 is the soldier we taken to this war. 0:09:19.880 --> 0:09:20.920 So what Yeah, And. 0:09:20.920 --> 0:09:22.760 I've said at the convention, they could. 0:09:22.679 --> 0:09:27.040 Well, I don't think they could. Hopefully will be uneventful 0:09:27.200 --> 0:09:30.280 at the convention. Wouldn't that be news? But I gotta 0:09:30.320 --> 0:09:34.560 tell y'all, it baffles me that we are camped out 0:09:34.600 --> 0:09:40.600 in this Biden age, you know, campfire, when Trump is 0:09:40.640 --> 0:09:45.040 the maniac out there calling Nancy Pelosi by one of 0:09:45.040 --> 0:09:49.320 his opponent's names. He's these rants. I know, we don't 0:09:49.400 --> 0:09:51.840 listen as much as we used to him because now 0:09:51.880 --> 0:09:55.800 the media has finally learned that the man is a 0:09:55.840 --> 0:09:59.600 carnival you know, Barker and a carnival act himself. But 0:09:59.760 --> 0:10:04.040 he's saying just the most outrageous things and frankly the 0:10:04.120 --> 0:10:07.160 most dangerous things, uh, that could be coming out of 0:10:07.160 --> 0:10:10.080 a former president of the United States and certainly someone 0:10:10.120 --> 0:10:12.040 who hopes to be president of the United States. Again, 0:10:12.120 --> 0:10:14.480 this is what I hope. I hope that all of 0:10:14.520 --> 0:10:16.960 us sit down and take a very very very serious 0:10:17.040 --> 0:10:21.960 look at they're both old. Dr let's take that out 0:10:22.000 --> 0:10:26.880 the recipe. We got two choices, Option A, Option B. 0:10:27.080 --> 0:10:30.840 Actually option A and option Z. If you want to 0:10:30.840 --> 0:10:33.000 be close to the highest of alphabet, you know, the heavens, 0:10:33.040 --> 0:10:48.360 stay with the a's Andrew Biden the one. No, just 0:10:48.360 --> 0:10:52.880 just since short, we have to we have to mature 0:10:52.960 --> 0:10:57.560 ourselves in this electoral process that when you have two candidates, 0:10:57.600 --> 0:11:01.200 it's not about the perfect. The perfect it can't be 0:11:01.240 --> 0:11:04.440 the enemy of the good. And in this case, we 0:11:04.520 --> 0:11:07.760 have a good option in Joe Biden, and we've got 0:11:07.880 --> 0:11:11.360 the most experienced of the candidates out there and somebody 0:11:11.360 --> 0:11:14.600 who's not gonna quite frankly launch us into according to 0:11:14.600 --> 0:11:17.400 Donald Trump, world War two. But he missed that part 0:11:17.400 --> 0:11:20.520 of history. Uh, Donald Trump would launch us into World 0:11:20.520 --> 0:11:23.560 War three or certainly allow you know, sick of fans 0:11:23.600 --> 0:11:26.160 of of of of Vladimir putin to take, you know, 0:11:26.240 --> 0:11:28.679 to have their way, and he said as much. All 0:11:28.760 --> 0:11:32.960 I'm saying is age needs to be relegated to its 0:11:33.000 --> 0:11:35.440 proper place. And in my opinion, it ain't nothing but 0:11:35.440 --> 0:11:35.839 a number. 0:11:35.880 --> 0:11:36.720 Can I say. 0:11:43.040 --> 0:11:45.760 Saying something about that entry, because one I think we 0:11:45.880 --> 0:11:48.920 have to acknowledge this is about Vice President Kamala Harris. 0:11:48.960 --> 0:11:51.280 You know, people are we cannot have her a pulse 0:11:51.320 --> 0:11:54.760 away from presidency because people are intimidated by the leadership 0:11:54.800 --> 0:11:56.600 of black women and they would rather see this country 0:11:56.600 --> 0:11:59.080 turn to ashes before they see somebody who looks like 0:11:59.120 --> 0:12:01.960 me run it. And that's a really unfortunate mentality. But 0:12:02.160 --> 0:12:05.160 I think to your point, Andrew, what you're referencing is 0:12:05.200 --> 0:12:07.480 Donald Trump talked about countries who are not paying their 0:12:07.559 --> 0:12:10.440 fair share into NATO he would not protect. This is 0:12:10.520 --> 0:12:12.600 a huge for folks who don't. 0:12:12.360 --> 0:12:13.439 Know what NATO is. 0:12:13.520 --> 0:12:16.080 It is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's an agreement 0:12:16.200 --> 0:12:19.000 established after World War Two. It's hugely important. And for 0:12:19.120 --> 0:12:22.480 him to say we will no longer protect you, that 0:12:22.640 --> 0:12:24.800 was a huge deal ten years ago when he said this, 0:12:24.960 --> 0:12:27.640 And now the Republican Party is falling in line saying yep, 0:12:27.800 --> 0:12:31.000 we agree with that when he says, listen, Vladimir Putin, 0:12:31.040 --> 0:12:33.040 you can do what you want when I'm in office, 0:12:33.040 --> 0:12:35.520 because I'm gonna leave those countries out in the open 0:12:35.760 --> 0:12:37.840 for you to annex, for you to do whatever you like. 0:12:38.200 --> 0:12:41.840 I cannot stress what an existential threat that is to 0:12:42.000 --> 0:12:45.800 the globe, not just domestic policies, but to the globe. 0:12:46.240 --> 0:12:48.760 I'm kind of over Trump and all of this. 0:12:49.880 --> 0:12:52.160 I feel you, and the only reason why, as you 0:12:52.240 --> 0:12:53.800 all know, I mean, I don't have to convince you, 0:12:53.880 --> 0:12:56.360 but certainly for our listeners who were so thankful for 0:12:57.320 --> 0:13:01.880 It's important, as asinine as it feels, having to reflect 0:13:02.000 --> 0:13:04.760 on Donald Trump's comments, what he's saying, what he's not saying, 0:13:04.760 --> 0:13:08.880 who he's meeting with, and how he's campaigning. We have 0:13:09.040 --> 0:13:12.560 learned this much. This man says the quiet part out loud. 0:13:13.280 --> 0:13:15.880 He means what he says, and we ought to take 0:13:15.960 --> 0:13:19.199 him at his word. So we don't find ourselves over 0:13:19.240 --> 0:13:22.000 the creek, over the barrel, you know, without a let 0:13:22.000 --> 0:13:25.640 me just go here. Let's hear how the president's own 0:13:25.679 --> 0:13:30.280 administration is now responding to these new claims around Biden's 0:13:30.320 --> 0:13:32.480 age and fitness and so on and so forth. 0:13:32.559 --> 0:13:34.880 It ain't that new, but the report is newer, right, 0:13:35.480 --> 0:13:37.920 the reward is and unfortunately, Angela, the reason we're talking 0:13:37.920 --> 0:13:40.480 about is because you've got now Democrats who are. 0:13:40.320 --> 0:13:43.640 Co signing these kinds of comments for either all alternati 0:13:44.200 --> 0:13:47.720 an alternate agenda, or they really believe it. Let's hear 0:13:47.800 --> 0:13:50.440 from a Press secretary, Jean Pierre. 0:13:50.920 --> 0:13:53.600 Look, I got this question last week as well, and 0:13:53.920 --> 0:13:56.760 I'm just going to say, what the what doctor O'Connor's 0:13:56.800 --> 0:13:58.800 kind of a what he said to me about a 0:13:58.880 --> 0:14:03.040 year ago when the report came out last year obviously 0:14:03.280 --> 0:14:06.400 on his physical which is the president proves every day 0:14:07.160 --> 0:14:10.600 how he operates, how he thinks, right by dealing with 0:14:10.679 --> 0:14:13.880 word leaders, by making really difficult decisions on behalf of 0:14:13.480 --> 0:14:16.760 the American people, whether it's domestic, whether it's national security, 0:14:17.120 --> 0:14:20.400 and so he shows it every day on how he thinks, 0:14:20.400 --> 0:14:24.440 how he operates. And so that is how the doctor 0:14:24.440 --> 0:14:26.680 o'conter sees it, and that's how I'm going to leave it. 0:14:27.240 --> 0:14:31.120 Well, the Press secretary took a very polite approach to 0:14:31.520 --> 0:14:34.880 addressing this question. And what I meant by we've got 0:14:34.880 --> 0:14:37.960 to mature ourselves as we approach elections. What I mean 0:14:38.080 --> 0:14:41.480 is why your local mayor, school board member and commissioner 0:14:41.600 --> 0:14:44.160 might be relied on to be at the city festival 0:14:44.240 --> 0:14:48.040 and cut ribbons and do those kinds of things. Those 0:14:48.080 --> 0:14:51.320 are just not my expectations anymore for a president of 0:14:51.320 --> 0:14:54.000 the United States. I want them to know what they're 0:14:54.000 --> 0:14:56.400 talking about them, I want what they're talking about. I 0:14:56.440 --> 0:14:58.520 want them to be steeped in public policy. I want 0:14:58.600 --> 0:15:01.160 them to have a heart for people and to be 0:15:01.440 --> 0:15:04.920 clear in their compass around why it is every single 0:15:05.000 --> 0:15:07.160 day they choose to get up and do the hardest 0:15:07.640 --> 0:15:09.320 job on earth. 0:15:09.480 --> 0:15:11.400 So far as I know, I see now we down 0:15:11.440 --> 0:15:13.160 a different road, and I'm just gonna say that this 0:15:13.280 --> 0:15:16.520 is exactly the problem. This is why people are starting 0:15:16.560 --> 0:15:20.680 to see a closing gap between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. 0:15:20.840 --> 0:15:22.840 There does seem to be a callus side of Joe 0:15:22.880 --> 0:15:23.800 Biden that's popping up. 0:15:23.840 --> 0:15:25.760 Look at the response to Israel and Gaza. 0:15:26.400 --> 0:15:29.320 You know, like I'm talking about ribbon. 0:15:30.040 --> 0:15:30.760 No, no, no, I'm not. 0:15:31.000 --> 0:15:33.040 I'm never talking about ribbon cutting. I don't need you 0:15:33.080 --> 0:15:34.800 to cut no ribbon. I need you to show up 0:15:34.800 --> 0:15:36.360 for black people the way they showed up for you 0:15:36.400 --> 0:15:38.480 in South Carolina. I need you to show up for 0:15:38.520 --> 0:15:40.840 these kids who are dying every single day. I need 0:15:40.880 --> 0:15:43.000 you to show up in our wages. I need you 0:15:43.040 --> 0:15:45.880 to show up. There's all this talk about Donald Trump 0:15:45.880 --> 0:15:46.480 and the Stimmies. 0:15:46.840 --> 0:15:48.400 Joe Biden didn't want to sign the stimmies. 0:15:48.440 --> 0:15:50.840 Show up on that show up when when black people 0:15:50.880 --> 0:15:53.120 need relief, don't just claim credit for the black businesses 0:15:53.200 --> 0:15:55.600 that were started under your administration. Show up and give 0:15:55.680 --> 0:15:59.080 them some additional relief, some additional access to government contracts, 0:15:59.200 --> 0:16:03.000 some additional says to party contracts, some advice. 0:16:03.240 --> 0:16:04.000 I can keep going. 0:16:05.040 --> 0:16:07.200 I'm saying, at the end of the day, I don't 0:16:07.240 --> 0:16:11.360 feel like he is demonstrating that he's Yes, he's different, 0:16:11.440 --> 0:16:15.520 he's not a fascist. But your response to what is 0:16:15.560 --> 0:16:18.840 happening in Gaza is callous. Your response to what is 0:16:18.880 --> 0:16:22.160 happening at the border is callous. That is not okay. 0:16:22.520 --> 0:16:26.080 You have to draw a wider gap between you and evil. 0:16:26.400 --> 0:16:29.840 And it used to be that this big tent party 0:16:30.040 --> 0:16:33.240 put people first. That is the way that it must be. 0:16:33.400 --> 0:16:36.360 I'm sorry, I am not gung ho Biden right now. 0:16:36.560 --> 0:16:39.000 What I was most excited about was Kamala telling the 0:16:39.000 --> 0:16:41.840 Wall Street Journal last week that she was ready to 0:16:41.880 --> 0:16:44.320 serve and there was no question about that. That's what 0:16:44.360 --> 0:16:47.520 I'm most in response to his age. And I'm just saying, like, 0:16:47.560 --> 0:16:48.880 I don't want us to get to the point where 0:16:48.920 --> 0:16:51.000 we started being like, well, he's such a good man, 0:16:51.160 --> 0:16:53.480 like I want him to be a good man on policy. 0:16:53.520 --> 0:16:54.840 I don't need him to show up and know my 0:16:54.960 --> 0:16:56.960 name and pat me on the back. I want to 0:16:57.000 --> 0:16:58.200 see it in the policy. 0:16:58.280 --> 0:17:01.720 I'm sorry, I don't see it right now, co sign. 0:17:01.880 --> 0:17:03.960 But I just got to say this much, which is 0:17:04.720 --> 0:17:08.040 I would rank him as among the most accomplished democratic 0:17:08.040 --> 0:17:11.359 presidents in the history of the now. He he ain't 0:17:11.440 --> 0:17:14.800 boastful like we have seen in the past. He can't 0:17:14.800 --> 0:17:17.479 play no saxophone. There were a lot of you know, 0:17:17.640 --> 0:17:20.080 just kind of old white men. I'm just saying, a 0:17:20.080 --> 0:17:23.080 lot of white white old man tactics, you know, sort 0:17:23.119 --> 0:17:26.840 of the vibes that you get from him. But I 0:17:26.880 --> 0:17:29.160 can't tell y'all enough what that stimulus package you did 0:17:29.200 --> 0:17:33.040 for everyday Americans. And I that it went, but but 0:17:33.119 --> 0:17:35.159 we never had that before. It didn't exist under a 0:17:35.160 --> 0:17:38.440 different administration. The closest we ever had before was Roosevelt, 0:17:38.920 --> 0:17:43.399 and quite frankly, from student aid and learned forgiveness to 0:17:44.480 --> 0:17:47.760 the incentivized programs that exists at the federal level for 0:17:48.119 --> 0:17:51.080 freaking first time home ownership, and on and on and 0:17:51.119 --> 0:17:53.400 on childcare, the way in which they have. 0:17:56.560 --> 0:18:01.760 So credit. But we're white people over like a college 0:18:02.240 --> 0:18:02.840 kids are. 0:18:02.840 --> 0:18:04.840 Dying, like you can get a child tax credit if 0:18:04.880 --> 0:18:07.200 your kid's dead, Like, we just can't. 0:18:07.560 --> 0:18:09.760 We can't implement policy. 0:18:09.400 --> 0:18:12.160 This way, three Antela. But for you and everyone else 0:18:12.240 --> 0:18:15.800 out there, two things can be true at once. He 0:18:15.840 --> 0:18:18.840 can be wrong in his approach with regards to to 0:18:19.280 --> 0:18:22.560 Israel and what's happening to the Palestinian people who deserve 0:18:23.280 --> 0:18:29.680 their own state, and how dare be life? That true 0:18:29.960 --> 0:18:34.040 just at the same time as his emphasis on trying 0:18:34.080 --> 0:18:37.359 to make sure that the American people cannot just live 0:18:37.400 --> 0:18:39.280 and survive, but they can thrive. And I believe that 0:18:39.280 --> 0:18:41.280 that work is in his heart. I've seen it exhibited 0:18:41.280 --> 0:18:44.000 in public policy. Now we just need those public policy 0:18:44.040 --> 0:18:46.840 positions renewed. And he's got to get at it with 0:18:46.920 --> 0:18:49.680 a more vigorous fight, both him and the Vice President 0:18:50.080 --> 0:18:53.400 and Democrats on the Hill to deliver not just talk 0:18:53.440 --> 0:18:54.439 about it, but be about it. 0:18:54.520 --> 0:18:57.240 Yeah, I will shout them out. On the unemployment rate, too. 0:18:57.280 --> 0:18:59.840 The black unemployment rate is the lowest has been in history. 0:18:59.840 --> 0:19:00.359 I want it. 0:19:00.520 --> 0:19:03.200 I acknowledge where I've seen growth, but I'm just telling 0:19:03.200 --> 0:19:06.760 you the other things are so it's blind shocked it can. 0:19:07.400 --> 0:19:10.320 I just tiff I didn't cut you out five times inside, No, I'm. 0:19:10.160 --> 0:19:11.720 About to cut all of us off because we have 0:19:11.760 --> 0:19:12.320 gone over. 0:19:12.359 --> 0:19:16.200 At the time, I was just going to say, you 0:19:16.200 --> 0:19:18.840 brought up immigration and that was a big deal in 0:19:18.880 --> 0:19:21.439 the special election here in New York, and I know 0:19:21.480 --> 0:19:22.439 we wanted to talk about that. 0:19:23.200 --> 0:19:25.280 No, Tiffany, you're right on it. Thank you for taking us. Well, 0:19:25.280 --> 0:19:27.720 we want to go, which is to hear from our viewers, 0:19:27.760 --> 0:19:30.280 which I hope you noticed in the past couple of episodes. 0:19:30.280 --> 0:19:31.879 We've been trying to make sure that your voice is 0:19:31.880 --> 0:19:35.240 not at the end, but is all throughout this podcast. 0:19:35.320 --> 0:19:37.679 We wouldn't be here without you, and we also wouldn't 0:19:37.720 --> 0:19:39.159 be here without the sponsor. So we're gonna take a 0:19:39.200 --> 0:19:40.040 quick record. 0:19:39.720 --> 0:19:40.280 Be right back. 0:19:46.920 --> 0:19:50.000 All right, we're back. So we promised you that that 0:19:50.160 --> 0:19:51.160 you were questioned. Let's here. 0:19:51.800 --> 0:19:52.400 My name is. 0:19:52.359 --> 0:19:53.360 Tanisha Lyons Porter. 0:19:53.520 --> 0:19:56.320 I live in Los Angeles, California, View Park, Wednesory Hills. 0:19:56.640 --> 0:19:57.440 To be exact. 0:19:57.760 --> 0:20:04.200 I have a question, so election time, local elections, propositions, 0:20:04.400 --> 0:20:06.639 all of that stuff. How do you all do your 0:20:06.800 --> 0:20:11.760 due diligence to research the judges and the board members 0:20:11.840 --> 0:20:15.159 and the propositions Because California, I don't know about other states, 0:20:15.520 --> 0:20:19.399 but it be confusing. And our family used to do 0:20:19.480 --> 0:20:22.200 it as a group, but my dad passed away a 0:20:22.200 --> 0:20:25.200 few years ago, my mom is gone, and we still 0:20:25.240 --> 0:20:26.400 want to do it as a group, but. 0:20:26.600 --> 0:20:29.879 It's overwhelming, and it's overwhelming. 0:20:29.920 --> 0:20:33.520 So how do you all do your due diligence and 0:20:33.640 --> 0:20:35.600 research for your local elections? 0:20:36.440 --> 0:20:40.560 That's a perfect, perfect question and a good transition from 0:20:40.640 --> 0:20:44.520 talking about the presidential now the congressional. Look, folks want 0:20:44.560 --> 0:20:46.480 to talk about state and local. How do y'all make 0:20:46.520 --> 0:20:49.040 your decisions? What do you do when you're vetting a 0:20:49.080 --> 0:20:52.560 candidate or a policy position that may be on the ballot? 0:20:52.600 --> 0:20:53.600 Tiffany wants you let us know? 0:20:53.680 --> 0:20:55.399 Yeah, Well, first I want to say how much I 0:20:55.440 --> 0:20:58.359 love this question, Andrew, And I'm actually really interested in 0:20:58.359 --> 0:21:01.800 your response because you've run at a local level and 0:21:01.840 --> 0:21:04.200 a state level, which is different than running at a 0:21:04.240 --> 0:21:07.679 federal level, and I think you know understanding who's responsible 0:21:07.680 --> 0:21:09.919 for what is so integral to our civic engagement in 0:21:09.960 --> 0:21:13.440 the process. For me, I first want to make sure 0:21:13.520 --> 0:21:16.800 I understand the exact issue, because the interesting thing about 0:21:16.880 --> 0:21:19.800 this question asking at state and local level, this is 0:21:19.840 --> 0:21:22.720 where voting blocks can fracture. That's why I don't like 0:21:22.840 --> 0:21:25.840 terms like the black vote or the Latino vote, because 0:21:25.840 --> 0:21:29.479 that some of these down ballot initiatives there are things 0:21:29.560 --> 0:21:32.800 about you know how budgets are operated, or you know 0:21:33.000 --> 0:21:35.679 where or how budgets are allocated. I should say, so 0:21:35.800 --> 0:21:37.280 I try to look at it and make sure I'm 0:21:37.320 --> 0:21:40.920 getting material and information from the source directly. All of 0:21:40.960 --> 0:21:43.280 these candidates have a website. You can go there and 0:21:43.320 --> 0:21:45.600 look and see how they feel about something. For people 0:21:45.600 --> 0:21:48.080 who are curious about this, you'd be surprised if you're 0:21:48.160 --> 0:21:51.119 somebody and somebody's running for a state rep. If you 0:21:51.160 --> 0:21:52.879 can get twenty or thirty of your friends at your 0:21:52.880 --> 0:21:54.600 house and you say, hey, we would like to invite 0:21:54.640 --> 0:21:57.399 you to my home to hear exactly how you feel. 0:21:57.480 --> 0:22:00.320 Reach out to them because that is precisely what they need. 0:22:00.760 --> 0:22:03.160 They will show up at your home and answer questions 0:22:03.160 --> 0:22:06.199 and engage with you, but make sure you're informed. I 0:22:06.240 --> 0:22:09.200 will say, do not go off political ads. Political ads 0:22:09.200 --> 0:22:12.000 are meant to do exactly that sway your opinion, and 0:22:12.080 --> 0:22:14.320 it might not be accurate. It's meant to sway the 0:22:14.359 --> 0:22:17.480 person's opinion to their liking, and sometimes people don't even 0:22:17.600 --> 0:22:20.320 know that some of these ads are are funded by 0:22:20.480 --> 0:22:23.439 extremists or right wing organizations. During the Super Bowl you 0:22:23.440 --> 0:22:25.160 see a lot of religious ads, and when you start 0:22:25.200 --> 0:22:27.560 digging to say, who's paying for this, we love Jesus Dad, 0:22:27.880 --> 0:22:30.360 it is somebody who does not live their life according 0:22:30.400 --> 0:22:31.560 to the principles of a good book. 0:22:31.520 --> 0:22:32.399 I'm gonna assure you. 0:22:32.680 --> 0:22:35.240 So I would say, go to the source and don't 0:22:35.240 --> 0:22:37.240 be afraid to reach out to candadas directly and see 0:22:37.280 --> 0:22:38.200 where your values align. 0:22:38.920 --> 0:22:39.439 I love that. 0:22:39.480 --> 0:22:40.919 I love that. What about you, Angela? 0:22:41.800 --> 0:22:43.720 Well, one of the things that I still very much 0:22:43.800 --> 0:22:46.000 do My parents and I fill out our ballots together 0:22:46.200 --> 0:22:49.399 in Washington State, and I love doing that because it 0:22:49.440 --> 0:22:51.520 turns into a little debate, and I think that you 0:22:51.560 --> 0:22:53.720 guys can see that I didn't fall far from that. 0:22:53.800 --> 0:22:55.080 So we've been doing that since I was a little 0:22:55.160 --> 0:22:57.760 kid and I couldn't vote and I wanted to. I 0:22:58.080 --> 0:23:01.760 definitely understand what she's saying about wanting to do that 0:23:01.840 --> 0:23:03.840 as a family, and we will sit there and pull 0:23:03.920 --> 0:23:06.080 up the positions. As Tip is talking about that voter 0:23:06.119 --> 0:23:08.520 booklet that comes out with their positions, look them up, 0:23:08.760 --> 0:23:10.800 fact check them, see if any of your homies endorse 0:23:10.800 --> 0:23:13.000 some and the day in there like you can look 0:23:13.040 --> 0:23:15.199 at it that way. But I think this question is 0:23:15.240 --> 0:23:19.560 great because sometimes voting day is not just that, you know, 0:23:20.160 --> 0:23:23.919 second Tuesday in November. There are also elections throughout the year. 0:23:23.920 --> 0:23:26.320 There are primaries, and there are special elections of which 0:23:26.359 --> 0:23:29.440 there was just one Andrew tell us about that just 0:23:30.400 --> 0:23:31.880 the other day election in New York. 0:23:32.320 --> 0:23:35.560 Rah, Well, I'm saying to them, but the Democrats did 0:23:35.600 --> 0:23:38.879 win that race. I want to speak though, Angela if 0:23:38.920 --> 0:23:41.800 I could to the question, I believe it was Tanisha 0:23:42.760 --> 0:23:47.760 from La and just say this communal aspect of voting 0:23:47.800 --> 0:23:51.240 that has been so deeply, I think, sort of stitched 0:23:51.359 --> 0:23:54.920 into our community and our culture. We've got to maintain 0:23:55.040 --> 0:23:58.080 that because what the opposition wants to do is make 0:23:58.119 --> 0:24:06.119 this thing seem complicated, overly intellectual, and frankly not accessible 0:24:06.200 --> 0:24:08.680 for everyday people. And why is it that they don't 0:24:08.720 --> 0:24:10.400 want it accessible for every day people? Because they didn't 0:24:10.400 --> 0:24:12.960 want you holding them accountable like that they want you 0:24:13.040 --> 0:24:16.000 to listen to. Tiffany said, those ads which may not 0:24:16.080 --> 0:24:18.720 be backed by them, and even the ones back by them, 0:24:18.720 --> 0:24:21.080 are usually portraying what it is that they want you 0:24:21.119 --> 0:24:23.679 to believe about them. Could be true, could be not, 0:24:23.760 --> 0:24:28.080 could be frankly a little bit of both. So the 0:24:28.119 --> 0:24:30.840 communal aspect breaks down I think one of the most 0:24:30.840 --> 0:24:34.120 significant barriers to entry, which is the shit is too 0:24:34.160 --> 0:24:36.720 complicated and it's you know, I just I would rather 0:24:36.800 --> 0:24:39.240 check out and deal with what I got to deal 0:24:39.240 --> 0:24:41.359 with rather than go and try and understand and learn 0:24:41.400 --> 0:24:43.719 about that. And so I would just recommend, you know, 0:24:44.080 --> 0:24:46.080 keep that communal aspect up. In addition to what my 0:24:46.160 --> 0:24:51.000 colleagues have just said, beautiful question, and we want you 0:24:51.080 --> 0:24:56.000 all to of course keep the questions and comments coming. 0:24:56.080 --> 0:25:00.240 We want to, of course invite you to download eight 0:25:00.760 --> 0:25:03.199 and also get feedback to the podcast, because as you know, 0:25:03.320 --> 0:25:07.080 we listen and we put it right here weekly in 0:25:07.119 --> 0:25:13.360 front of you, y'all. We're gonna transition real quick to politics. 0:25:12.720 --> 0:25:14.000 Is what everywhere. 0:25:16.520 --> 0:25:17.520 I need some excitement. 0:25:17.640 --> 0:25:20.320 Politics are what everywhere everywhere? 0:25:21.520 --> 0:25:27.040 A little delayed angela look delayed, No, no, no messing 0:25:27.160 --> 0:25:31.600 with you politics are very where. 0:25:31.800 --> 0:25:33.560 I have to tell you, ladies, this is probably one 0:25:33.600 --> 0:25:37.399 of my more favorite parts of the podcast, where we 0:25:37.480 --> 0:25:40.600 get to I don't know, trafficking things that we may 0:25:40.680 --> 0:25:41.640 or may not be expert. 0:25:42.800 --> 0:25:47.280 Tiffany, I'm a sort expert. And how dare you? Anyway? 0:25:48.000 --> 0:25:49.000 Who won the Super Bowl? 0:25:49.040 --> 0:25:49.240 Tip? 0:25:49.880 --> 0:25:52.920 The Chiefs won the Super Bowl? And just for those 0:25:52.960 --> 0:25:57.160 who don't know, Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelsey both play 0:25:57.200 --> 0:25:58.520 for the Teas and they're on the same team. 0:25:59.040 --> 0:25:59.520 Good job. 0:25:59.760 --> 0:26:02.160 Thanks did you get Did they come for you? Did 0:26:02.160 --> 0:26:03.080 they come for your friends? 0:26:03.160 --> 0:26:03.400 Well? 0:26:03.560 --> 0:26:05.359 A little bit, A little bit, It's fine. 0:26:05.520 --> 0:26:08.399 They really dragged us more for talking about Travis Kelsey 0:26:08.480 --> 0:26:12.160 saying he didn't like didn't say that, but. 0:26:12.160 --> 0:26:14.359 You know that's how you know they don't. 0:26:14.240 --> 0:26:16.359 Listen to this, That's what I'm saying. Don't watch clips 0:26:16.400 --> 0:26:18.480 and think that's the whole thing. Don't we headlines and 0:26:18.560 --> 0:26:21.760 think that's the whole story. Listen to the entire podcast 0:26:21.800 --> 0:26:23.800 and some good stuff in there. You might learn something. 0:26:23.880 --> 0:26:27.399 Stop being sweater fingers and listen before you weigh in. 0:26:27.600 --> 0:26:29.600 Because it takes every day everyone to fight some of 0:26:29.640 --> 0:26:30.399 these comments. 0:26:30.480 --> 0:26:32.919 But I did the other day. I broke thank you. 0:26:32.960 --> 0:26:33.440 I'm sorry. 0:26:34.040 --> 0:26:36.760 So when when Angela refers to breaking the rule, I 0:26:36.880 --> 0:26:38.760 just think, you know what, your opinion of me is 0:26:38.800 --> 0:26:42.280 really your business, and uh. 0:26:41.400 --> 0:26:41.840 I'm with that. 0:26:42.280 --> 0:26:44.960 Yeah, you want you down in the show off of misinformation? 0:26:45.040 --> 0:26:46.840 You know, I'm quick to check and I'll turn it effact. 0:26:46.960 --> 0:26:49.520 Well, whatever, what are we? What is the politics everywhere? 0:26:50.320 --> 0:26:53.240 Well, y'all tell me where is it today? Well? 0:26:53.320 --> 0:26:56.600 I so, something that I found interesting is it's been 0:26:56.720 --> 0:27:00.639 a lot of drama in the world of comedy from clubs, 0:27:01.600 --> 0:27:05.679 two people, you know, throwing hooks back and forth. And 0:27:05.760 --> 0:27:08.200 so that's been really interesting to watch because obviously I'm 0:27:08.200 --> 0:27:09.280 not a comedian. 0:27:09.320 --> 0:27:10.320 I'm just naturally funny. 0:27:10.359 --> 0:27:15.720 Are you sure you're not a comedian, But I'm naturally funny. Different. 0:27:15.800 --> 0:27:17.680 I think I could do. I think I could get 0:27:17.680 --> 0:27:19.600 on stage and riff. I really do. Notice to all 0:27:19.640 --> 0:27:21.960 my comedian friends, I think so. 0:27:21.960 --> 0:27:25.960 So long as you don't like my boy, comedian David. 0:27:25.760 --> 0:27:30.200 Louke, Okay, I like I honestly, I don't like why 0:27:30.280 --> 0:27:31.160 you call him your boy. 0:27:31.200 --> 0:27:32.160 Don't call him your boy. 0:27:32.840 --> 0:27:34.440 Listen, I said, you know. 0:27:34.960 --> 0:27:36.320 Maybe you're welcome in everybody home. 0:27:36.400 --> 0:27:39.040 Let me. I think that's what we do here. I 0:27:39.080 --> 0:27:41.280 think we I think we have grace. We are a 0:27:41.760 --> 0:27:42.920 we are to meet. 0:27:42.920 --> 0:27:44.600 The lots are changed for this dude. 0:27:47.000 --> 0:27:54.640 Let's David Lucas, who is a comedian pretty popular amongst 0:27:54.960 --> 0:27:55.520 his audience. 0:27:55.560 --> 0:27:59.080 I don't think I've never heard. Honestly, I don't think 0:27:59.080 --> 0:28:00.000 he's I've never. 0:28:00.280 --> 0:28:02.400 Man, this is the most shine he about to get ever. 0:28:02.480 --> 0:28:04.200 In like the first and last time we ever. 0:28:04.040 --> 0:28:05.879 Going to I didn't have a huge following. He was 0:28:05.920 --> 0:28:08.440 grossly unheard, up mostly up. 0:28:08.240 --> 0:28:11.080 And coming comedian. All right, we make space for all. 0:28:11.160 --> 0:28:12.000 He's up and gone. 0:28:12.160 --> 0:28:15.800 Who took it? Some say a little too far when 0:28:16.240 --> 0:28:22.440 he joked about the unfortunate and untimely passing the murderer 0:28:22.680 --> 0:28:27.600 of George Floyd, which really spurred a reaction from the audience. 0:28:27.640 --> 0:28:28.960 Y'all take a look and tell me what we think. 0:28:29.400 --> 0:28:31.680 And all these good ass white people at my show, 0:28:34.440 --> 0:28:36.520 and you wanted to show them the reason George Floyd 0:28:36.560 --> 0:28:41.720 got his neck kneeled dog no ooh had that joke. 0:28:44.920 --> 0:28:46.960 It's just a joke, man. I would have never kneeled 0:28:47.000 --> 0:28:50.360 on George Floyd's neck. I would have shot that, and 0:28:50.400 --> 0:28:56.800 that was It's called comedy. You really stop to put 0:28:56.840 --> 0:29:01.680 the house with you look like you drive a yellow taxicab. 0:29:02.960 --> 0:29:14.440 You y'all good? Are y'all about? I like Kyle Rittenhouse too. 0:29:17.360 --> 0:29:20.640 For those of you who are listening and not watching, 0:29:20.800 --> 0:29:25.040 you missed audience members getting up, walking out, shouting back 0:29:25.080 --> 0:29:28.400 and forth. Jesus, remember when the comedy was like funny? 0:29:28.480 --> 0:29:30.400 This guy's like low brow. 0:29:30.760 --> 0:29:33.720 I mean, I am sick from this clip. I'm sick. 0:29:34.000 --> 0:29:37.600 There's there's, but there's there's just there's just no comedy there. 0:29:38.120 --> 0:29:39.480 Y'all think I guess. 0:29:39.920 --> 0:29:43.280 Who was laughing. I want to know who is. 0:29:43.640 --> 0:29:46.880 Sometimes when people outside of the community hear somebody in 0:29:46.920 --> 0:29:50.000 the community say that they are, they mistakenly think this 0:29:50.120 --> 0:29:51.120 is an appropriate joke. 0:29:51.160 --> 0:29:52.400 And there was nothing funny about that. 0:29:52.640 --> 0:29:56.440 The nervous there's also the nervous laughs laugh. 0:29:56.720 --> 0:29:58.960 I heard laughter, and I didn't find that funny. And Angela, 0:29:58.960 --> 0:30:01.360 I would say, Angela disagree. I didn't want to even 0:30:01.400 --> 0:30:04.200 play the clip at all. Well, because it gives a 0:30:04.280 --> 0:30:06.720 highlight I think is disrespectful to the Floyd family to 0:30:06.880 --> 0:30:08.640 have to hear that. I think it's disrespectful to all 0:30:08.680 --> 0:30:11.400 of us who remember that moment so keenly. And I 0:30:11.440 --> 0:30:14.400 think the key to comedy is it has to be funny, 0:30:14.720 --> 0:30:17.840 and what this man lacks in humor he makes up 0:30:17.840 --> 0:30:20.920 for in controversy. And he will find that actually is 0:30:20.960 --> 0:30:23.760 not talent. And so I think he's already gotten too 0:30:23.840 --> 0:30:26.680 much airtime on Native Landpod in my personal opinion. 0:30:26.960 --> 0:30:29.080 Well, I just think, you know, part of this is 0:30:30.200 --> 0:30:35.200 are we There're two questions for me. One we've just 0:30:35.240 --> 0:30:38.200 seen after the super Bowl. You know, Kanye sort of 0:30:38.400 --> 0:30:40.520 you know, put itself back out there a little bit. 0:30:40.640 --> 0:30:45.720 Maybe he has a deal, possibly a redeal underway, but 0:30:45.880 --> 0:30:49.400 really you know, speaking up and talking a little bit 0:30:49.440 --> 0:30:53.200 more about his mental health, making you know, bad statements 0:30:53.360 --> 0:30:55.160 and actions all along the way. 0:30:55.240 --> 0:30:57.880 But who among us hasn't And I just wonder what 0:30:58.000 --> 0:31:01.800 is the road to like recovery once you do something 0:31:01.840 --> 0:31:03.880 so foolish. Now I don't even know if this guy, 0:31:04.440 --> 0:31:08.480 the comedian recognizes the harm of his ways. You all 0:31:08.480 --> 0:31:10.760 are right to focus first on the family, which is 0:31:11.160 --> 0:31:14.800 it's got to be harmful to them. But if we 0:31:14.800 --> 0:31:17.040 were to carry this, you know, a little step further, 0:31:17.160 --> 0:31:20.440 I'm just wondering, how do people start to you know, 0:31:21.480 --> 0:31:27.400 rehabilitate themselves and become part of frankly acceptable audience, and 0:31:27.400 --> 0:31:29.280 then two for me. And this is probably even bigger 0:31:29.320 --> 0:31:33.360 than the first, and it is, have we really learned 0:31:33.520 --> 0:31:37.800 anything from the summer of our awakening, where we thought 0:31:38.600 --> 0:31:42.200 folks regardless of their color, where they live, with neighborhood, 0:31:42.240 --> 0:31:45.320 where they grew up. We're starting to understand at least 0:31:45.360 --> 0:31:48.080 appreciate the plight of black folks, black men particularly, but 0:31:48.160 --> 0:31:51.080 black folks in this country has released to criminal justice. 0:31:51.120 --> 0:31:51.960 Did we learn a lesson? 0:31:52.240 --> 0:31:54.560 But this is the thing, right, So Tiff talked about 0:31:54.600 --> 0:31:57.920 how we disagreed about whether or not to play the clip. 0:31:58.240 --> 0:32:00.320 I wanted to play the clip because I think there 0:32:00.360 --> 0:32:04.200 are more people who hold that sentiment than not. And 0:32:04.280 --> 0:32:06.560 what is what is reflected in is to this very 0:32:06.560 --> 0:32:07.959 point around twenty twenty. 0:32:08.400 --> 0:32:10.120 Do you know since twenty twenty. 0:32:09.800 --> 0:32:13.240 There have been three hundred and forty billion dollars committed 0:32:13.480 --> 0:32:17.960 by Fortune one thousand companies towards racial justice efforts. So 0:32:18.080 --> 0:32:21.479 if they're laughing this in this comedy club and we 0:32:21.520 --> 0:32:25.400 cannot account for what was initially sixty six billion now 0:32:25.440 --> 0:32:27.640 has turned to three hundred and forty billion, then the 0:32:27.720 --> 0:32:29.440 joke is on us. The joke is on us as 0:32:29.440 --> 0:32:31.920 black consumers, our buying power is near one point three 0:32:32.000 --> 0:32:35.360 trillion dollars. The fact that you can continue to say, 0:32:35.720 --> 0:32:38.320 I'm committing this, I'm gonna I'm gonna push this money 0:32:38.400 --> 0:32:42.000 towards efforts that protect your safety and ensure your livelihood 0:32:42.040 --> 0:32:44.560 and your viability and equity in this country. But I 0:32:44.640 --> 0:32:48.080 am going to as soon as the Supreme Court says 0:32:48.360 --> 0:32:52.400 no affirmative action in higher education college admissions, now I'm 0:32:52.400 --> 0:32:54.400 going to retract everything that I did. 0:32:54.720 --> 0:32:55.960 Racial reckoning no more. 0:32:56.240 --> 0:32:59.240 We shall overcome hell, we done overcame enough, y'all have 0:32:59.360 --> 0:33:01.760 what you need. I'm pulling all of this back, all 0:33:01.800 --> 0:33:07.320 of my DEI team Meta, Google, Amazon, Twitter, and everywhere else, 0:33:07.360 --> 0:33:10.080 including Paramount that just laid off a lot of people 0:33:10.560 --> 0:33:14.240 just the other day, most of them black folks. All 0:33:14.280 --> 0:33:17.640 of that is dissipated because you can't handle a little pressure. 0:33:17.840 --> 0:33:19.880 You can't get creative for the people that helped you 0:33:19.960 --> 0:33:23.040 to build this joint. Like, I have so many issues 0:33:23.080 --> 0:33:28.280 with this fifty five percent increase in DEI positions after 0:33:28.320 --> 0:33:31.840 George Floyd's death. We are forty percent of the attrition 0:33:32.000 --> 0:33:36.000 rate of the layoffs in those roles. That is the 0:33:36.160 --> 0:33:40.240 joke on us, well the people laughing in that comedy club. 0:33:40.440 --> 0:33:44.040 Are probably in hiring positions, are probably in authority making 0:33:44.320 --> 0:33:47.520 decision making positions and saying they're good they're gonna do 0:33:47.520 --> 0:33:49.160 one thing, but really doing another. 0:33:49.600 --> 0:33:51.160 Yeah, they may not be. 0:33:51.440 --> 0:33:53.440 Even if they're not in hiring positions, they're certainly in 0:33:53.480 --> 0:33:55.280 safe positions, like their. 0:33:55.000 --> 0:33:57.120 Jobs are not of risk at ours. 0:33:57.160 --> 0:33:59.120 But I think you bring up a good point, Angela 0:33:59.120 --> 0:34:01.080 about all the commitment we heard. I think this will 0:34:01.120 --> 0:34:02.720 be a great thing for Congress to take up, like 0:34:02.800 --> 0:34:04.720 call back from some of these people and say, hey, 0:34:04.720 --> 0:34:06.760 remember that money you said you commit to racial justice. 0:34:06.760 --> 0:34:09.120 What happened with that? Because what it became was a 0:34:09.160 --> 0:34:13.600 marketing tool. It became a marketing slogan racial reckoning and 0:34:13.640 --> 0:34:16.600 not actually a policy standpoint or a real commitment by 0:34:16.640 --> 0:34:17.400 the private sector. 0:34:17.840 --> 0:34:20.520 Just since December, by the way, Tiff has done that. 0:34:20.560 --> 0:34:22.560 They're just not in the majority, right, but it's happened. 0:34:22.640 --> 0:34:23.839 I think that's a really good point. 0:34:24.200 --> 0:34:26.760 But I want our viewers to understand just since December 0:34:26.840 --> 0:34:29.719 of twenty twenty three, thirty three percent of jobs that 0:34:29.760 --> 0:34:32.840 were hired to promote racial equity and DEI positions have 0:34:32.960 --> 0:34:35.080 been lost. That's just since December this is in the 0:34:35.120 --> 0:34:39.560 past three months. Moreover, more than twenty states have either 0:34:39.680 --> 0:34:43.480 banned or planned to ban DEI initiatives in their states. 0:34:43.480 --> 0:34:46.920 Why is all this happening because of right wing MAGA extremists. 0:34:46.960 --> 0:34:48.400 And so when we a lot of you guys, a 0:34:48.440 --> 0:34:50.040 lot of our viewers, and thank you for weighing in 0:34:50.080 --> 0:34:51.480 and reaching out with your questions. A lot of our 0:34:51.560 --> 0:34:53.480 viewers have asked us to weigh in on the Future Fund, 0:34:53.920 --> 0:34:59.400 which was a fun dedicated to funding black It was 0:34:59.400 --> 0:35:02.200 a venture capital fund dedicated to funding black owned businesses. 0:35:02.440 --> 0:35:05.120 And so this is something the sad part of all 0:35:05.120 --> 0:35:08.440 of this the gentleman going after this, Ed Bloom. He's 0:35:08.440 --> 0:35:11.160 a right wing extremist who this is the same person 0:35:11.200 --> 0:35:14.440 who went after affirmative action and to his credit, got 0:35:14.440 --> 0:35:16.160 it all the way to the Supreme Court. So he's 0:35:16.160 --> 0:35:18.080 doing exactly what he said he would do. But I 0:35:18.120 --> 0:35:21.680 want people to understand that when black folks win, it 0:35:21.719 --> 0:35:25.480 does not mean that other people lose. Actually everyone wins. 0:35:25.680 --> 0:35:27.960 There was a study that came out in twenty sixteen 0:35:28.320 --> 0:35:33.040 that found that one most venture capitalist funders are white men, 0:35:33.320 --> 0:35:35.960 and so there is less than point one percent of 0:35:36.080 --> 0:35:38.840 people or point three percent rather of people of color 0:35:39.000 --> 0:35:41.960 who are in a position to fund these Because of 0:35:42.000 --> 0:35:46.439 that number, the narrow amount of people who do get 0:35:46.480 --> 0:35:49.000 funding has cost the US to lose out over one 0:35:49.040 --> 0:35:52.680 point one million minority owned businesses and forfeit more than 0:35:52.760 --> 0:35:56.839 nine million job opportunities. Black owned businesses does not mean 0:35:56.920 --> 0:36:00.000 we only employ black people. It contributes to the economy 0:36:00.440 --> 0:36:03.440 and everybody wins. So while you're cutting your nose off 0:36:03.480 --> 0:36:07.399 despite your face, you are literally denying yourself and your 0:36:07.480 --> 0:36:12.520 children opportunity because you cannot stomach equality in this country. 0:36:12.600 --> 0:36:15.360 You don't believe in yourself enough to have a level 0:36:15.360 --> 0:36:18.880 playing field, and that's why your efforts are constantly trying 0:36:18.880 --> 0:36:22.080 to keep us demoted. That our outlook is watch me 0:36:22.239 --> 0:36:25.319 leap frog all over you and still win. A free 0:36:25.320 --> 0:36:28.960 people will never be suppressed for any longer time than 0:36:29.080 --> 0:36:31.120 history would deny us. 0:36:31.560 --> 0:36:35.879 Well, listen, y'all both have dropped some bars on this one, 0:36:36.120 --> 0:36:39.960 and I couldn't I could not agree more. I'm hopeful, y'all, 0:36:40.000 --> 0:36:42.160 and I don't know if you have an optimistic outlook 0:36:42.200 --> 0:36:46.799 around what this can actually become if we leaned into 0:36:46.800 --> 0:36:50.000 the moment and health people accountable. But it seems to 0:36:50.040 --> 0:36:54.200 me that for corporate America, this was very much so performative. 0:36:55.080 --> 0:36:58.040 A lot of what was done, even the funds that 0:36:58.080 --> 0:37:02.160 were established, the the symbolic contributions that were given to 0:37:02.239 --> 0:37:07.000 black led organizations, the NAACP, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, 0:37:07.040 --> 0:37:08.920 and on and on and on and on, Black Lives Matter, 0:37:09.200 --> 0:37:11.600 you name it. If it had black ended it, it 0:37:11.640 --> 0:37:14.759 was getting flow. The problem is is that if you 0:37:14.800 --> 0:37:17.239 went back and check with those organizations right now, I 0:37:17.280 --> 0:37:21.239 bet many of them would be sad, but would truthfully 0:37:21.280 --> 0:37:23.800 report that a lot of those donors have gone away. 0:37:24.080 --> 0:37:27.239 How do you sustain a movement? How do you change 0:37:27.680 --> 0:37:31.640 community in society? If you're a one time giver, a 0:37:31.680 --> 0:37:36.279 performative actor who doesn't show up for the march, the 0:37:37.520 --> 0:37:40.479 putting stamps on envelopes in the office, the call time 0:37:40.600 --> 0:37:43.600 or text time. In order to achieve the games that 0:37:43.640 --> 0:37:48.759 we're trying to still claw back, it takes more than 0:37:48.960 --> 0:37:53.239 just a game, an incident, a march, a petition, a 0:37:53.360 --> 0:37:57.719 visit to Congress or your local city hall. It requires 0:37:57.800 --> 0:38:00.960 more than that. If that's what you give, then don't 0:38:01.000 --> 0:38:03.560 be surprised by what you get. But if you put 0:38:03.600 --> 0:38:09.480 real energy, real effort, real organizing, real concentrated momentum and 0:38:09.560 --> 0:38:13.080 constituency building amongst your family, then your friends and your 0:38:13.160 --> 0:38:16.279 church members or your sit on the couch members or 0:38:16.360 --> 0:38:16.920 whoever you. 0:38:16.880 --> 0:38:19.520 Can do all that their equity should. 0:38:19.640 --> 0:38:22.640 All I'm saying is is, unfortunately we live in the 0:38:22.640 --> 0:38:25.160 world that we live in, and when we fail to 0:38:25.239 --> 0:38:29.919 do those things, people tend to contract contract to pull 0:38:30.080 --> 0:38:32.920 back from their commitments, and we want to hold them accountable. 0:38:33.160 --> 0:38:35.759 But listen, y'all, I don't want to leave this politics 0:38:35.840 --> 0:38:39.600 everywhere without going to a special place for you. Tiffany, 0:38:40.000 --> 0:38:42.359 I'm ready. You've got to You've got a love love 0:38:42.440 --> 0:38:48.480 relationship I understand with with All Star weekend, can you 0:38:48.520 --> 0:38:50.880 just enlighten the people on your fascination. 0:38:51.600 --> 0:38:53.600 Oh Andrew, I'm sorry. Before we move on, I just 0:38:53.600 --> 0:38:56.600 want to say I misspoke. I said the Future Fund, 0:38:56.640 --> 0:38:58.640 and it is actually the Fearless Funds. I want to 0:38:58.640 --> 0:39:02.399 shout out fearless Black women who are still out there 0:39:02.440 --> 0:39:03.120 fighting the good fight. 0:39:03.680 --> 0:39:07.680 By the way, led by a rattler. 0:39:07.120 --> 0:39:09.960 Shout out to shout out to FAM you so apologies. 0:39:09.960 --> 0:39:13.120 The Fearless Fund not the Future From but we appreciate 0:39:13.120 --> 0:39:14.560 you being fearless about our future. 0:39:14.600 --> 0:39:15.120 So thank you. 0:39:15.200 --> 0:39:18.759 Hey, well, Tiffany, you can interrupt our commercial breaks anytime 0:39:18.840 --> 0:39:21.560 when you want to talk about a ratler and fearless 0:39:21.560 --> 0:39:26.480 funding for black and minority women, black women led businesses 0:39:26.520 --> 0:39:30.480 to Okay, y'all will be right back after this bill 0:39:30.480 --> 0:39:43.400 paying segment. All right, y'all. So, tiff we have waited 0:39:43.480 --> 0:39:45.719 with bated breath long enough. What's up with this All 0:39:45.760 --> 0:39:46.240 Star weekend? 0:39:46.320 --> 0:39:46.600 Okay? 0:39:46.600 --> 0:39:47.160 On this weekend? 0:39:47.160 --> 0:39:48.799 I just want to say, because you know, these are 0:39:48.840 --> 0:39:51.160 back to back events that happen. We had the Super Bowl, 0:39:51.480 --> 0:39:53.719 which I think has a different a different crowd than 0:39:53.800 --> 0:39:56.120 All Star. I don't know if y'all remember when All 0:39:56.160 --> 0:39:59.000 Star was in Atlanta. I think collective, if he has 0:39:59.040 --> 0:40:01.200 a society, we were like, this is never happening again. 0:40:01.440 --> 0:40:04.839 Like it was, don't even be talking about the season women. 0:40:05.360 --> 0:40:08.560 It was just so much foolishness that happened. I mean, 0:40:08.600 --> 0:40:12.279 the airlines to everything. So this year All Star is 0:40:12.320 --> 0:40:16.200 in Indianapolis, but every season, every All Star season. Because 0:40:16.239 --> 0:40:18.799 as you all are well aware, I'm very sought after 0:40:18.880 --> 0:40:21.600 for my athletic opinions on sports and whatnot. I'm not 0:40:21.640 --> 0:40:23.640 going to weigh in on All Star here, but I 0:40:23.719 --> 0:40:29.200 just say it is one of the check Fine, I 0:40:29.280 --> 0:40:32.120 will just say I have a comment in a question. 0:40:32.320 --> 0:40:36.960 My question is I don't quite understand who is playing 0:40:37.120 --> 0:40:40.480 at all Star like, who are the teams that play? 0:40:40.640 --> 0:40:44.120 So I'm asking that for our audience who might not understand. 0:40:44.120 --> 0:40:47.480 Obviously I know, but you guys weigh in and it's 0:40:47.600 --> 0:40:50.240 just one of the most beautiful experiences because I'm always 0:40:50.239 --> 0:40:53.879 reminded of nineteen eighty three when Marvin Gay saying one 0:40:53.880 --> 0:40:57.360 of the most beautiful renditions of the national anthem. 0:40:57.920 --> 0:41:01.320 I was just a bit I wasn't born yet anyway, 0:41:01.719 --> 0:41:04.239 I was just aweve it. 0:41:04.520 --> 0:41:06.000 But are we gonna get to hear? 0:41:06.040 --> 0:41:06.279 Mary? 0:41:06.320 --> 0:41:06.600 Can we? 0:41:06.640 --> 0:41:08.680 I would like to play one little clip of him 0:41:08.719 --> 0:41:12.120 singing if we can get we got to He took 0:41:12.120 --> 0:41:14.520 his time with it. Let us Nick, Can you can 0:41:14.520 --> 0:41:15.759 you roll that Marvin Gay clip? 0:41:15.840 --> 0:41:16.000 Nick? 0:41:16.280 --> 0:41:16.759 Drop it? 0:41:26.080 --> 0:41:46.080 He love it. 0:41:46.080 --> 0:41:46.839 He took his time. 0:41:46.960 --> 0:41:48.279 And so for those who don't know. 0:41:48.360 --> 0:41:50.480 The next best redision I think people would argue is 0:41:50.480 --> 0:41:52.759 Whitney Houston when she's saying at the super Bowl, it 0:41:52.880 --> 0:41:56.279 was just I've never heard another person be able to 0:41:56.280 --> 0:41:59.120 command that song the way she did. She actually said 0:41:59.200 --> 0:42:03.600 Marvin Gaye version of singing the national anthems her inspiration 0:42:03.640 --> 0:42:05.640 because he really took his time with it. But you 0:42:05.680 --> 0:42:08.040 look at that scene with his aviator glasses on, and 0:42:08.080 --> 0:42:11.760 that's smooth as he looks. It's just a beautiful moment 0:42:11.920 --> 0:42:14.080 in this Black History Month that I just wanted us 0:42:14.120 --> 0:42:16.360 to shout out. Now, Angela or Andrew, who want to 0:42:16.400 --> 0:42:20.080 tell me tell our audience about who who's playing in 0:42:20.120 --> 0:42:20.560 this game? 0:42:20.840 --> 0:42:22.839 Yes, so I really want. 0:42:22.960 --> 0:42:25.640 I want to just say first that I almost forgot 0:42:25.680 --> 0:42:27.440 it was the national anthem, which I hate so much 0:42:27.480 --> 0:42:30.560 that Marvin Gaye was singing that I just want to 0:42:30.560 --> 0:42:31.319 be honest about it. 0:42:31.360 --> 0:42:31.920 I don't like it. 0:42:31.960 --> 0:42:34.920 Then check out that second and third Stanza if you 0:42:34.960 --> 0:42:40.439 confused about why anyway, So, the All Star weekend Tiff 0:42:40.560 --> 0:42:44.520 includes several activities. There is the dunk Contest, there's a 0:42:44.560 --> 0:42:47.839 three point contest, and they are not teams in the 0:42:47.880 --> 0:42:50.200 traditional sense of the NBA who are playing. It's the 0:42:50.280 --> 0:42:53.560 Eastern Conference versus the Western Conference teams that play against 0:42:53.600 --> 0:42:57.920 each other, and folks, because this is politics everywhere, it's 0:42:57.920 --> 0:43:00.760 a great time to remind folks that people actual vote 0:43:00.880 --> 0:43:04.280 on who they want to play those teams for our audience. 0:43:04.320 --> 0:43:06.760 Of course, what people you if I know you voted, 0:43:06.960 --> 0:43:09.040 of course you're going to suppress your own vote. 0:43:09.080 --> 0:43:09.759 I'm gonna vote. 0:43:10.120 --> 0:43:12.120 And then they have to be currently in the NBA 0:43:12.280 --> 0:43:15.560 to play. Yes, you cannot be retired. You can't be 0:43:15.600 --> 0:43:19.120 an aspiring basketball player. Spudweb also known as Tiffany Cross 0:43:19.200 --> 0:43:21.400 or Muggy Vogues also known as Tiffany Cross. 0:43:22.160 --> 0:43:22.960 You cannot play. 0:43:23.320 --> 0:43:25.920 But I do want to shout out booth thing because 0:43:26.040 --> 0:43:30.480 Jaleny will be coaching the Rising Stars in the Rising 0:43:30.520 --> 0:43:33.239 Stars Tournament. There are four teams that are selected to 0:43:33.280 --> 0:43:36.080 play in the Rising Stars Tournament, and he's also getting 0:43:36.120 --> 0:43:41.280 the Boblaneer Community Assist Award at the NBA Legends Brunch 0:43:41.320 --> 0:43:41.840 on Sunday. 0:43:41.920 --> 0:43:45.120 So shout out to j Yesler. 0:43:45.239 --> 0:43:47.200 How do I if he needs like an assistant coach 0:43:47.280 --> 0:43:50.200 or somebody on the sideline, like, how do I do? I? 0:43:50.280 --> 0:43:50.440 Just? 0:43:50.600 --> 0:43:52.080 Should I text him? Or should I? 0:43:52.120 --> 0:43:52.200 Like? 0:43:52.520 --> 0:43:54.160 How can I offer my services to support you? 0:43:54.160 --> 0:43:55.920 You know what he told me to ask you this too? 0:43:55.960 --> 0:43:58.319 Can you drop a play really quick that you have run? 0:43:58.360 --> 0:43:59.920 I'll DM, I'll damn it, Sammy. 0:44:00.560 --> 0:44:04.560 Can you show it to me on your Yeah, I 0:44:04.600 --> 0:44:06.520 need to think it through and I'll get it to. 0:44:06.480 --> 0:44:09.439 You after the show. Yeah, do that, Jalen, it's coming 0:44:09.480 --> 0:44:09.879 your way. 0:44:10.400 --> 0:44:13.839 Congratulations Jalen on the award, the honor coaching. I will 0:44:13.880 --> 0:44:14.759 be tuned in. 0:44:15.080 --> 0:44:15.640 Can we see that? 0:44:15.640 --> 0:44:17.040 Are gonna show that part? Angela? 0:44:18.480 --> 0:44:20.120 No, but you know what, I'll try to FaceTime you 0:44:20.120 --> 0:44:21.920 with thank you, thank you. I don't think they I 0:44:21.920 --> 0:44:23.640 don't know why they don't show that, but I'll make sure. 0:44:23.840 --> 0:44:25.360 Shout out to j R. L. A part of the 0:44:25.400 --> 0:44:27.719 reason why he's getting this award is Jalen founded the 0:44:27.760 --> 0:44:29.680 school Jalen Rose Leadership Academy. 0:44:30.400 --> 0:44:32.759 Enter a learner and exit a leader. That's not even 0:44:34.280 --> 0:44:36.680 to the kids. Shout out to Detroit. What up though? 0:44:36.880 --> 0:44:41.120 What congratulations? We're wishing you well. Uh, Tiffany, are you 0:44:41.160 --> 0:44:41.759 gonna make it? 0:44:42.800 --> 0:44:44.839 I'm not going to all start because I don't want 0:44:44.880 --> 0:44:47.440 everybody talking to me every five minutes asking my opinion 0:44:47.480 --> 0:44:49.040 on the game and who I thought they should have 0:44:49.120 --> 0:44:52.160 voted for it to play, because I get tired. 0:44:52.000 --> 0:44:54.080 Of getting my opinion on sports. So no, I'm not 0:44:54.120 --> 0:44:55.640 going Angela. 0:44:55.680 --> 0:44:58.439 While you're in Indianapolis, let us know if there's any 0:44:58.520 --> 0:45:00.759 like political things happening there the we should pay attention to. 0:45:00.800 --> 0:45:03.359 If there's any like valid initiatives and tell the people, 0:45:03.360 --> 0:45:05.160 everybody who talks to it All Star please tell them 0:45:05.160 --> 0:45:07.160 submit your questions the Native Lamb Pod because we want 0:45:07.160 --> 0:45:09.239 to get questions from the people. So you'll be our 0:45:09.320 --> 0:45:12.200 Native Land ambassador on the ground at All Star. If 0:45:12.200 --> 0:45:14.440 you see Angela at All Star, stopper and say I 0:45:14.440 --> 0:45:16.160 got a question, and she'll videotape it. 0:45:16.440 --> 0:45:18.040 We'll use it on the podcast. 0:45:18.239 --> 0:45:20.600 And now I went from being the ambassador to being 0:45:20.800 --> 0:45:21.840 the digital media. 0:45:21.960 --> 0:45:23.960 Yes, got it. I'm happy to do that. 0:45:27.280 --> 0:45:30.359 But you know what, speaking of the Midwest, Andrew, there 0:45:30.400 --> 0:45:33.040 are some things happening in the Midwest that we should 0:45:33.040 --> 0:45:35.839 be being closest to. As you know, the Republicans all 0:45:35.880 --> 0:45:40.279 over the country are like hell bent because they're so 0:45:40.560 --> 0:45:43.680 pro life. They got another thing happen. And what's going 0:45:43.719 --> 0:45:44.840 on in Missouri, Andrew give. 0:45:44.840 --> 0:45:46.920 Well, this is why we have to pay attention. I 0:45:46.920 --> 0:45:49.920 appreciate to if you deputizing Angela, you know, to basically 0:45:50.000 --> 0:45:54.160 be the correspondent on the ground. But in truth, this 0:45:54.239 --> 0:45:57.120 is where the rubber meets the road, y'all. At the 0:45:57.200 --> 0:45:59.239 state and the local we can talk about you know 0:45:59.280 --> 0:46:02.680 the purpose. Well, you know, a red man and age 0:46:02.680 --> 0:46:04.719 and all that stuff all we want to, but when 0:46:04.760 --> 0:46:06.880 it comes to your quality of life, I bet you 0:46:06.920 --> 0:46:09.759 are watching that school board. I bet you're paying attention. 0:46:09.480 --> 0:46:15.680 To But these commonencies are like a huge deal. 0:46:15.960 --> 0:46:18.680 And I you know this at the state level, I 0:46:18.680 --> 0:46:21.719 think a lot of times these things slip in and 0:46:21.760 --> 0:46:24.439 go past before we ever notice them. And the next 0:46:24.440 --> 0:46:26.360 thing we know, we sit in a doctor's office and 0:46:26.360 --> 0:46:28.960 they talking to us about, you know, letting this senator 0:46:29.040 --> 0:46:32.400 come sit in on my debrias because essentially what this 0:46:32.600 --> 0:46:33.680 is let me tell you. 0:46:34.880 --> 0:46:38.000 So, Senator Mary Elizabeth Coleman, who is a Republican in 0:46:38.040 --> 0:46:41.880 the Missouri state Legislature, introduced a bill that would prohibit 0:46:41.920 --> 0:46:44.080 planned parenthood from getting state funds. 0:46:44.080 --> 0:46:45.680 You know that this has been an age old thing 0:46:45.719 --> 0:46:47.640 they do over and over again, the Democrats. 0:46:47.680 --> 0:46:49.480 And this is where I think it's so important because 0:46:49.520 --> 0:46:52.480 there are well meaning elected officials. It's why you need 0:46:52.520 --> 0:46:55.560 to pay attention and vote in your state and local races. 0:46:55.680 --> 0:46:58.120 There's some Democrats that were like, not on my watch, 0:46:58.320 --> 0:47:00.239 and they pushed back and they said, fine, if you're 0:47:00.239 --> 0:47:02.080 gonna have a vote on this bill, we're gonna have 0:47:02.120 --> 0:47:05.239 you do some roll call votes on some things. I 0:47:05.280 --> 0:47:07.839 think before we get into any more about this bill 0:47:07.880 --> 0:47:10.120 and this rape and incest exception, we should roll sound. 0:47:10.480 --> 0:47:12.239 Well, you took away the right, Yes, you did. 0:47:12.400 --> 0:47:15.480 You took away the rights of rape victims to have 0:47:15.520 --> 0:47:17.200 a choice, to be able to decide. 0:47:17.320 --> 0:47:18.680 All those other items. 0:47:18.320 --> 0:47:20.560 That were mentioned here, a lot of those were women 0:47:20.560 --> 0:47:22.759 that decided to have that. We're not saying that we're 0:47:22.800 --> 0:47:23.880 forcing an abortion. 0:47:24.160 --> 0:47:25.600 We're saying, give them the choice. 0:47:25.800 --> 0:47:27.799 If you should have a twelve year old just on 0:47:27.880 --> 0:47:30.680 health reasons alone, should have that choice if and But 0:47:32.080 --> 0:47:34.880 you're okay with that center of forced a birth of 0:47:34.920 --> 0:47:37.400 a rape twelve year old, I'm not okay with. 0:47:39.200 --> 0:47:41.920 Suriy that you voted for. It's the law of Missouriy 0:47:41.920 --> 0:47:45.640 you voted for. I did first thing. I appreciated the argument. 0:47:45.680 --> 0:47:49.000 But we're the women they got women. No, they're not 0:47:49.560 --> 0:47:52.600 your sponsor. I'm just saying it's always interesting to me 0:47:52.719 --> 0:47:55.680 when you see on these abortion bills, and it happens 0:47:55.719 --> 0:47:57.879 in my state of Florida all the time. You spend 0:47:57.880 --> 0:48:02.920 a moment watching the legislature and it's men intensely going 0:48:02.960 --> 0:48:05.799 in on the debate floor over a woman's right to 0:48:05.880 --> 0:48:08.360 her own reproductive decision making. 0:48:08.560 --> 0:48:10.480 There's a woman that actually called for the roll call 0:48:10.560 --> 0:48:13.319 vote on the rate and incest exception. Again, shout out 0:48:13.320 --> 0:48:16.319 to the folks who are holding it down. You know, 0:48:16.600 --> 0:48:19.920 when you're trying to protect the lives of people, the 0:48:20.120 --> 0:48:22.400 you know, the livelihood of these young folks. He mentioned 0:48:22.440 --> 0:48:24.840 a twelve year old, and they can't find it in 0:48:24.880 --> 0:48:27.040 their hearts to say, you know what, this is a 0:48:27.120 --> 0:48:30.160 total band would go too far. This is about planned 0:48:30.239 --> 0:48:33.200 parenthood and planned parenthood build Planted parenthood does so much 0:48:33.239 --> 0:48:37.279 more than abortion. But to feed their messaging, you know, 0:48:37.640 --> 0:48:40.759 framework they will defund planned parenthood. 0:48:40.880 --> 0:48:42.000 Yeah, it's insane. 0:48:42.200 --> 0:48:45.200 Well, I want to just quickly pick up your point Andrew, 0:48:45.280 --> 0:48:47.880 that women make up half of society. We do not 0:48:47.960 --> 0:48:50.200 make up half of the elected representatives, and I think 0:48:50.239 --> 0:48:52.799 that is showing in policies like this. This is why 0:48:52.840 --> 0:48:55.080 I think this is so important because I'll say it 0:48:55.120 --> 0:48:55.800 every week. 0:48:56.120 --> 0:48:57.359 The state and. 0:48:57.320 --> 0:49:00.640 Local level is where policies are created and they bubble 0:49:00.760 --> 0:49:02.719 up to the federal level. And this is a great 0:49:02.719 --> 0:49:08.799 example of this. Sixty four thousand pregnancies have happened from 0:49:09.080 --> 0:49:13.560 rape in the United States. That has been since Roe v. 0:49:13.640 --> 0:49:16.719 Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court. When you think 0:49:16.760 --> 0:49:20.400 about where black folks live, more than sixty percent of 0:49:20.440 --> 0:49:23.239 those who seek an abortion are people of color. And 0:49:23.280 --> 0:49:25.880 when you think about where black folks reside, a majority 0:49:25.960 --> 0:49:28.520 of us live in Southern States. That is that Bible 0:49:28.560 --> 0:49:32.680 Belt quote unquote, where a lot of abortion bands have 0:49:32.800 --> 0:49:36.520 been enacted. So this is something that disproportionately impacts us 0:49:36.520 --> 0:49:39.240 and that we have to think about. I never address 0:49:39.320 --> 0:49:43.200 these people or call them pro life. They perhaps may 0:49:43.239 --> 0:49:46.080 be pro fetus, they are not pro life. You cannot 0:49:46.120 --> 0:49:49.760 be pro life and pro guns. You cannot be pro life, 0:49:49.760 --> 0:49:52.479 and in my opinion, pro Trump. You cannot be pro 0:49:52.560 --> 0:49:56.920 life and support what's happening at the southern border with 0:49:57.080 --> 0:50:00.719 a razor wire, where my desperate my are swinging with 0:50:00.760 --> 0:50:03.720 their children and you are okay with them drowning. Nothing 0:50:03.760 --> 0:50:07.120 about that says pro life to me. This abortion band 0:50:07.120 --> 0:50:11.600 has always been about control, and it's sad. But it's 0:50:11.640 --> 0:50:15.319 really sad that there are so many women, who are 0:50:15.360 --> 0:50:19.120 particularly white women, to be honest, who vote in favor 0:50:19.239 --> 0:50:22.800 of these oppressive, draconian policies that have a direct, sad 0:50:22.880 --> 0:50:26.080 impact on the majority of black women. And I just 0:50:26.160 --> 0:50:28.799 I can't. I don't know what's going to happen. But 0:50:28.880 --> 0:50:31.560 you think about folks in Mississippi who lack access to 0:50:31.880 --> 0:50:33.680 this kind of care. When you look at some of 0:50:33.680 --> 0:50:36.040 these states, that's an actingness. Look at some of their 0:50:36.160 --> 0:50:38.120 education levels, Look at how well they take care of 0:50:38.160 --> 0:50:38.680 their children. 0:50:38.960 --> 0:50:40.800 Not very well. So you don't care. 0:50:40.680 --> 0:50:44.279 About children, but you care about fetuses, you are a hypocrite. 0:50:44.880 --> 0:50:46.840 There it is, and this is one of the reasons 0:50:46.840 --> 0:50:50.240 why it's really important that we lean into our local 0:50:50.480 --> 0:50:55.600 and state politicians that question. The point that Tiffany and 0:50:55.600 --> 0:50:59.400 Angela made about the states and locals being the laboratories, 0:51:00.120 --> 0:51:03.200 it really visualized when you think about lab rats, the 0:51:03.200 --> 0:51:06.359 people who we experiment with to see who lives, who 0:51:06.400 --> 0:51:10.520 gets cured. Many of the policies that are of course 0:51:10.560 --> 0:51:14.840 attacking women, but up and down across the spectrum of issues. 0:51:15.440 --> 0:51:17.680 Many of those policies see the first light of day 0:51:17.840 --> 0:51:23.040 at a local or a state rule making or lawmaking 0:51:24.239 --> 0:51:27.799 set of hearings and practices, and then are obviously inculcated 0:51:27.800 --> 0:51:31.360 into the law. And unfortunately, before we look up and 0:51:31.400 --> 0:51:34.600 we know what's going on, you're down at your mayor's 0:51:34.640 --> 0:51:38.160 office asking for a social Security check when that's not 0:51:38.200 --> 0:51:41.160 our jurisdiction. But you failed to come and talk to 0:51:41.200 --> 0:51:43.879 me when we were Banschood by the NRA about guns 0:51:43.920 --> 0:51:47.000 and city parks where our kids play in our family's picnic. 0:51:47.640 --> 0:51:49.920 These are the kinds of issues that are getting adopted 0:51:49.920 --> 0:51:54.680 at these levels. And so for our Native Native land podcasts, 0:51:54.719 --> 0:51:58.520 you know, listeners, we got to activate and in places 0:51:58.520 --> 0:52:02.560 sometimes you don't wait for the invitation to run. You 0:52:02.719 --> 0:52:04.880 decide that you gonna pull up a seat to the 0:52:04.920 --> 0:52:07.200 table yourself, and you'll get out there and you'll challenge 0:52:07.200 --> 0:52:09.359 to people who are standing in the way of your livelihood, 0:52:09.440 --> 0:52:12.960 your family safety and security, and your ability to prosper 0:52:13.000 --> 0:52:16.600 as a community. Y'all. We're gonna wrap this session by 0:52:16.719 --> 0:52:21.279 hearing from another listener around some of the questions they 0:52:21.280 --> 0:52:23.600 have around how it is they can organize better where 0:52:23.640 --> 0:52:23.960 they live. 0:52:24.880 --> 0:52:28.640 Hey, guys, my name is Matt Davis. I'm from Des Moines, Iowa. 0:52:28.760 --> 0:52:30.719 And so the question I had for you guys is 0:52:30.760 --> 0:52:32.960 a lot of times, like I know, when they've interviewed 0:52:33.440 --> 0:52:37.759 Charlemagne the God, I've even seen other interviews even with 0:52:37.840 --> 0:52:41.280 Angela and others, where they said the Democrats are losing 0:52:41.400 --> 0:52:45.319 the black voter, and so I was really curious, Like 0:52:45.480 --> 0:52:47.960 you know, some some have said that it's like because 0:52:48.040 --> 0:52:52.200 during Trump's presidency he was cutting checks. Others just say 0:52:52.200 --> 0:52:54.759 it's policies that they're not seeing that are impacting their 0:52:54.840 --> 0:52:58.120 daily lives. So my question is, if you were to 0:52:58.239 --> 0:53:03.680 choose three things that were attainable, what three things would 0:53:03.719 --> 0:53:07.160 you choose that that could be done and implemented that 0:53:07.239 --> 0:53:10.800 would bring more black voters back to the Democratic Party. 0:53:11.560 --> 0:53:12.960 And what do you think vose would be. 0:53:13.400 --> 0:53:16.120 I'm gonna kick this, kick this over to you, Tiffany, 0:53:16.160 --> 0:53:17.560 but did want to say that this couple of. 0:53:18.120 --> 0:53:20.280 He called my name, So I just want to defend myself, 0:53:20.320 --> 0:53:21.600 by the way, but go ahead, keep going. 0:53:21.680 --> 0:53:23.080 No, you can get it done, Frank Goo. 0:53:23.960 --> 0:53:26.560 So just quickly, I want to be clear about the 0:53:26.560 --> 0:53:28.600 fact that I have never been on any show at 0:53:28.640 --> 0:53:31.560 any time saying that black people are leaving the Democratic 0:53:31.600 --> 0:53:32.920 Party for the Republican Party. 0:53:32.920 --> 0:53:33.920 That has never happened. 0:53:34.680 --> 0:53:38.320 I do worry about the number of black men in particular. 0:53:38.400 --> 0:53:41.080 I still think that is a small number that have 0:53:41.280 --> 0:53:44.439 at least entertained the idea of voting for Donald Trump. 0:53:44.520 --> 0:53:47.279 There is nothing wrong with black people. 0:53:47.000 --> 0:53:49.840 Requiring that a party that they've been so loyal to 0:53:50.000 --> 0:53:53.080 has an agenda that also serves them. To that point, 0:53:53.120 --> 0:53:55.960 he asked for three things. I'll give you three things, reparations, 0:53:56.320 --> 0:54:00.440 police reform, and an equitable agenda that includes stronger reforms 0:54:00.480 --> 0:54:01.720 in affirmative action spaces. 0:54:02.160 --> 0:54:04.640 I just want to say that Alicia Garza, as Angela 0:54:04.640 --> 0:54:06.600 often points out, has a wonderful black agenda, So I 0:54:06.600 --> 0:54:08.640 would direct anyone there. But I want to thank this 0:54:08.760 --> 0:54:10.799 viewer first of all for wigan and sending in your 0:54:10.880 --> 0:54:13.920 viewer question and even name checking Angela, so we you know, 0:54:14.440 --> 0:54:16.840 even if it may not have been the most accurate, 0:54:16.840 --> 0:54:19.480 but we super appreciate your question and thank you for that. 0:54:19.920 --> 0:54:21.560 I do kind of take issue with the premise of 0:54:21.560 --> 0:54:24.640 the question. There are not droves of black voters leaving 0:54:24.640 --> 0:54:27.000 the Democratic Party for whatever reason. That is a talking 0:54:27.040 --> 0:54:30.120 point every election cycle. What I would love for the 0:54:30.200 --> 0:54:33.440 media talk about is what white folks are doing. I've 0:54:33.480 --> 0:54:36.120 said this plenty of times. What are conservative white not 0:54:36.160 --> 0:54:38.879 even just conservative, but talk about the conservative white folks. 0:54:38.960 --> 0:54:41.359 The number of people to seventy five million plus people 0:54:41.400 --> 0:54:44.200 who are still willing to vote for Donald Trump despite 0:54:44.239 --> 0:54:46.799 this long list of things I can name talk to, 0:54:47.160 --> 0:54:51.080 there's a fracture within the Latino community, among Latino men 0:54:51.200 --> 0:54:54.920 who are venturing over to the Republican Party because of 0:54:54.960 --> 0:54:58.440 conservative policies. In much larger numbers than black people. Black 0:54:58.480 --> 0:55:02.399 people have upheld the Demoocratic Party at disproportionate rates other 0:55:02.480 --> 0:55:05.680 than any other community of color. So I kind of 0:55:05.719 --> 0:55:09.360 take an issue with this. When we try to suggest 0:55:09.680 --> 0:55:13.280 the failure of this democracy, or if there's a slight 0:55:13.400 --> 0:55:15.880 decrease in voter turnout, the first thing people want to 0:55:15.920 --> 0:55:18.240 do is say, black folks, black folks, black. 0:55:18.080 --> 0:55:20.120 Folks, I am not for it. 0:55:20.400 --> 0:55:23.680 I I will always constantly kick it back to the 0:55:23.719 --> 0:55:25.680 white folks are still at the largest voting block in 0:55:25.719 --> 0:55:26.280 this country. 0:55:26.480 --> 0:55:27.200 What are you doing? 0:55:29.680 --> 0:55:31.000 And his name is Matt Davis. 0:55:31.160 --> 0:55:33.200 Thank you Matt Davis for sending us. 0:55:33.160 --> 0:55:35.479 Thank you, thank you for the question. And of course 0:55:35.480 --> 0:55:39.680 it's an invitation to invite all of you to submit 0:55:39.880 --> 0:55:42.680 your questions, your or your comments. You could take issue 0:55:42.680 --> 0:55:45.080 with something that we said. You can disagree or you 0:55:45.120 --> 0:55:47.640 can agree, and we'll do our very best to make 0:55:47.680 --> 0:55:49.560 sure that we put it up here. If there's a 0:55:49.640 --> 0:55:52.040 learning tu double moment for folks. I just wanted to 0:55:52.120 --> 0:55:55.120 quickly say to Matt, I appreciate obviously the comments of 0:55:55.560 --> 0:55:58.600 my colleagues and also your question, and just say, I 0:55:58.640 --> 0:56:03.480 think if we put as much attention into meeting the 0:56:03.520 --> 0:56:07.680 needs of this core constituency as we put into turning 0:56:07.680 --> 0:56:12.360 this constituency out during an election, I think it would 0:56:12.360 --> 0:56:21.640 start to feel more like a respectful democratic relationship where 0:56:22.160 --> 0:56:25.000 my needs are being met, but your needs are being 0:56:25.080 --> 0:56:29.399 met also, and so you don't have to come up 0:56:29.440 --> 0:56:33.279 with a crazy ad by to convince me of all 0:56:33.320 --> 0:56:36.600 the things that are so great that you're doing, because 0:56:36.600 --> 0:56:40.879 I would have experienced it, I would have championed it. 0:56:40.960 --> 0:56:43.279 I would have been invited into the conversation because I 0:56:43.440 --> 0:56:52.040 was treated like a I don't know, important voter. Are y'all, 0:56:52.200 --> 0:56:54.759 y'all one more segment with us, come right back after 0:56:54.760 --> 0:57:08.800 this commercial break. It's worth it. Okay, y'all, we're back, 0:57:08.880 --> 0:57:11.680 and the teaser was real. It is worth you sticking 0:57:11.719 --> 0:57:13.720 around for and you'll see why in a few moments. 0:57:14.600 --> 0:57:18.360 TIF Angela, what are your calls to action? I guess 0:57:18.360 --> 0:57:20.840 I should have say, Andrew, what are your calls to actions? 0:57:21.200 --> 0:57:24.320 Y'all want me to go first? Y yeah, you don't 0:57:24.320 --> 0:57:24.880 want me last? 0:57:25.960 --> 0:57:26.320 Y'all? 0:57:26.680 --> 0:57:34.640 One thing, go and take your child, your nephew. You 0:57:34.680 --> 0:57:37.360 ain't got your niece, you ain't got none of them. 0:57:37.520 --> 0:57:42.560 Maybe your neighbor or your elderly neighbor's grandchildren, y'all take 0:57:42.640 --> 0:57:45.400 them outside to play. I'm so sick of my kids 0:57:45.400 --> 0:57:48.600 being addicted to these darn devices. I have to force 0:57:48.680 --> 0:57:51.200 them outside. There was a time when I was a kid, 0:57:51.520 --> 0:57:54.320 you couldn't get me indoors because we were outside playing 0:57:54.360 --> 0:57:56.880 so much. I know it's a little bit of throwback, 0:57:56.920 --> 0:58:00.920 maybe old fashion, but adults, lestenie in and teach these 0:58:01.080 --> 0:58:03.400 these these young kids what it means to go out 0:58:03.440 --> 0:58:06.800 and be inventive, creative, create games when you ain't got 0:58:06.880 --> 0:58:11.040 no supplies except a rock to carve into the street, babement. 0:58:11.400 --> 0:58:14.919 I'm just saying, think about side, y'all. What you got, Tiff, 0:58:15.960 --> 0:58:17.120 I like that first. 0:58:17.200 --> 0:58:19.200 I want to punctuate that. You know, I'm big on 0:58:19.360 --> 0:58:21.280 stay off your devices. 0:58:21.400 --> 0:58:21.960 I promise. 0:58:22.080 --> 0:58:24.320 I cannot when I'm with somebody and they're like this 0:58:24.400 --> 0:58:26.040 the whole time talking to me. I don't want to 0:58:26.080 --> 0:58:28.680 talk to though. Our time becomes a lot more limited. 0:58:29.440 --> 0:58:32.720 My call to action is a bit different, Mike. 0:58:34.680 --> 0:58:35.200 That's true. 0:58:35.320 --> 0:58:38.560 That is true. My call to action is to read something. 0:58:39.320 --> 0:58:43.560 I think reading informs so much of our worldview and 0:58:43.600 --> 0:58:48.240 how we understand each other and different cultures and ethnicity 0:58:48.320 --> 0:58:50.840 and history and so I you know, I'm big on 0:58:50.960 --> 0:58:54.360 reading papers. I think papers are so hugely important. And 0:58:54.400 --> 0:58:55.960 some people say I don't want to hear bad news, 0:58:56.000 --> 0:58:57.680 and it's like, guys, if you don't read a paper, 0:58:58.320 --> 0:59:00.960 you clearly don't understand that it's not just bad news. 0:59:01.040 --> 0:59:05.280 There are so many things happening that there are think pieces, 0:59:05.400 --> 0:59:08.680 there are you know, people who bear witness to extraordinary 0:59:08.720 --> 0:59:11.000 events across the globe. If you don't want to read 0:59:11.000 --> 0:59:13.160 the paper, if you do want to break, then read 0:59:13.200 --> 0:59:16.840 a book. I have so many amazing, wonderful books. Maybe 0:59:16.840 --> 0:59:18.880 one day I'll put out a reading list of suggested 0:59:18.880 --> 0:59:21.840 readings from me. But there are so many amazing books. 0:59:21.840 --> 0:59:24.960 So my advice is at least this this week, if 0:59:25.000 --> 0:59:27.920 you can try to take at least one hour across 0:59:27.920 --> 0:59:30.360 the week to read something. And we have a lot 0:59:30.400 --> 0:59:31.600 of friends of books, So joy read. 0:59:31.640 --> 0:59:33.120 Got a book. We told you all about that. 0:59:35.080 --> 0:59:39.520 I have a book, say it Louder, Andrew has one 0:59:39.560 --> 0:59:42.000 in his head, and there are a lot of books 0:59:42.040 --> 0:59:43.040 of pending books coming. 0:59:43.200 --> 0:59:44.880 So plenty plenty out there to read. 0:59:45.520 --> 0:59:47.040 I love that, I love you staying true to your 0:59:47.080 --> 0:59:51.800 journalism streak. Go read Angela. 0:59:51.920 --> 0:59:52.160 Yes. 0:59:52.400 --> 0:59:54.360 So for my call to action, I'm going to throw 0:59:54.400 --> 0:59:56.680 to a listener question and respond on the other side. 0:59:56.800 --> 0:59:57.720 Piece to the Natives. 0:59:57.760 --> 1:00:01.560 This is Daniel close caption will call Daniel Mawrence. I 1:00:01.760 --> 1:00:03.240 just want to thank you so much for playing a 1:00:03.320 --> 1:00:05.760 record that I wrote for y'all. It genuinely was from 1:00:05.800 --> 1:00:07.760 the heart. I'm so supportive of all of you. 1:00:07.840 --> 1:00:11.040 Lincoln up Welcome Home with the Natives landing on the 1:00:11.080 --> 1:00:14.520 podcast Pace sixty for Briefs so hits. 1:00:15.840 --> 1:00:18.000 But I had a question and I wanted to see 1:00:18.040 --> 1:00:21.240 if there was any thoughts or conversations about you all 1:00:21.400 --> 1:00:26.240 doing random pop ups and doing live broadcasts live podcasts, 1:00:27.200 --> 1:00:30.000 because one, it would allow you to engage in a 1:00:30.080 --> 1:00:33.240 more personal, intimate way with the Natives and then also 1:00:33.520 --> 1:00:36.680 hopefully energize and galvanize people to go out and vote, 1:00:37.240 --> 1:00:39.880 because as we're all hearing and I think seeing people 1:00:39.880 --> 1:00:43.200 are just not excited about choices, and I'm just afraid 1:00:43.240 --> 1:00:46.440 people are going to be, you know, choosing a couch instead. 1:00:46.880 --> 1:00:49.120 So I wanted to just kind of throw that out there, 1:00:49.160 --> 1:00:50.840 and if you do do that, I'm gonna pull up 1:00:50.880 --> 1:00:53.720 and introduce y'all cross the t's dot the odds, gilling 1:00:53.760 --> 1:00:57.120 back to get them staying all business, will ride out bed. 1:01:00.320 --> 1:01:04.240 Shout out to Daniel again. I so enjoyed the song. 1:01:04.320 --> 1:01:07.360 It was a moment of levity in our podcast, and 1:01:07.440 --> 1:01:09.640 we're really really appreciative that we even have fans that 1:01:09.640 --> 1:01:12.640 would support in that way. I will say we have 1:01:12.840 --> 1:01:17.000 already started a little bit with this mini pod concept. 1:01:17.040 --> 1:01:20.360 As you all know, Part three of Andrew's testimony came 1:01:20.400 --> 1:01:24.120 out last Monday, and we're gonna start a mini pod concept. 1:01:24.200 --> 1:01:27.200 The next pod up will be one that explains the 1:01:27.360 --> 1:01:30.120 Native Land pod concept. When we say welcome home, we're 1:01:30.160 --> 1:01:32.760 talking about this virtual safe space that we created. 1:01:33.400 --> 1:01:36.200 When we say native Land, we're talking about being true 1:01:36.200 --> 1:01:37.080 to our God, true to our. 1:01:37.120 --> 1:01:41.120 Native land that is absolutely the continent, but also embracing 1:01:41.280 --> 1:01:43.520 some of the very important and significant work that we've 1:01:43.520 --> 1:01:46.200 done here. We celebrate Black History Month all year around 1:01:46.880 --> 1:01:49.120 around these parts. And then finally, I would say, around 1:01:49.120 --> 1:01:51.200 these pop ups and lives we are talking about it. 1:01:51.320 --> 1:01:54.280 We know that this campaign season is kind of a drab, 1:01:54.360 --> 1:01:56.600 it's not really fun we're not seeing a real primary 1:01:56.720 --> 1:01:59.760 as it were. The Republicans hardly have a contest, even 1:01:59.760 --> 1:02:01.280 though we had a hell of a lot of people 1:02:01.360 --> 1:02:03.720 in there. And on the Democratic side, there's not really 1:02:03.760 --> 1:02:05.920 a primary when you have a sitting president in office. 1:02:05.960 --> 1:02:06.959 That's just the way it goes. 1:02:07.320 --> 1:02:08.880 And so why not have a. 1:02:08.960 --> 1:02:10.640 Native Lamppod campaign trail. 1:02:10.720 --> 1:02:12.120 That is what we're talking about. So we want you 1:02:12.240 --> 1:02:14.040 to do on the other side of this. We know 1:02:14.160 --> 1:02:16.320 what Daniel's position is on this, but y'all, this is 1:02:16.360 --> 1:02:18.320 where we want you to weigh in. Make sure that 1:02:18.440 --> 1:02:21.040 you're following us on social media on all platforms at 1:02:21.120 --> 1:02:24.000 Native Lamppod. Let us know where you want us to come, 1:02:24.480 --> 1:02:26.480 let us know your capacity to host us. 1:02:26.520 --> 1:02:28.520 And we're happy, happy, Yes. 1:02:28.440 --> 1:02:32.800 We happy, because happy. That's when you extra happy, you happy, 1:02:33.680 --> 1:02:35.080 happy to pull up. 1:02:35.440 --> 1:02:36.600 And that's exactly what we want to do. 1:02:36.680 --> 1:02:39.120 We want to welcome you home, even where you live, 1:02:39.360 --> 1:02:41.160 and we want to be on the campaign trail as 1:02:41.200 --> 1:02:42.600 we get closer to general. 1:02:42.440 --> 1:02:45.320 Very I love that can I just pay I would 1:02:45.400 --> 1:02:48.560 love to do HBCUs Angela like talk to some of 1:02:48.640 --> 1:02:49.760 the younger folks. 1:02:49.800 --> 1:02:52.840 I love that idea. Some of the debates maybe. 1:02:52.960 --> 1:02:55.480 So maybe people can drop in the comments where you 1:02:55.520 --> 1:02:58.560 want us to go. Please let us yeah yeah, if 1:02:58.640 --> 1:02:59.880 y'all want to see us, let us know. 1:03:00.000 --> 1:03:00.920 We happy to pull up. 1:03:01.800 --> 1:03:02.200 That is. 1:03:03.880 --> 1:03:06.720 Cross the teens to doctor I steal them back to 1:03:06.760 --> 1:03:09.440 get them standing on business. Will Ry You could have 1:03:09.520 --> 1:03:12.720 been anywhere to put us Native Lay Podcast, So bring 1:03:12.840 --> 1:03:13.600 into the trust. 1:03:13.680 --> 1:03:13.840 Yes. 1:03:14.600 --> 1:03:17.240 Before we end the show, I want to remind everyone 1:03:17.440 --> 1:03:21.640 to leave us a review. Subscribe to Native lampod. We're 1:03:21.640 --> 1:03:26.240 available on all platforms and YouTube, and of course every 1:03:26.320 --> 1:03:29.440 Thursday you can look forward to new episodes dropping. We 1:03:29.720 --> 1:03:34.360 are Angela Rye, Tiffany Cross, and I'm Mandre Gillham. 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