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1: Ijeoma Oluo, Al Franken, Betsy Hartmann, Nancy Pearl
In The Moment podcast
English - August 28, 2017 22:18 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsPerforming Arts Arts News Politics artsandculture civics science townhall townhallseattle Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In our first episode, Ijeoma Oluo answers an audience question about what we can do to regain power as American citizens (1:37); Al Franken and Eli Sanders discuss Franken's experience in the Senate and his thoughts on the current administration (5:50); Betsy Hartmann introduces the "America Syndrome" and how we are hard-wired for apocalyptic thinking (9:55); and Steve Scher interviews librarian Nancy Pearl about what it feels like as a first-time novelist (16:16). Hosts Jini Palmer and Steve Scher select standout moments from the previous two weeks of events and look forward to the next.