Ep 015 - Martha Brockenbrough

Welcome to season 2 of Right in Front of My Face - the podcast talking about big things happening right in front of us.  I’m incredibly proud to be announcing the next season of my humble podcast considering a year ago, I didn’t even know what a podcast was.  And all of the sudden I feel like I’ve found a calling - what a miracle.

I also, after almost a year of searching out stories and feeling in control of what in front of me, now find myself feeling completely and utterly powerless by events happening in our world.  One year ago, life looked very different.  And through the events of the last 6 months,  I‘ve realized that I have a gravitational pull towards truth-tellers.  As I’ve spent the last months quarantining, scientists and activists have given me the information that’s kept me moving forward and not plunging into the depths of despair. 

In thinking about what I wanted the 2nd season to look like, I’m looking forward at what will happen in our world during the next 2 months with the 2020 presidential election kicking into high gear.  This will be a global event and my contribution to it will be continuing to find smart people who tell the truth to help guide us.  And that is my next guest, American author and in my opinion, true patriot Martha Brockenbrough. 

Two years ago, Martha moved me with her words at a writing class where she was a guest speaker.  She talked about the great responsibility of writers to distill complicated information to children because we owe kids the truth.  She had just released her biography of President Trump, Unpresidented, which she wrote in part to let future voters know the truth about the candidate we’d be up against in 2020.  The unique thing about her book is that it’s written as a young adult biography - her mission to educate kids is real.  Her hope at that time was that voters that turned 18 this year would have facts upon which to base their voting decision. So now here we are. The time has come. 

Martha has been on my “aspirational guest list” since I started my podcast, and a month ago she posted on Twitter that she was waiving her Skype fees for any teacher that wanted her to speak to their class about Trump.  I capitalized on her generosity and much to my surprise, she agreed to talk to me.  As much as I say that I want to provide a platform and a non-judgmental place to tell stories, I draw the line at racism, at leadership who actively attempts to harm the American public and lies to us at every turn.  I promise this podcast won’t turn into a political rant, but I do want to admit that for the near term, the only thing I feel like I can really do as an American is try to shed some light on the candidates we’re considering to lead our country through the rest of a pandemic and the depression that will most assuredly follow.  That’s the truth.  And here’s Martha Brockenbrough to help us make sense of it and help us figure out how to move forward. 

Welcome to season 2 of Right in Front of My Face - the podcast talking about big things happening right in front of us.  I’m incredibly proud to be announcing the next season of my humble podcast considering a year ago, I didn’t even know what a podcast was.  And all of the sudden I feel like I’ve found a calling - what a miracle.

I also, after almost a year of searching out stories and feeling in control of what in front of me, now find myself feeling completely and utterly powerless by events happening in our world.  One year ago, life looked very different.  And through the events of the last 6 months,  I‘ve realized that I have a gravitational pull towards truth-tellers.  As I’ve spent the last months quarantining, scientists and activists have given me the information that’s kept me moving forward and not plunging into the depths of despair. 

In thinking about what I wanted the 2nd season to look like, I’m looking forward at what will happen in our world during the next 2 months with the 2020 presidential election kicking into high gear.  This will be a global event and my contribution to it will be continuing to find smart people who tell the truth to help guide us.  And that is my next guest, American author and in my opinion, true patriot Martha Brockenbrough. 

Two years ago, Martha moved me with her words at a writing class where she was a guest speaker.  She talked about the great responsibility of writers to distill complicated information to children because we owe kids the truth.  She had just released her biography of President Trump, Unpresidented, which she wrote in part to let future voters know the truth about the candidate we’d be up against in 2020.  The unique thing about her book is that it’s written as a young adult biography - her mission to educate kids is real.  Her hope at that time was that voters that turned 18 this year would have facts upon which to base their voting decision. So now here we are. The time has come. 

Martha has been on my “aspirational guest list” since I started my podcast, and a month ago she posted on Twitter that she was waiving her Skype fees for any teacher that wanted her to speak to their class about Trump.  I capitalized on her generosity and much to my surprise, she agreed to talk to me.  As much as I say that I want to provide a platform and a non-judgmental place to tell stories, I draw the line at racism, at leadership who actively attempts to harm the American public and lies to us at every turn.  I promise this podcast won’t turn into a political rant, but I do want to admit that for the near term, the only thing I feel like I can really do as an American is try to shed some light on the candidates we’re considering to lead our country through the rest of a pandemic and the depression that will most assuredly follow.  That’s the truth.  And here’s Martha Brockenbrough to help us make sense of it and help us figure out how to move forward.