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Documenting Extremist Youth Recruitment, the Power of Protest, and Examining Our Narratives about Afghanistan

Documenting Extremist Youth Recruitment, the Power of Protest, and Examining Our Narratives about Afghanistan

FromOur Body Politic


Documenting Extremist Youth Recruitment, the Power of Protest, and Examining Our Narratives about Afghanistan

FromOur Body Politic

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Length:
50 minutes
Released:
Aug 20, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Farai Chideya talks with journalist Dana Coester about her extensive reporting on how extremists recruit rural youth online. Carol Alvarado of the Texas Senate shares what it took to stage a 15-hour filibuster of a state law that would make it harder for people to vote. New York Times editor Veronica Chambers highlights the joy and lessons from the Black Lives Matter movement in her new children’s book “Call and Response: the Story of Black Lives Matter.” On Sippin’ the Political Tea, Eliza Anyangwe, editor at CNN’s “As Equals” series, and foreign policy expert Hagar Chemali who hosts “Oh My World” on YouTube, analyze the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan and the Western narratives around it.EPISODE RUNDOWN0:51 Award-winning journalist Dana Coester on how extremists recruit rural youth online12:53 Texas state Senator Carol Alvarado on her 15-hour filibuster to defend voting rights20:55 Veronica Chambers of the New York Times on her new children’s book ““Call and Response: the Story of Black Lives Matter.”31:42 Sippin’ the Political Tea: Eliza Anyangwe of CNN and Hagar Chemali of YouTube channel “Oh My World” on the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan
Released:
Aug 20, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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Created and hosted by award-winning journalist Farai Chideya, Our Body Politic is unapologetically centered on reporting on not just how women of color experience the major political events of today, but how they're impacting those very issues. Weekly episodes feature in-depth conversations about the economy, health, politics, education, the environment, and the most prescient issues—because all issues are women's issues. Tune in every Friday everywhere you listen to podcasts, and on public radio stations around the country.