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Senator Elizabeth Warren: The Political Is Very, Very Personal

Senator Elizabeth Warren: The Political Is Very, Very Personal

FromAll Ears with Abigail Disney


Senator Elizabeth Warren: The Political Is Very, Very Personal

FromAll Ears with Abigail Disney

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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
May 20, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This week on All Ears, Abby talks to U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren about the loss of her eldest brother to COVID-19, one of over 93,000 loved ones lost to the pandemic in this country (as of this episode’s release). As they dig deeper into the origins of the political divide raging between blue and red states, Senator Warren talks about her conservative upbringing and how to maintain relationships even as political viewpoints within families diverge. Both speaking from their own life experiences, Abby and Senator Warren share how family dynamics, work/life balance, and the act of listening can shift perspective across a lifetime.   EPISODE LINKSElizabeth Warren's Brother, Donald Reed Herring, Has Died From Coronavirus (CBS News)Margaret Thatcher: There’s No Such Thing As Society (Margaret Thatcher Foundation)Ronald Reagan, 8/12/86: "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help. " (Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation)1984 Political Ad for Ronald Reagan “Morning in America” (aka “Prouder, Stronger, Better”) (YouTube)Why Fewer Americans Outearn Their Parents (The Atlantic)The Personal Is Political: The Journey Of A Feminist Slogan (openDemocracy)Elizabeth Warren Wants a Wealth Tax. How Would That Even Work? (New York Times)
Released:
May 20, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (53)

Abigail has a new documentary, The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales, in which she examines the inequality crisis through the lens of the company her grandfather helped found, The Walt Disney Company. In the film, she asks how it is possible that so many workers at Disneyland, aka “the happiest place on earth,” can’t afford life's basic necessities, even when they work full time. For the fourth season of All Ears, Abigail poses that question to people who are doing the most Disney thing of all–using their imaginations–in this case to rethink capitalism. She talks with business leaders, union organizers, and economists to learn how they would fix our broken economy.