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Fake the Nation

204. Drape a Kente Cloth Scarf On It (w/ Amy Goodman, Shalewa Sharpe)

Fake the Nation

Headgum & Negin Farsad

Current Events, Panel, News, Politics, Comedy

4.51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2020

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Amy Goodman and Shalewa Sharpe join Negin to break down what abolishing the police actually means and the critical part social media plays in the Black Lives Matter movement. They also react to Cuomo's Phase One plan and to the Republicans' inexplicable support of Trump. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

Fake the Nation, episode 204.

0:04.0

Hello, hello, this is Fake the Nation, where we talk about news, we talk about politics, and where we arrive

0:08.2

into New York's Lower East Side only to see a thousand murals dedicated to Black Lives Matter and they're lovely. I am your host

0:15.2

Nagine Parsad and I just got off a red eye but a few hours ago. That's right I was flying

0:20.7

with a toddler and a dog during a pandemic. So will I be coherent today?

0:26.0

Probably not. But do I have a panel that's going to cover for me because they're so fantastic?

0:32.1

Yes, I do. Today I am joined by a comedian coming

0:37.3

to us from her fabulous basement apartment. You've heard her on their show

0:41.1

before you've loved her she kills she's fantastic you guys at Shalawa sharp hey Shalawa

0:46.0

Hey, how you doing? I mean like puffy-eyed and really like weird feeling but good

0:56.2

And joining us for the very first time on fake the nation I actually emceed a show once where she was being honored why

1:00.9

was she being honored because she's a fucking legend you guys. She's a total

1:05.0

badass. You know her as the host of Democracy Now, which is broadcast on another

1:09.2

gazillion different places, but you could also find it on Democracy Now.

1:11.8

It's a daily news hour.

1:13.0

I don't need to tell you that because like I said she's a legend.

1:16.0

She's also the writer of Democracy Now 20 years covering the movement changing America.

1:20.0

A woman who needs no introduction, it's Amy Goodman.

1:24.0

Hey, Amy Goodman.

1:25.6

Hey, it's great to be with you.

1:27.4

I'm impressed that you can wear a hat in today's heat.

1:31.9

It's like a hat one today. I think of it as my thinking cap. It allows me to

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