Democracy in Retrograde (with Emily Amick, Sami Sage)

Be There in Five

Kate Kennedy

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4.8 • 7.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2024

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Summary

This week, we’re joined by two friends of the pod, Sami Sage (Betches Co-Founder) and Emily Amick (@emilyinyourphone) about their book Democracy in Retrograde (released 7/9). The discussion focuses on how to spark civic engagement amid increased societal polarization, challenges in public civic life, the importance of making civic duties enjoyable, and how digital lives influence political participation. From pivotal issues like minority rule to voter suppression, Sami and Emily offer practical advice and their real-life experience to help us all feel a little better about being more civics-minded and involved. Enjoy!

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0:00.0	Hi everybody welcome back to the Be Therein Five Podcast. I am Kate Kennedy, your host.
0:17.0	You know guys I've had a long week.
0:20.0	Did I anticipate being embroiled in a feud with the Dallas Cowboys trailers?
0:24.1	No, no I didn't.
0:25.4	Um, I thought it was a very neutral interview.
0:29.0	I edited it so carefully to make sure I wasn't, wouldn't cause any riffs or say something that like wasn't
0:36.8	implied or expressly said on the documentary and still was it Wednesday or Thursday afternoon.
0:42.4	It appears from training camp the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders super soaked
0:45.0	the comment section of a Tik-Tock I made.
0:47.0	Honestly, in my opinion, kind of, and I don't, I do not overuse this word. Kind of gas- Victoria to be like,
0:55.0	we're not upset that you're hurt,
0:59.5	you know, because we feel bad,
1:00.6	because we hurt you.
1:02.4	We're hurt that you are telling people we hurt you.
1:06.4	You know what I mean? At first I was like, oh my God I don't want to get I was so
1:09.7	nervous about Victoria getting like cyberbullied and piled on and when all of her teammates
1:14.9	like went to town on this post I'm like Jesus Christ Superstar this is so it just
1:20.4	felt very performative when the outreach could have been private and there was one comment that was like praying you realize this was not the case sort of vibe
1:28.0	Where it's like if somebody dared to tell me they were praying I realized the thing that I was sharing about how I was
1:35.6	hurt by people didn't happen. Are you kidding? I it was very...
1:41.0	That's what I was saying America's Keep Keep Sweetheart, it's Prana Bay.
1:44.4	Like, they're allowed to tell their side of the story, but I simply don't think it's appropriate or fair to comment on somebody else's
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