At The Table: Recent Episodes
Jared Rizzi
Jared Rizzi, former White House correspondent, hosts "At The Table." Take your seat and join a conversation of diverse voices talking politics and community. Through humor, vulnerability, and intention, we can-- together-- meet the challenges of this moment of history.
Edward Simiyu, Mercy Corps Uganda country director, joins Jared to give an update on COVID-19 and humanitarian efforts.
Support Mercy Corps in Eastern Africa
Seg 1: COVID-19 in Uganda
Seg 2: Dignity and Equity, Lockdowns and Vaccines
Seg 3: Delta Variant in 2% vaccinated Uganda
Seg 4: Mercy Corps mission in Uganda
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Host: Jared Rizzi [Twitter]
World Wildlife Fund’s Markets Institute proposes a new business model to connect farmers and consumers using the US mail. It could benefit all involved, improve conservation, enhance veterans' well-being, and reduce food waste throughout the economy. It's a perfect topic for At The Table, even before a certain family connection.
Guests: Katherine Devine, director of business case development, and Julia Kurnik, director of innovation start-ups, both at the World Wildlife Fund’s Markets Institute.
Katherine's op-ed in the Washington Post
WWF Farmers Post Business Case
Twitter: WWF | WWF Markets Institute | Katherine | Julia
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Host: Jared Rizzi [Twitter]
Reflections on a violent American transfer of power.
Meredith Shiner was a Capitol Hill reporter from 2009-2016. She lives in Chicago with her husband and son.
Meredith's latest at The New Republic
Segment 1: “When the Terrorists Came for the View from Nowhere”
Segment 2: We need to think about 1/6 like Shanksville PA
Segment 3: Democrats say this is segment three
Segment 4: “Apolitical” coverage is a partisan choice
Segment 5: “I wrote this for them”
Meredith on Twitter
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Host: Jared Rizzi [Twitter]
Ending soon (min 14 mins, max 20 days):
-2020
-Season 2 of At The Table
-Trump's Presidency
-Georgia Senate runoffs
-Your ignorance re: the word, "intercalary"
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Host: Jared Rizzi [Twitter]
With the Trump campaign still litigating the general election results from November 3rd, and the two special Senate elections ahead on January 5th, Jared checks in with Atlanta Journal-Constitution politics reporter Patricia Murphy.
Patricia Murphy on Twitter
Segment 1: 2020 was a smooth Georgia election
Segment 2: Fire breath and snake oil
Segment 3: How Blue is Georgia?
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Host: Jared Rizzi [Twitter]
Eric Segall is a professor at Georgia State College of Law. He hosts the Supreme Myths podcast. He has authored Originalism as Faith (2018) and Supreme Myths: Why the Supreme Court is Not a Court and Its Justices are Not Judges (2012).
Prof. Eric Segall on Twitter
Segment 1: Election 2020 and the new Supreme Court “This is all a function of one opinion in Bush vs Gore”
Segment 2: Justice Barrett and abortion “Her mission is to overturn Roe vs Wade”
Segment 3: SCOTUS & ObamaCare “They’re not gonna overturn ObamaCare this term”
Segment 4: “the Trump administration is just, effectively, the Evangelical administration”
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Host: Jared Rizzi [Twitter]
Meredith Shiner was a Capitol Hill reporter from 2009-2016. She lives in Chicago with her husband and son.
Meredith's latest at The New Republic
Segment 1: “the Myth of Susan Collins”
Segment 2: Kavanaugh & Barrett
Segment 3: Ranked Choice Voting
Segment 4: Senate Broken
Segment 5: “Irreparably broken”
Segment 6: Re: Senate Attn: Joe Biden
Segment 7: Blow up the Hooplah
Segment 8: Coda
Meredith on Twitter
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Host: Jared Rizzi [Twitter]
Matthew Cortland is a disabled and chronically ill lawyer and policy analyst.
Segment 1: Where the hell have I been? // Professionally Sick
Segment 2: Judge Amy Coney Barrett & the Affordable Care Act
Segment 3: COVID & healthcare: “What kind of country do we want be?”
Segment 4: GOP: “We want you to live in poverty because it’s politically convenient for us”
Segment 5: “If Trump is elected, I cannot survive another four years”
Segment 6: Jock Chicken
Matthew on Twitter
Matthew on Patreon
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North Carolina was one of six states last week to sue over US Postal Service changes believed to be intended to help President Trump's reelection chances. North Carolina's Attorney General Josh Stein joins Jared to talk about USPS, Republican challenges to the Affordable Care Act, public universities in his state going back for in-person education, and the RNC happening (partially) in Charlotte.
Segment 1: “That’s why I’ve gone to court. I don’t trust [Postmaster General DeJoy’s] words on a page”
Segment 2: “I choose not to read those tea leaves”
Segment 3: “The administration should have known that, the board of governors should have known that.”
Segment 4: “It breaks my heart the damage that the President is trying to do.”
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Host: Jared Rizzi [Twitter]
Juliana Bssawmai serves as Safety and Security Coordinator for CARE International in Lebanon.
Support CARE's mission in Lebanon and around the world: CARE.org
Segment 1: “Triple crisis” in Lebanon
Segment 2: “Being Lebanese and trying to deal with this Lebanese crisis”
Segment 3: “Women and girls are likely to be amongst the most vulnerable”
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Host: Jared Rizzi [Twitter]
Federal law enforcement began to leave Portland after a tumultuous July, marked by occasional protester violence and inflamed by unidentified officers. Oregon's Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum joins Jared for an in-depth conversation about protecting freedom of assembly, the political motivations behind the decisions by President Trump and US AG Barr, and how attorneys general around the country are finding best practices on thorny issues like immigration and voting this fall.
Segment 1: Feds out of Portland
Segment 2: Defund the Police / Justice Reinvestment
Segment 3: DACA & Vote At Home
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Dr. Daniel Summers is a pediatrician in Massachusetts. His most recent piece on Arc Digital: A School is Not Home Depot. He also writes for Slate.
Segment 1: Absolute vs. adjusted risk
Segment 2: Inconceivable
Segment 3: Surgeon General on masks; pushing buttons
Segment 4: COVID-19 & school this fall: “I think it’s gonna be a disaster”
Segment 5: Humility & empathy
Dan Summers on Twitter
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Rebecca Cokley is the director of the Disability Justice Initiative at the Center for American Progress. She joins Jared to talk about her recent argument against ableist language when criticizing President Trump, the impact the Trump administration has had for the disability community, and her work with the Biden campaign on disability policy.
Segment 1: More than ramps and water glasses
Segment 2: Old white men doing push-ups
Segment 3: “The disability community knew this was coming with Trump”
Segment 4: Biden: “Joe’s part of our community”
Segment 5: COVID: “This will be the largest boom in the disability population since AIDS/HIV"
Segment 6: Vote By Mail & why Britney Spears can’t vote
Segment 7: Key policy areas for the disability community
Segment 8: One of the greatest gifts in this dumpster fire
Rebecca Cokley on Twitter
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Host: Jared Rizzi [Twitter]
Cecilia Muñoz is the vice president, public interest technology and new initiatives at New America. She served in the Obama White House as Director of the Domestic Policy Council. She is the author of More Than Ready: Be Strong and Be You... And Other Lessons for Women of Color on the Rise. [Indiebound] [Bookshop.org]
Segment 1: On DACA: “I couldn’t stop sobbing”
Segment 2: “What’s your strategy for self-doubt?”
Segment 3: A racist in the Oval Office
Segment 4: “Is this the moment where I have to say the thing?”
Segment 5: “My daughters understand their power better than I did”
Segment 6: An omission from the book
Segment 7: “Who’s sitting at the table, & who’s sitting at the back of the room?”
Cecilia on Twitter
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Host: Jared Rizzi [Twitter]
Juan Escalante, Digital Campaigns Manager for FWD.us, joins Jared to talk about this moment in an immigration fight that has dominated half his life, and what's next now that the Supreme Court has ruled - for now - against the Trump Administration on DACA.
Segment 1: DACA Yoda
Segment 2: Trump needs to “Take the L” on DACA
Segment 3: A fifteen-year fight
Segment 4: The casual, callous evil of Trump
Segment 5: Make Joe Biden uncomfortable
Segment 6: New Horizons
Juan Escalante on Twitter
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Host: Jared Rizzi [Twitter]
Sebastián Molano is the leader and founder of Defying Gender Roles and a Senior Adviser on Gender for Oxfam America.
Link to his recent DGR piece
Segment 1: Father's Day & Juneteenth
Segment 2: The opposite of violence is care
Segment 3: Raising a feminist son
Segment 4: "Sit in that uncomfortableness"
Segment 5: A Better Answer
Sebastián Molano on Twitter
Defying Gender Roles on Facebook
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Host: Jared Rizzi [Twitter]
Christina Wolbrecht, professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame and author, most recently, of A Century of Votes for Women with Kevin Corder, talks with Jared about the political mobilization of women over the last hundred years, and how women may use their political power over the next few months of the US general election.
Segment 1: Edwardians playing golf
Segment 2: Masc vs Mask - gender (& race) and political power
Segment 3: Having it all: women in politics
Segment 4: Women leaders: how do they compare?
Segment 5: "You oughta be talking to the waitresses" - voter demobilization in COVID-19
Segment 6: A perfect storm for voter suppression
Segment 7: Women, Labor, and political power
Segment 8: "Women have been the backbone for political movements" in US history
Segment 9: Emergency tikka masala
Christina Wolbrecht on Twitter
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Kevin Kruse, professor of history at Princeton University, joins Jared to talk about telling nuanced stories, why he engages on Twitter, whether AG Bill Barr can be sure of his legacy, and the next big political issue: labor rights after COVID-19.
Segment 1: In a crisis, people "aren't gonna buy that gauzy, simplistic story"
Segment 2: Twitter "cross-pollinates pretty well"
Segment 3: Will this WH write its own history? "Just gonna be one voice... drowned out by facts"
Segment 4: "Essential workers" and a revival of Labor rights
Kevin Kruse on Twitter
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A different type of At The Table: a conversation with Eric Geller (cybersecurity reporter for POLITICO, also known as "dave") on how we're doing in quarantine. Audio from our live conversation on YouTube May 14 2020. Watch it here.
Segment 1: Frenemies at Best
Segment 2: A Smushed Reeses
Segment 3: Witless Banter
dave on Twitter @DerrickReesesSmusher
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Rep. Madeleine Dean is the Democrat representing Pennsylvania's 4th Congressional District
Segment 1: Trump & COVID-19: "grotesquely unprepared... just get out of the way"
Segment 2: Oversight of Trump WH: "Good people will come forward... to tell the truth"
Segment 3: Voters will connect COVID tragedy "to [Trump's] rudderless leadership"
Segment 4: Tara Reade: "we're at least in a better time where Ms. Reade's claims are heard"
Congresswoman Madeleine Dean on Twitter
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In a recent piece, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) director of public affairs Ben Corb argues that politics has gotten in the way of good science in the context of COVID-19 research.
Ben Corb on Twitter
Pipettes & Politics podcast
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A different type of At The Table: a conversation with Chuck Wendig (author of Wanderers, the forthcoming Dust & Grim) on how we're doing in quarantine.
Segment 1: "My brain is a forcefield"
Segment 2: "Every day is new cotton inside the brain"
Segment 3: My anxiety is smug
Segment 4: Batman has cancer, needs a therapist
Segment 5: Those are shit lentils
Chuck Wendig on Twitter
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A different type of At The Table: a conversation with David Mack (deputy director of breaking news at BuzzFeed News) on how we're doing in quarantine.
Segment 1: Horny on Main
Segment 2: Zoom into Darkness
Segment 3: Better Left Unsaid
Segment 4: Evidence of Hot Pockets Unseen
David Mack on Twitter
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A different type of At The Table: a conversation with Emma Bolden (author: House is an Enigma, associate editor-in-chief, Tupelo Quarterly) on how we're doing in quarantine.
Segment 1: Doublemint Gum Jingle
Segment 2: What's your guilt language?
Segment 3: "If perverted was a mouth feel"
Segment 4: "This is a poem about John Malkovich's mascara"
Emma Bolden on Twitter
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Host: Jared Rizzi [Twitter]
It's good to be Weird. Atlantic staff writer Olga Khazan's book follows unusual people (including the author) on their respective paths toward embracing their own weirdo status.
Weird: The Power of Being an Outsider in an Insider World is available now.
Olga Khazan on Twitter
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Former SecDef Mattis speechwriter and chief of communications, retired naval aviator Guy Snodgrass returns to At The Table to discuss with Jared President Trump's failure to lead on the COVID-19 response.
segment 1: Trump's coronavirus response: "It's like a slow-motion train wreck."
segment 2: Leading alongside Trump: "You have to conform to his position... or you will lose your voice."
segment 3: "Now we're playing catch-up."
Check out Guy's first conversation At The Table for his book, Holding the Line. His new book, TOPGUN'S TOP 10, is scheduled to be out in September.
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Dr. Marcus Plescia, Chief Medical Officer for the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, joins Jared to discuss the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic and the government response at the federal and state/territory levels in the US.
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Special thanks to Ben Corb of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
After a career as a marine and then a State Department official in Afghanistan, Matt Hoh resigned his post in 2009 over disagreements with the Obama Administration's goal of military victory. Matt helps Jared understand the “Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan” signed in Qatar at the end of February.
track 3: violence in Afghanistan, apathy in the USA
track 4: hope for US foreign policy future?
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Matt Hoh on Patreon
After a career as a marine and then a State Department official in Afghanistan, Matt Hoh resigned his post in 2009 over disagreements with the Obama Administration's goal of military victory. Matt helps Jared understand the “Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan” signed in Qatar at the end of February.
track 1: from Bush to Obama to Trump in Afghanistan
track 2: problems with the peace process
Part two of this conversation will post this weekend.
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Host: Jared Rizzi [Twitter]
Matt Hoh on Patreon
When your favorite candidate doesn't look promising anymore, how do you move forward? Jared argues that Democrats in 2020 should see a lot of hope from Super Tuesday, regardless of who their preferred option is or was.
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Jared talks about being a new dad, taking a break from the news, and the hopes and fears a new child has brought to the forefront of his mind.
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Host: Jared Rizzi [Twitter] [How Pistachio Joe came about]
Ashley Wilson is the director of state and local political campaigns for NGP VAN and the founder of PoliTechinColor.com with resources for first-time candidates of color.
Ashley Wilson on Twitter
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Aki Peritz is a former CIA counterterrorism analyst and author of Find Fix Finish. Peritz discusses how decision-makers are presented with intelligence and options from those in the military or intelligence communities, and how that system may have worked (or not) with President Trump over the last few days with Iran. Even as the president assures he "likes to follow the law" re: targeting cultural sites, this is an administration and an electorate that seems enthusiastic about flouting rules of engagement and committing war crimes. How will that color the 2020 election?
segment 1: assessing the truth about what happened over the last few days
segment 2: Iran's strengths and weaknesses
segment 3: Trump's enthusiasm for war crimes
Aki Peritz on Twitter
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Not an emergency episode. Not a special update. Looking back on the last few months of At The Table with producer David Ross. A finale for our "first season" of this project.
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Host: Jared Rizzi [Twitter]
Producer/editor: David Ross
Pat Garofalo, managing editor at Talk Poverty at the Center for American Progress, joins Jared to talk about the fifth DNC primary debate, Trump's challenging week, and Democrats' opportunity to talk about the economy in a field where billionaires (and those who claim to be billionaires) aren't leading in polls. Pat is the author of the new book, THE BILLIONAIRE BOONDOGGLE: How Our Politicians Let Corporations and Bigwigs Steal Our Money and Jobs.
Pat Garofalo on Twitter
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Guy Snodgrass served as director of communications and speechwriter to former Secretary of Defense Mattis. His military career (now retired) includes time as a naval aviator, a TOP-GUN instructor, and a combat pilot. He is the author of the new book, HOLDING THE LINE: Inside Trump's Pentagon with Secretary Mattis.
segment 1: Snodgrass responds to criticisms of the book from Mattis and Mattis aides
segment 2: Snodgrass explains his working relationship with SecDef Mattis and the perspective it gave him on President Trump
segment 3: Snodgrass argues that this perspective is necessary now to help people make a decision before the 2020 election
Guy Snodgrass on Twitter
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Greg Jackson, national advocacy director for Community Justice Action Fund (CJAF), joins Jared to talk about their work to reduce gun violence and affect change on criminal justice reform.
segment 1: welcome to Local 16
segment 2: the epidemic of gun violence
segment 3: race and trauma
segment 4: solutions and hope for 2020
Greg Jackson on Twitter
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Thanks to Aman Ayoub and everyone at DC's Local 16
John Stanton, co-founder of Save Journalism Project, joins Jared to talk about the work their organization has been doing to fight corporate and tech dominance over news business models, and new resources on offer for journalists who find themselves looking for work or other help.
John Stanton on Twitter
Save Journalism Project on Twitter
Thanks to Nicky Vogt for technical assistance for this episode.
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Pre-DNC debate live at Local 16 in DC. Jared is joined by staff attorney for DC Nurses Association Wala Blegay [Twitter] and executive director for Social Security Works Alex Lawson [Twitter].
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Host: Jared Rizzi [Twitter]
Producer: Akin Adams
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Kyle Pomerleau, chief economist and vice president of economic analysis at Tax Foundation, joins Jared live at Local 16 to talk about the policies on the economy we've seen from the Trump White House so far, and comparing the policies from main Democratic contenders in the 2020 DNC primary for president.
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Host: Jared Rizzi [Twitter]
Producer: Akin Adams
Thanks to Aman Ayoub and everyone at DC's Local 16
After a newsy week of stories going well beyond previous conduct by President Trump, the House of Representatives has finally moved toward accountability through an inquiry. While no one can accuse House Democrats of rushing to this judgment, a reminder in this short piece that there are miles to go, and that exhaustion with the news will only serve those who wish to avoid accountability.
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Host: Jared Rizzi [Twitter]
Mathis Wackernagel, founder and president of Global Footprint Network, joins Jared to discuss #MoveTheDate, using a financial lens to examine our environmental impact, and why more people having "skin in the game" gives him hope for real change.
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Lucy Solomon, associate political director at Indivisible, rejoins Jared At The Table for a live event at DC's Local 16 to check in on the 2020 race and weigh in on issues she believes will be winners for Progressives this cycle.
A full version of this live event is available for supporters of At The Table on Patreon.
Lucy Solomon on Twitter
Host: Jared Rizzi [Twitter]
Producer: Akin Adams
Thanks to Aman Ayoub and everyone at DC's Local 16
Christy Delafield, director of communications for Mercy Corps, joins Jared from Freeport where she has been for nearly two weeks as part of their Hurricane Dorian response.
For more information and to donate to support Mercy Corps work in the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, and around the world: MercyCorps.org
Host: Jared Rizzi (Twitter)
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Biden using "socialism" as a cudgel; Warren and Sanders ganging up on the front-runner... and Jared sweating it out on the roof deck of Local 16 in Washington DC.
Live show after the DNC Presidential Primary Debate on ABC from Houston on September 12, 2019.
Will Democrats choose a safe moderate, or a progressive who promises big answers to the big questions? That is shaping up to be the dividing line for the 2020 primaries.
Host: Jared Rizzi (Twitter)
Producer: Akin Adams
Thanks to Aman Ayoub and everyone at DC's Local 16
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Andrea Peterson, freelance journalist, artist, and musician, joins Jared to talk about her latest project: a DC music festival through September (five nights, five venues) showcasing music made in opposition to the Trump Administration's policies on immigrants and refugees, called "Room for More."
Full band lineups and venue information at RoomForMoreFest.org
Proceeds from these events will support Immigrant Families Together
Andrea Peterson on Twitter
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Former and longtime Congressional reporter Meredith Shiner talks with Jared about the loss of her child and a Republican messaging bill that would criminalize the palliative care her son received.
Meredith's full piece at the Daily Beast
Meredith on Twitter
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Since notable others refuse, Jared tries to offer some sanity and comfort as Dorian hits the United States.
Jared argues that recent scandals have the power to break through the noise of everyday Trump nonsense, but that the President has shown he'll try to avoid at all cost any admission of wrongness or failure, including the possibility of an election-day loss.
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Jared sits down with Steve Le [website: LeMobileFeast.com] about his project: traveling to all fifty states making 259 dinners for people in their homes. The purpose? To rediscover a country he didn't think he recognized after 2015-2016. We talk a lot about the virtue of hospitality here on At The Table; Steve has lived it and learned from it in a big way.
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Thanks to Mike & Nancy Devine for use of their space to record.
Special thanks to Shawn Gee for connecting two people he knew would be kindred spirits.
Jared returns from a trip to Yosemite refreshed to face the news and reminded of the human connection that makes all this bearable.
Host: Jared Rizzi [Twitter: @JaredRizzi]
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Gaza Sky Geeks, an organization founded in 2011 with Mercy Corps and Google.org as partners, aims to create opportunities in Gaza for young people. Dalia Shurrab is their social media coordinator and joins Jared in Washington DC to talk about their mission, and also funding challenges they've faced under the Trump Administration.
Host: Jared Rizzi [Twitter: @JaredRizzi]
Guest: Dalia Shurrab, Gaza Sky Geeks
Assistant Producer: Elana Morris
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Gun violence, mental health, intractable politics: when the solutions seem out of reach, sometimes our default is despair. We have to fight that impulse before we can suit up for the next, more important fight to come. I hope this conversation and community can be a shelter from the storm. Stop pacing outside; come in and join us. Live event at Local 16 restaurant and bar in Washington, DC.
Segment 1: poetry in the storm
Segment 2: don't stay angry, but do get angry
Segment 3: thanks and look ahead
Host: Jared Rizzi [Twitter: @JaredRizzi]
Producer: David Ross
Assistant Producer: Elana Morris
We will be off from live shows at Local 16 next Tuesday (August 13) but back the Tuesday after that (August 20). Join us!
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This is an episode about guns. But it's also about mental health, and how we choose to break things down and rebuild them after. This isn't going to solve the problems. But, I hope it helps to make us want to recommit to solving them.
Thanks, friends.
Host: Jared Rizzi [Twitter: @JaredRizzi]
Curious about the discussion of psychology? Read more here [more academic] and here [more general interest].
After we finished with our excellent guest, Carolyn Fiddler of DailyKos, we went around the room and spoke to some in the crowd at Local 16. Unsurprisingly, the folks were smart and funny and willing to chime in on everything we had all just seen heard from the second night of the Detroit DNC Debates. Producer David Ross is fired for the fourth time.
This bonus episode includes content normally saved for supporters of our Patreon (even the lowest tier!).
After the first night of the DNC presidential primary debates in Detroit, it was clear that the framing of issues--both from the CNN moderators and the frontrunner, former Vice President Biden--would comport more with Republican talking points than with the preferences of the progressives in the Democratic party base. Jared is joined by Carolyn Fiddler of DailyKos to talk about the implications of those choices and expectations and reactions before and after the broadcast. Live event at Local 16 restaurant and bar in Washington, DC.
Segment 1: Jared and Carolyn react to the first night of ten candidates and expectations for the second slate, including presumptive frontrunner Biden.
Segment 2: Jared and Carolyn react to the debate.
A full version of this event is available for supporters of At The Table on Patreon.
Host: Jared Rizzi
Guests:
Carolyn Fiddler, Communications Director, DailyKos [Twitter: @cFidd]
Producer: David Ross
Assistant Producer: Elana Morris
Thanks to Aman Ayoub and everyone at DC's Local 16
Heading into the first night of the second round of DNC presidential primary debates, President Trump has put the question of who is a real American front and center. Jared is joined by two guests to talk about this in a policy context: immigration lawyer and law professor Anam Rahman, and Ballot.org executive director Chris Melody Fields. Live event at Local 16 restaurant and bar in Washington, DC.
Segment 1: Jared, Anam, and Chris talk about their areas of expertise and their expectations heading into the first night of this round of debates.
Segment 2: Jared and Anam react to the debate.
A full version of this event is available for supporters of At The Table on Patreon.
Host: Jared Rizzi
Guests:
Chris Melody Fields, Executive Director, BISC (Ballot Initiative Strategy Center [Twitter: @Fieldsy]
Anam Rahman, immigration attorney and adjunct professor at Georgetown Law School
Producer: David Ross
Assistant Producer: Elana Morris
Thanks to Aman Ayoub and everyone at DC's Local 16
International affiliate reporter for the Associated Press Philip Crowther joins Jared from Detroit, where the next round of DNC Debates will take place this week. We talk about what to expect on stage both Tuesday and Wednesday, and how candidates can beat expectations: possibly by embracing some of the Trump Administration's foreign policy principles.
This week At The Table will be live Tuesday and Wednesday night at Local 16 in Washington DC: join us for live shows starting at 7 PM both nights. The debate begins 8 PM ET. Come and be a part of the community in person.
If you can't make it to Local 16: the live comedian opening act, all our guests' conversations, and full show before and after the debates will be available to all tiers of Patrons. Shorter, edited versions will continue to post here the morning after.
Host: Jared Rizzi
Guest: Philip Crowther, International affiliate reporter, AP [Twitter: @PhilipinDC]
Prof. Karla McKanders of Vanderbilt Law joins Jared to talk about Trump Administration immigration policy and recent raids around the country, carried out by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Host: Jared Rizzi
Guest: Professor Karla McKanders, Clinical Professor of Law at Vanderbilt Law School where she directs the Immigration Practice Clinic and teaches Refugee Law and Policy and Immigration Law. [Twitter: @KarlaMcKanders]
What is the role of spectacle in our democracy? What happens when we expect things to be entertaining above all else?
It can be great: like sharing a memory of the moon landing on the National Mall. Or, it can be terrible: like judging a public hearing by whether it is sexy enough.
We know which option Trump prefers.
Host: Jared Rizzi
Our first panel show at Local 16 restaurant and bar in Washington DC. Jared joined by Indivisible Associate Political Director Lucy Solomon and Chief of Staff for Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Mike Reed.
Segment 1: Jared's opening thoughts on a this new family dinner tradition: politics discussions at Local 16
Segment 2: Lucy Solomon & Mike Reed on Trump tweets vs "The Squad"
Segment 3: Lucy Solomon & Mike Reed on paths forward for Democrats and Progressives on gun safety, immigration
Host: Jared Rizzi
Producer/MC: David Ross
Assistant Producer: Elana Morris
Thursday July 11, 2019: the Trump White House hosts a Social Media Summit as ICE prepares to round up immigrants around the country this weekend.
Who we bring "At The Table" and what we welcome them to say when they are with us reveals a great deal about who we are.
Host: Jared Rizzi
Former White House correspondent Jared Rizzi offers a tough-love card for America on the occasion of its 243rd birthday.
Happy Independence Day
As the post-debate dust settles, where do we stand? What have we learned?
Jared Rizzi asks Emily Holden, Guardian environment reporter, to explain how climate was covered or ignored in the first two DNC presidential debates.
DNC Debates, night two: Jared Rizzi with live post-debate reaction and audience participation.
DNC Debates, night one: Jared Rizzi with live post-debate reaction and audience participation.
Pamela Kirkland, CNN field producer, joins Jared At The Table to preview the first DNC debates of the 2020 presidential primary.
Carolyn Fiddler, Daily Kos communications director, joins Jared At The Table to preview the first DNC debates of the 2020 presidential primary.
Jared Rizzi, former White House correspondent, begins a new political podcast.
Join him: "At The Table."