Next-Level Thinking for Public Safety, Meet a 10-Year-Old Chess National Master, and the Biden-Harris Administration Toughens Up on Covid-19 and Voting Rights
Our Body Politic · Cedric Wilson, Juleyka Lantigua-Williams, Jen Chien, Kojin Tashiro, Paulina Velasco, Mark Betancourt, Julie Zann, Emily Daly, Priscilla Alabi, Farai Chideya
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Show Notes
Farai Chideya talks with Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith, a Biden-Harris adviser on Covid-19 and health equity, about where we are in the pandemic. Researcher Dr. Jenn Jackson shares the GenForward survey results that show young people’s evolving stance on policing and police reform. Sharon Chang and Kamal Sinclair of the Guild of Future Architects reimagine public safety. Ten-year-old Tanitoluwa Adewumi and his family on overcoming obstacles to help him become chess national master. And Farai Chideya, Errin Haines, and Jess Morales Rocketto update us on the voting rights debate in the weekly news roundtable, Sippin’ the Political Tea.
EPISODE RUNDOWN
00:55 Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith is Chair of the Presidential Covid-19 Health Equity Task Force
13:10 A look at the GenForward surveys on protests and policing
18:49 The Guild of Future Architects takes on public safety reform
27:42 Tani Adewumi shares how he became a chess national master
32:05 Sippin’ the Political Tea: Errin Haines, Jess Morales Rocketto, and Farai Chideya talk about the week’s news