Tuesday, February 19th: Marie Constantin, Jerry Ashton, Reshma Saujani
Residents in Spanish Town, a famous and historic Baton Rouge neighborhood, have…
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Show Notes
Residents in Spanish Town, a famous and historic Baton Rouge neighborhood, have launched a crusade to stop vacant homes from being converted into short-term rental units. Celebrated photographer Marie Constantin is leading residents from the neighborhood near the State Capitol in an effort to convince the Metro Council to require owners to live on site of a residential property being rented through sites like Airbnb. Jerry Ashton, co-founder of RIP Medical Debt, offers a prescription to cure America’s $1 trillion healthcare debt. Ashton notes that medical debt for veterans alone will impact 29,000 families in America this year and is the leading cause for bankruptcy in the United States. Former Congressional candidate Reshma Saujani, founder of Girls Who Code, opines about her latest book “Brave Not Perfect.” Saujani says the book forces women to look at their lives and ask: Am I living the life I always imagined for myself, or am I living a life that merely feels safe?