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American Enough
by MouthMedia Network
America's identity is evolving in real time. Immigrants are being scoffed at for looking a certain way and not being "American" enough. Transgender individuals are being determined not "fit enough" to serve in our military. Sexual assault and neo-nazi behavior is being condoned by the Oval Office. The First Amendment is being ridiculed. And, America's moral authority is eroding internationally, begging the question of who is "enough" of an American ally. Former Obama White House senior advisor and Chief of Staff to the Under Secretary of Commerce, Vikrum Aiyer, is joined by journalists, comedians, politicians, activists, and listeners, to unpack this crucial existential moment for our nation's identity.
Episodes
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This Is Life with Lisa Ling - Stories of American Identity
This is Life with Lisa Ling is an investigative docuseries on CNN. Lisa Ling, award-winning journalist and author, immerses herself in extraordinary, unusual, and sometimes dangerous communities across America . What she has learned over several seasons as an executive producer and host has...
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How to Rebuild Trust in American Leadership
From the NFL to Media Executives to elected office, the trust & faith we have in the very organizations that define American culture is has dwindled. But Dr. Jerry Toomer, a 30 year veteran of behavioral psychology, joins the pod to discuss how a few core principles can be applied to catalyze...
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If You’re Not Cheating, You’re Not Trying: Gaming College Admissions with a 14-Year Veteran of the Game
While wealth has been used to hack college admissions for generations, the FBI indictment in Operation Varsity Blues underscores vast inequities in higher education. Eric Rath, a 14 year veteran of college counseling & SAT prep, joins the pod to diagnose what’s gone wrong with the admissions...
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Fewer Veterans Are Running for Public Office. Meet the Team Changing That: New Politics
Emily Cherniack & Micah Scharf of New Politics join the pod to discuss why recruiting service members for a second tour of duty — representing their country, after spending years fighting for it — is more important now than ever. Emily Cherniack, Founder and Executive Director Emily Cherniack is...
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Is an “America First” Strategy Disrupting Alliances Abroad? We Asked a Parliamentarian from Europe.
Dr. Ricardo Leite, a Member of Parliament from Portugal, joins the pod to discuss how multilateral relations between traditional allies is shifting in real time; and what those evolutions mean for countries to tackle shared interests (like public health goals) together. Recorded at the Concordia...
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Opportunity Zones – Can a Tax Break Save the US-Mexico Border?
Should Amazon Have Invested In Opportunity Zones? And, what do Napster, Cory Booker, and VP Pence have in common? Even though Amazon was pilloried for seeking tax “incentives” from New York, “opportunity zones” offer investors new tax breaks to revitalize traditionally distressed zones. Eddie...
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Changing of the Guard: How Millennials are Grabbing Seats of Power
Why Millennials in America are becoming the face of community organizing, new technologies, and the nation… Founder & Executive Director of the Association of Young Americans (AYA), Ben Brown, joins the pod to discuss why young people in America are increasingly becoming the face of community...
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Why Women Still March
Showing up at The Women’s March in San Francisco, CA – January, 2019 While 2019’s Women’s March was criticized for size, affiliation, accusations of bigotry and beyond — women and girls and allies of all backgrounds still showed up in cities across the nation. Join American Enough for live...
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Is 2019 the Year America Finally Enacts Paid Family Leave Policies?
Why working families in the United States struggle to spend time with newborns & raise their families… Executive Director of the nation’s leading paid family leave advocacy organization PL+US, Katie Bethell, joins the pod to discuss why working families in the United States struggle to spend time...
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(Golden Globes Special): Is Hollywood Shifting from Commercial Impact to Social Impact?
The transforming of creative content in Hollywood… In an era where entertainment increasingly mirrors the despair contained within our daily news cycle, one studio in Hollywood is doubling down on creative content that seeks to unite Americans with hope & inclusivity. Co-Founder of Wayfarer...
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Why are Paychecks Shrinking, if the Economy is Booming?
Why Most Americans Can’t Afford a $400 Bill Rachel Schneider (Author of the Financial Diaries, and Entrepreneur in Resident at the Aspen Institute’s FSP) followed 235 American families to understand why so many American’s still feel financial duress even while our economy grows at a rapid rate.…
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How New York Trains Workers For a World of A.I. – with Karen Bhatia
With all the promise & fret of automation, artificial intelligence, and robotics — Karen Bhatia, Vice President of New York City’s Economic Development Corporation, joins the pod to discuss how to leverage private dollars & public curricula to train workers for the jobs of tomorrow, today. Bio:...
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How the City of L.A. Resists Anti-Immigration Policies in the Era of Trump
Dealing with changing Federal policy in immigration affairs departments in major US cities… Dr. Linda Lopez, Chief of Immigrant Affairs to LA Mayor Eric Garcetti, joins the pod to discuss how Cities can still connect immigrants to the promise of the American dream at the local level, even while…
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#GivingTuesday & Lyft: Are Tech Companies Leading the Way on Social Impact?
Lyft’s Head of Social Impact, Mike Masserman, joins the pod to talk about how a tech company can still invest in social good — even in an era of heightened government scrutiny across some of the world’s largest technology corporations. Mike Masserman is currently the Head of Global Policy &…
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The Unsung Heroes of The West Wing
Presidential speechwriters, Pentagon advisors, and the staff who help confirm Supreme Court justices don’t often grace the front pages of newspapers or tabloids. But in their book The West Wingers, 18 former White House staff detail how their own personal stories helped shape the work of the...
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Automation and the Future of Work in America
New forms of work, through apps like Uber, and new forms of automation — are sparking both new opportunities and considerable angst among American workers. CEO & Co-Founder of The Workers Lab, Dr. Carmen Rojas, joins the pod to discuss how to build a 21st century set of organizing principles…
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What’s the Matter with Florida? Comparing the 2000 and 2018 Election Recounts
Bush v. Gore Florida recount attorney, and veteran campaign operative, Todd Elmer joins the pod to describe what the chaos inside an election recount looks like, while reflecting on the opportunity America has to protect the voices of voters in Georgia, Arizona, and Florida. Todd Elmer has built…
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Banning Gender: How America is Attempting to Rewrite Definitions of Sex
The first openly transgender staffer to The White House, Raffi Freedman–Gurspan, outlines how Americans can stand up to a White House plan to rewrite definitions of sex in this country, and undercut protections for millions of non-gender conforming citizens. Raffi Freedman-Gurspan is the Director...
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5 Issues to Watch as a result of Tuesday’s elections
As the nation turned out to the ballot box in record numbers for the November midterm elections… …the world watched in awe as Americans were pitted against each other with threats of migrant caravans and the loss of healthcare. But what does the make-up of the new Congress (and the promise of…
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What the City of Chicago is Doing to Re-Claim the American Dream
Chicago, immigrants, and American identity… Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has stood up to anyone who tries to point at a finger at an immigrant in Chicago and imply that they’re not welcome in this country. Seemi Choudry, the Director of the Office of New Americans, is the muscle behind that…
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How the Republican Party Courts College Campuses
Ahead of the November 6th elections, executive director of the College Republican National Committee (CRNC) Ted Dooley joins Vikrum Aiyer. on location at the Concordia Annual Summit in New York City, to discuss how the GOP engages college campuses across the country to be an “R” in the age of...
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What Jamal Khashoggi’s Murder Means for Free Expression in the United States
Politico’s Daniel Lippman and seasoned investigative journalist Tim Burger join the pod to discuss what the gruesome death of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi and The White House reaction means for a free & open media at home, and around the world. Daniel Lippman is a reporter for…
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What the hell is blockchain? – with Sam Cassat, Chief Strategy Officer of Consensys
How blockchain could transform the world… As revolutions in technology continue to change the way we interact with the world, perhaps no one tool promises to change the way we move assets around the world other than Blockchain. The mystique of blockchain technologies and cryptocurrencies continue...
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Keeping the American Promise – with Todd Schulte of FWD.US
Has our broken immigration and criminal justice systems locked too many people out from the American dream? Todd Schulte, President of FWD.us, a bipartisan political organization that believes America’s families, communities, and economy thrive when more individuals are able to achieve their full...
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Does the Gain of a Supreme Court Justice Mean A Loss for the Court?
Brett Kavanaugh is now Associate Justice Kavanaugh. What does this controversial addition to the Supreme Court of the United States mean for the identity of the court, the country, and consent? Host Vikrum Aiyer offers some perspective, and heads to the streets and subways of the San Francisco…
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Why build prisons when you can build people? – With Stanley Richards of The Fortune Society
How do we train and upscale workers for the 21st Century? And how can an entire pipeline of 7 million formerly incarcerated workers, seeking to be productive in society, “skill-up”. contribute, and fill roles competitively in the labor market, connect with willing and welcoming company? Stanley...
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Does America Care About Science? – with Kumar Garg
Kumar Garg on whether America can maintain its leading edge in scientific discovery if it routinely bucks the very investments & truths that have been core to American discovery… For nineteen months, The White House has not appointed a science advisor, has dismissed third party research outlining...
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Run for Something – with Congressional Candidate Lauren Baer
Mom, Wife, and former foreign policy advisor to the Secretary of State jumps into a race for Congress… Lauren Baer joins the pod to reflect on what it means to be a candidate for office at a time where political divisions are at an all time high, and trust for Congress is at a new low. Lauren…
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Stopping Sexual Misconduct in Silicon Valley – with the co-founders of #MOVINGFORWARD
A year of momentum for movements like #MovingForward… If 2017 was the year of revelations that roiled the entertainment, news, and tech industry by way of sexual misconduct & workplace harassment coming to light, 2018 has been a year of momentum for movements like #MovingForward. But the…
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Why Isn’t America Standing Up for Breastfeeding?
For as long as there have been babies, there have been debates over how to feed them… Earlier this week, it was revealed that the Trump administration opposed an international resolution to encourage breastfeeding, stunning maternal health advocates and drawing swift criticism… including from…
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Democrats running as Republicans – with Jonathan Trichter
When Americans vote, many positions on the ballot don’t even make sense to us. A superintendent? A comptroller? However vague they may sound, these “down-ballot” posts can sway everything from the lunch your kids eat at school to the way the subway system runs. New York State candidate for...
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Trump Impersonating Trump
The #1 Donald Trump Impersonator in the World, John Di Domenico, on how comedy, satire, and late night TV is dividing, uniting, and trolling America… John Di Domenico is an American, Emmy Nominated, Actor, Writer, Comedian and Impersonator, he performs many different characters and is best known...
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Here’s How You Can Help Fight Family Separation at the Border
Fighting Family Separation at the Border… While The White House & Congress must act to rescind a policy of cruelty playing at on America’s border with family separation, a number of legal aid services are seeking donations, volunteers, and language experts throughout the country. Find out who…
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Are Children Missing at the Border? – with Debbie Nathan of The Intercept
Bleeding America’s spirit of inclusivity… Immigrants seeking asylum at the US border are being separated from their children en masse due to new enforcement policies by the Department of Justice. But exactly how many kids can’t be accounted for is being inconsistently reported. The Intercept’s...
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Do Fashion Models Need a Gender Identity?
Vogue Model, and Instagram celebrity, Richie Shazam Khan joins the pod for a reflection during PRIDE month on how gender non-conformity on the fashion runway has sparked a new brand of queer activism… Richie Shazam is an Artist, Curator and Model born in New York City and currently based between...
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Why it Matters: The White House Disinvited The Philadelphia Eagles
At 4pm on June 4th, 2018 — a Monday — the White House issued a statement from the President, and it said: “The Philadelphia Eagles are unable to come to the White House with their full team to be celebrated tomorrow. They disagree with their president because he insists that they proudly stand…
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SPECIAL ELECTION DAY COVERAGE: California’s Democratic Primary – with Eric Bauman
California Democratic Party Chairman Eric Bauman discusses how the state of California’s primaries will shape the future of the nation and reclaim America’s identity… Polls open @ 7AM (find out where to vote here: www.sos.ca.gov/elections/where-and-how). GUEST BIO: Eric C. Bauman was elected…
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Are America’s Schools Still Segregated? – with Dennis Parker of the ACLU
The ACLU‘s Director the Racial Justice Program, Dennis Parker, reflects with host Vikrum Aiyer, on the 64th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the progress we’ve made in racial inclusion, and the setbacks we confront… Guest bio: Dennis Parker (@DennisDParker) is director of the ACLU…
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Kneeling with the NFL – with Michel Faulkner, NFL Alumni Association NY Chapter President
Head of the NFL Alumni Association’s New York Chapter, and former NY Jets footballer, Michel Faulkner, debates the NFL’s decision penalizing players who kneel during the national anthem to protest policy brutality and racial inequities… Staking a position that defends the ban, while supporting...
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Data privacy, consumer rights, and governance in the wake of Facebook and Cambridge Analytica
Whistleblower Brittany Kaiser and information privacy legal expert Cameron Russell join MouthMedia Network CEO Rob Sanchez for a wide-ranging discussion on data privacy… Brittany Kaiser (international law, diplomacy and data-driven campaigning professional and Co-Founder of the Digital Asset…
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How Sports, Not Politics, Drive Divisions in America – with Zaid Jilani
What if the source of this polarization in our country had little to do with where people actually fall on the issues, or what people actually believe in? The Intercept’s Zaid Jilani joins the pod to unpack a new study that identifies how a team-sports mentality in America is wedging more of us...
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020 – Florida and the Identity of American Public Schools, Beyond Guns – with Alex Heeren
Why Florida teacher Alex Heeren is running for office, and sees hope in the modern student… How does the identity of a public school, its teachers, and it students change after a tragedy like Parkland? All too often it’s easy to reduce the current assessment of our schools as political debates...
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019 – America’s Trade Policy and National Security – with Nomi Goheer
The impact of tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum on America’s foreign policy and identity on the world stage… Recently, President Trump enacted high tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum into the United States. Domestically, immigrants are being scoffed at for looking a certain way and…
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018 – The American Identity – Live from SXSW
Who is American Enough under this Administration? The Deputy Director of the ACLU, the actor & co-producer of the Netflix-distributed documentary “Meet the Patels”, and the nation’s youngest & openly gay mayor to be shortlisted as a presidential contender, all join Vikrum Aiyer on the podcast…
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017 – The Rise of Women Does Not Need to Be at the Expense of Men – with Rachel Payne
When a successful entrepreneur steps into the political arena to reclaim American decency… What do Orange County, comedian Chelsea Handler, and Emily’s List all have in common? They are tectonic forces that are powering Rachel Payne‘s campaign in California’s 48th congressional district....
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016 – Public Service and Scandals
What happens to faith in career civil servants and institutions when scandals hit public service? It’s easy to lose faith in public officials, political appointees, and inner aides to any President when you see a drip and drab of headlines, gossip, and resignations. On the heels of Trump’s 34th...
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015 – American Dream Feel Out of Reach? Lace Up and Run for Office – with Sam Jammal (Congressional Candidate for California’s 39th District)
How do you represent your community in Washington, when it’s been said that Washington stopped representing the people a long time ago? Sam Jammal, the son of Arab and Latino immigrants, and candidate for Congress in southern California’s 39th congressional district, joins the pod to discuss why...
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014 – Challenging Identity and Progression of Women – with Tina Tchen, Michelle Obama’s Former Chief of Staff
Why have so many of us failed to support opportunities for women and girls? Michelle Obama’s former chief of staff and long time civil rights attorney, Tina Tchen, highlights how everything from systemic work place policies, harassment, and backwards health care laws have challenged the identity...
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013 – The American Immigrant Experience – with Smithsonian Filmmaker Frank Chi
Bending the arc of social justice through story telling… When statements of American values and principles get boiled down to bumper stickers, sound bytes, or 140-character quips, the moral clarity of what we stand for can quickly get lost. For film maker and media strategist Frank Chi, video...
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012 – The Jihad on Fake News – with Reporters Timothy Burger and Daniel Lippman
Fake news: How do journalists do their work, when the very concept of a free press gets attacked for being fake, daily? POLITICO reporter and Playbook co-author, Daniel Lippman, and long time contributor to TIME, Bloomberg, VICE Media and the NYDaily news, Timothy Burger, join the podcast to...
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America's identity is evolving in real time. Immigrants are being scoffed at for looking a certain way and not being "American" enough. Transgender individuals are being determined not "fit enough" to serve in our military. Sexual assault and neo-nazi behavior is being condoned by the Oval Office. The First Amendment is being ridiculed. And, America's moral authority is eroding internationally, begging the question of who is "enough" of an American ally. Former Obama White House senior advisor and Chief of Staff to the Under Secretary of Commerce, Vikrum Aiyer, is joined by journalists, comedians, politicians, activists, and listeners, to unpack this crucial existential moment for our nation's identity.
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America's identity is evolving in real time. Immigrants are being scoffed at for looking a certain way and not being "American" enough. Transgender individuals are being determined not "fit enough" to serve in our military. Sexual assault and neo-nazi behavior is being condoned by the Oval Office....
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