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Majority 54
A weekly primer for progressives interested in knowing where the party is headed and persuading others to join our majority. Co-hosts Jason Kander and Ravi Gupta draw on their experience winning progressive campaigns in red states to understand the other side and how to flip them from red to blue.
Episodes
- Majority 54
Introduction to Professional AF with Diana Kander
Jason and Diana are here to introduce you to Diana's podcast Professional AF which is focused on essential habits for women at work. Diana interviews authors…
Majority 54What We Can Do About Hate Crime
In 2014, there was a shooting outside the Jewish Community Center in Overland Park, Kansas - a suburb of Kansas City. The gunman was a white supremacist and…
Majority 54What is the Role of Business in Social Progress?
One of the best parts of doing this podcast is getting to highlight friends of mine who are doing big things or have big ideas or both. Former Massachusetts…
Majority 54Book Special Takeover with Jon Lovett
Jon Lovett takes over Majority 54 to interview Jason about his new book. "Outside The Wire" tells the story of Jason Kander's experiences as a deployed…
Majority 54Behind The Scenes Of The Travel Ban: What Is Our Responsibility Now?
This episode is for everyone who has listened to this show, thought about the change they’d like to make in the world, and hesitated to take action because…
Majority 54Why Redistricting is the Key to Saving our Democracy
Gerrymandering is the process of redrawing the districts and reviewing the power structure of voting in America, but often for less than bi-partisan means…
Majority 54Engaging The Other Side on LGBTQ Rights
This is a show all about reaching across the aisle and engaging with people that you might think could never change their mind. So, it's a real pleasure to…
Majority 54Why We Have To Raise The Minimum Wage
Our guest today had never been a political person, mostly because he simply did not have time to. He works three jobs trying to support a family. And that is…
Majority 54Connecting Through Comedy / The Liberal Redneck
His name is Trae Crowder but you might know him under a different name: The Liberal Redneck. From his porch, Trae films videos on his phone where he goes on…
Majority 54How Do We Solve The Opioid Epidemic?
Phil Spagnuolo is a state representative in New Hampshire, and someone who has personally struggled with opioid addiction. Last year, he flipped the seat from…
Majority 54Hacktivism
Today, we’re talking to one of the biggest names in the tech entrepreneur world. He experienced a total political shift the night of the 2016 election, while…
Majority 54The Truth About Labor Unions
Welcome to Majority 54. We’re talking to the 54% of Americans who did not vote for Donald Trump about where we go from here. Senator Yvanna Cancela is a…
Majority 54Criminal Justice Reform
Welcome the official start of season two of Majority 54. If you’re new to Majority 54, I’m Jason Kander, the president of Let America Vote: an organization…
Majority 54Lin-Manuel Miranda - #MoreOfUs
If you’re new to Majority 54, I’m Jason Kander, the president of Let America Vote: an organization dedicated to making sure that every American gets to vote by…
Majority 54"Season 2 - Coming This Friday!"
Jason Kander previews Season 2 of Majority 54... coming this Friday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Majority 54Season One Finale: Taxes and Healthcare
Today we’re talking health care, taxes, and activism with Ady Barkan. Like me, you probably first became aware of Ady when a video of him confronting Jeff…
Majority 54Voting Rights
Today we’re talking Voting Rights. In my mind, there is no issue of greater importance in the country right now – and that’s because it affects every other…
Majority 54College Affordability
Remember two years ago when we still talked about the college debt crisis? Remember when what to do about it was one of the defining topics of the Democratic…
Majority 54Gun Sense in America
I have an F rating from the NRA. They’ve spent millions against me. The leaders of the NRA hate me, but they loathe Shannon Watts. And I have a feeling you’re…
Majority 54Special Episode: Grab an Oar: A conversation about activism with Cecile Richards
This is a special episode of Majority 54. Usually this show focuses on a single divisive issue by talking to a single individual experiencing it in their…
Majority 54The Border Wall
It’s hard to think of a more polarizing issue than the wall Trump wants to build on our southern border. The conversation you’re about to hear was recorded in…
Majority 54Public Education
This week I spoke to my friend Steve Droske, an elementary school principal, about the way public education gets treated by politicians. This episode is pure…
Majority 54Islamophobia
I sat down with my friend Salam, an Afghan man from Kansas City, who I first met in Afghanistan in 2006 when he was assigned as my main translator. I’m sure…
Majority 54Trump vs. The Intelligence Community
Today I’m introducing you to former CIA officer A.J. Twombly for insight on the Trump Administration’s campaign against the American intelligence community…
Majority 54Race and Policing
Bruce Franks (https://twitter.com/brucefranksjr) joins the show to discuss Ferguson, Black Lives Matter and the relationship between the African American…
Majority 54Introduction to Majority 54
Jason Kander is an army veteran from Kansas City, Missouri and the first millennial elected to statewide office in the United States. He's traveling the…