Podcast
The Desk
Hosted by Tony Donaldson Jr. · EN
A podcast convening a multi-generation and diverse community to discuss the latest trending topics making headlines and strategies to reimagine the future of America.
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Our New Normal
Feb 8, 202100:15:43Tap to summarizeThe year is 2021— as we continue to battle a deadly pandemic, and at this point in time, nearly half a million Americans who were with us just last year have succumb to the novel coronavirus. Newly elected President Joe Biden, alongside Vice President Kamala Harris, certainly have their work cut out for them as it is boots on the ground, trial by fire, and no holds barred to regain any sense of the idea of America.
Transcribe →A Different Thanksgiving
Nov 24, 202000:12:27Tap to summarizeWe are surviving 2020, and not everyone will be able to say that they did. We have the gift of life. With that life, we have the time and opportunity to make a better future, one decision at a time. We want to be thankful with all of our loved ones next year, we want to be able to celebrate when we beat this virus, and we want to be able to say we all did our part.
Transcribe →Transition in Progress
Nov 17, 202000:17:59Tap to summarizeThe peaceful transfer of power is at the very bedrock of our democracy. Since 1801, with the departure of John Adams after being defeated by his friend-turned-rival Thomas Jefferson, each President has learned to pass the baton, turn the page, and allow each chapter of American history to unfold as we the people write it, one vote and one election at a time.
Transcribe →Living History
Oct 26, 202000:26:14Tap to summarizeHistory will have something to say about each of us. Our grandchildren will likely have book reports and research assignments focused on this very moment in history, and they will ask us: where were you? What did you do? Join us as we follow the headlines in the final countdown to Election Day 2020!
Transcribe →This is America
Oct 19, 202000:22:07Tap to summarizeAfter nearly 7 months of battling the novel coronavirus and a reckoning on race relation, we have finally been able to capture a picture of this year, and the image couldn’t be more clear. THIS IS AMERICA
Transcribe →A Presidential Debacle
Oct 12, 202000:18:37Tap to summarizeAfter a tumultuous week at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, we gather at The Desk to debrief Donald Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis, the first debates ahead of Election Day, and White House in turmoil. Following the super-spreader event at the White House, more than 30 close contacts and staffers contract the very virus that President Trump continues to ignore. Voters are poised to elect the next President of the United States or settle for a complete presidential debacle.
Transcribe →Rebuilding Together
Sep 27, 202000:14:09Tap to summarizeAt a fractured moment in American history, following yet another miscarriage of justice in the case of Breonna Taylor, we gather at The Desk to look ahead as we are charged with rebuilding together. Across generational and cultural divides to a better and more perfect union.
Transcribe →Where Do We Go From Here?
Sep 20, 202000:12:09Tap to summarizeA legend, icon, warrior and defender of The Constitution, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away after a hard fought battle with pancreatic cancer. The court, in a statement, said Ginsburg died at her home in Washington, D.C., surrounded by family. She was 87.
Transcribe →One Nation Under God
Sep 13, 202000:25:01Tap to summarizeSince the inception of America, citizens in classrooms, courtrooms, and legislative bodies have recited the pledge of allegiance to America every single day. In 1954 President Eisenhower encouraged Congress to add the words "under God," creating the 31-word pledge many recite today. In recent years we have witnessed evangelical christian leaders stand behind Donald Trump and many of his ungodly antics, but today we are joined by Bishop C. Anthony Muse to discuss whether or not America can live up to the true meaning of its creed in being: one nation under God.
Transcribe →We The People
Sep 6, 202000:10:14Tap to summarizeAt the crossroad of American politics, our nation stands on the precipice of change with an important decision to make in just about 60 days. In the argument of whose America is it, conservatives are using images of protests, riots, and national civil unrest to suggest that chaos is to come if Joe Biden is elected as President. However, pursuant to the Preamble of the US Constitution, America will always belong to "We The People", and protests are at the very bedrock of our democracy!
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