Teaser (Pod Save the People episode)

Teaser is the promotional episode of Pod Save the People, hosted by DeRay.

Description
Organizer and activist DeRay Mckesson takes you inside conersations about culture, social justice, and politics by exploring the history, language, and people who are shaping the struggle for progress - and talking about the steps that each of us can take to make a difference.

Transcript
Hey, this is DeRay and I'm launching a podcast with Crooked Media. I'm a black man living in America which means I've lived a different life than most. I grew up in a community of recovery. Both of my parents were addicted to drugs and my father raised us. And I say this because at an early age I saw people put their lives back together in ways they didn't think was possible. And later on I became a teacher to help kids find a way through systems that were failing them to find what's possible both in their lives and in this world. And for the past few years, I've joined communities in Ferguson and Baltimore and Charleston to prove that protest, the act of telling the truth in public, even in the face of wanton hate can lead to deep change. I've been in the room and in the streets with some of the most important people in this country, with the organizers, the activists, the artists, the poets, the politicians who are working to make sustainable change. Now, there is nothing romantic about this life or the moment we're living in, but it's a necessary life in the struggle to create real change. So I'm starting this podcast to invite you inside the conversations about culture, social justice, and politics in America by exploring the history, language, and people who are shaping the struggle for progress. And most importantly, we'll talk about the next steps that each of us can take to make a difference. I hope you join me on this journey every Tuesday as the podcast posts, and you can subscribe at Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.