The.Ink Anand Giridharadas

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Today, we’re speaking with Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg about why infrastructure matters, the challenge of communicating its importance, how supplying the material basics that improve lives is crucial to the long-term project of turning Americans away from toxic politics, the value of speaking to those on the other side of the aisle, the changing nature of fatherhood and what it means to be a man — and of course, his insights into working with Joe Biden and the prospects for a Democratic victory in November.

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Today we present for our subscribers the full audio recording of our conversation with Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal.
Rep. Jayapal, who chairs the Congressional Progressive Caucus, has been one of the most visible progressives in Congress; she’s long been a defender of immigrant rights and an outspoken voice for reproductive freedom and called early on f…

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Today we present for our paid subscribers the full audio recording of our conversation with Surgeon General Vivek Murthy.
Earlier this week, the surgeon general intensified his call for the regulation of youth use of social media platforms, asking for the use of warning labels akin to those applied to products such as alcohol and tobacco. While some rese…

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Today we present for our subscribers the full audio recording of our conversation with the author and policy expert Heather McGhee.
In her influential book, The Sum of Us, McGhee argues against the idea that progress for some must come at the expense of others. It’s the opposite, she maintains, famously recounting how, when the racist response to desegr…

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Today we present for our subscribers the full audio recording of our conversation with the author and activist Naomi Klein.
Klein has written a series of books — among them No Logo and The Shock Doctrine — that have met their cultural moments and changed the way people think and talk. Her work on labor, climate change, globalization, and the other criti…

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Today on The Ink podcast, our conversation with Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan. She began her career as an antitrust researcher and reporter, eventually becoming a lawyer and public servant and along the way publishing a groundbreaking paper that turned 40 years of conservative thinking on antitrust on its head.
Named by President Biden to lead…