You can find any book youre looking for and support independent book sellers across the country. With that out of the way, lets get started. Youll probably recognize the voices of both of our guests tonight but our host is laura ziegler, a national npr reporter covering the midwest. Currently shes producer and Community Engagement reporter as kansas city affiliate kcur. Laura, thank you very much for joining us tonight. Youre welcome. Good to be here. And im jumping in now, i guess. Im delighted to be here and introduced you to pam fessler, who is an awardwinning journalist at npr. Shes covered poverty and election issues, voter issues for many years. Now in the tradition of npr journalists who you recognize as excellent storytellers, podcasts and online, shes proven the ability to translate that ability to tell stories on the radio, to the platform of the printed word and, of course, a book. Her new book car villes fear, leprosy, stigma and fight for justice. Im delighted to have the
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That. This is the laymans most people, which is relatable to our audience. The establishment, these are the rules we created ape its and its been this way a long time. Regular guy, little guy, said times have changed, found a loophole, what you. According to your rules, you cant get mad at us. Its a reflection of whats happening in our larger culture, Larger Society right now as it comes to womens rights and me too and issues of race and equity and equality and all of that. Its like, people who have been there, the establishment whos been there for so long, the entitled, right, the people who, hey, look, were the wealthy, these are the rules, we want to live by and continue, and the underdog is saying no, no, no, we deserve a place as well and now this is the clash. So, hey, the rule thats whats happened. What i find interesting about it is i love that these people came together to prop something up. Now, you can say no, no, no, youre ascribing virtue where theres only value. You saw t
Hosted the program and provided the video. Interviewing ms. Fessler is Laura Zeigler Community Reporter and producer with kcur radio in kansas city. Director of marketing at the Kansas City Public Library. My job, take care of housekeeping items before i hand it over to the two women smarter and more capable than i am. Any questions put them in the comments q a or chat box. If you hope to purchase the book, i hope you will, available through most major retailers and the Kansas City Public Library refer you are to bookshop. Org. Find any book and support authors across the country. With that out of the way, lets get started. Youll probably recognize voices of both of ourest go esest gues tonight. Host, Laura Zeigler, with npr washington, d. C. And covering the midwest and currently producer and commune engagement reporter at kansas citys npr and kcur. Laura, thank you for joining us tonight. Youre welcome, and good to be here. And jumping in now, i guess. [ laughter ] im delighted to be
To us about it. Thank you for being with us to kind of give shape to this story, and well be watching it. All right . Thank you for having me. Taking the opportunity was your choice, and thank you. Thank you for watching. The big show, cnn tonight, with d lemon, starts right now. D, i have never seen anything like that before. Well, this is this is the laymans part of it because i just sort of look at, okay, this is what the 401 k is doing and the investment people are doing. But, this is the laymans part of it and i think most which is relatable to our audience. So the establishment has these are the rules we have created and its been this way for a long time. Then, all of a sudden, the little guy, the regular guy, says hey, times have changed. We found there is a loophole or what have you. You cannot get mad at us. So i think it is a reflection of what is happening in our larger culture, and the larger society, right now. As it comes to womens rights, and me too, and and issues of ra