Chris Evans and Mark Kassen on Trust, Young Voters and Avoiding Famous People Interviews
On 06/09/21 at 5:00 AM EDT
Chris Evans is best known for portraying Captain America, who teams up with other superheroes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to form the Avengers. In real life, Evans has joined director and actor Mark Kassen and health care entrepreneur and philanthropist Joe Kiani to launch a website and app called A Starting Point, with the aim of getting young people interested in learning more about their elected officials and political issues.
Evans and Kassen met with
Newsweek s David H. Freedman via Zoom to talk about some of the obstacles they ve had to overcome, the success they ve had so far and their ambitions for the project.
Exclusive: Chris Evans Was Captain America. Now He Wants to Help Gen Z Reshape US Politics
On 06/09/21 at 5:00 AM EDT
Chris Evans has moved on from Captain America. His new mission: A media venture aimed at helping Gen Z reshape U.S. politics.
Nino Munoz for Newsweek
Members of Congress get a lot of calls from people wanting things, most of which receive polite regrets from staffers. But lately one particular call is consistently getting past the gatekeepers: the one from Chris Evans.
Yes, that Chris Evans.
For a year and a half, the 39-year-old megastar (he turns 40 on June 13), best known for playing Captain America in the Marvel movies, has been quietly working the halls of the Capitol, occasionally in person, in an effort to persuade senators and representatives to put aside their hyper-partisan hyperbole and explain, in under two minutes, their views on politics and policy to a new generation of young potential voters.
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Sen. Mike Lee and Captain America?
Sen. Mike Lee spent some time talking about anti-trust law with âCaptain Americaâ actor Chris Evans and Mark Kassen on their âA Starting Pointâ podcast this week.
Senator Mike Lee Calls on Tech Companies to Be More Open About Their Political Biases
On 4/21/21 at 12:00 PM EDT
In A Starting Point s second chat looking into monopolies, antitrust laws and the power of Big Tech, Chris Evans and Mark Kassen talked with GOP Senator Mike Lee of Utah about the fine line of government regulation on businesses.
During the chat, Lee echoed the sentiment of Senator Amy Klobuchar, his colleague on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights who spoke with ASP about monopolies earlier this week. Antitrust [laws] ensure that consumers benefit from vigorous competition between various market participants, Lee said. When companies avoid competition, they will charge higher prices and provide lower quality goods and services and they become less innovative in the process. The market stagnates and consumers suffer.
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