Is This the October Surprise?

Hosts Tiffany Cross, Angela Rye, and Andrew Gillum recap the Vice-Presidential debate between Governor Tim Walz and Senator JD Vance, and break down each candidate's performance in the context of the larger race. In a post-Trump, soundbite-obsessed era, do Americans value a debate focused more on substance than style? There is an expanding war in the Middle East that has our hosts shook! In a viral Ta-Nehisi Coates interview, a commentator compares the authors’ writings about the Gaza/Israel conflict to “something a terrorist would have in their backpack.” Our hosts critique the interview and connect the dots between media coverage of the conflict and a general de-valuing of Arab lives. And of course we’ll hear from you, our #NLPFam listeners. This week, we’ll hear from a listener who needs help convincing young men in his community to vote. If you’d like to submit a question, check out our tutorial video: www.instagram.com/reel/C5j_oBXLIg0/ We are 33 days away from the election. Welcome home y’all! —--------- We want to hear from you! Send us a video @nativelandpod and we may feature you on the podcast. Instagram X/Twitter Facebook NativeLandPod.com Watch full episodes of Native Land Pod here on YouTube.

Thank you to the Native Land Pod team: Angela Rye as host, executive producer and cofounder of Reasoned Choice Media; Tiffany Cross as host and producer, Andrew Gillum as host and producer, and Lauren Hansen as executive producer; Loren Mychael is our research producer, and Nikolas Harter is our editor and producer. Special thanks to Chris Morrow and Lenard McKelvey, co-founders of Reasoned Choice Media.

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