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- Publication Date |
- Jul 29, 2016
- Episode Duration |
- 00:52:27
This week on The Stakes: Part 1: Ana Marie Cox speaks with Sarah McBride, the national press secretary for the Human Rights Campaign who made history Thursday night by being the first openly transgender person to address a major party convention. Part 2: Jaime Fuller tracks down two millennial delegates, one Democrat and one Republican, to explain why they each gave up a week of their summer for a musty convention center. Part 3: Doreen St. Félix discusses the power of photography with Aperture Magazine guest editor Sarah Lewis. For the first time in its 223 volumes, the summer edition of Aperture is devoted to photographic representation of African-Americans. Part 4: Jessica Hopper talks to poet and music writer Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib about his new book of poetry, The Crown Ain’t Worth Much. Part 5: Our poet-in-residence Marcus Ellsworth explores how the idea of America changes, depending on where you stand.