The Rise of the Rest

Asian Americans have the lowest rate of representation in elected office - but why? Andrew talks about the experience of engaging with politics as an Asian American. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/58F_G3TBYCM Follow Zach Graumann: https://twitter.com/zach_graumann Follow Andrew Yang: https://twitter.com/andrewyang | https://forwardparty.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

18 Marras 20211h 4min

In 1965, a new immigration law lifted a century of restrictions against Asian immigration to the United States. Over the next four decades, millions arrived, including Jay Caspian Kang’s family. Kang is the author of The Loneliest Americans, a new book that explores Asian-American identity in a Black and white world. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/pPGoXog_CJU Follow Jay Caspian Kang: https://twitter.com/jaycaspiankang Follow Andrew Yang: Follow Andrew Yang: https://twitter.com/andrewyang | https://forwardparty.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

15 Marras 20211h 20min

Democrats finally pass the infrastructure bill, Bari Weiss launches a university, and Zillow's home-buying algorithm gets them into trouble. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/cHdTxCOgIjw Follow Zach Graumann: https://twitter.com/zach_graumann Follow Andrew Yang: https://twitter.com/andrewyang | https://forwardparty.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

11 Marras 20211h 15min

Lee Drutman is a political scientist and the author of Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop and The Business of America is Lobbying. In this episode, Lee explains why we need proportional representation, traces the decline of bipartisanship, and makes the case for diminishing lobbyist power by increasing Congress' policymaking capacity, Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/VJcbZ90i4PM Follow Lee Drutman: https://twitter.com/leedrutman | http://leedrutman.org Follow Andrew Yang: https://twitter.com/andrewyang | https://forwardparty.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

8 Marras 20211h 7min

Tuesday night, the political world was stunned by the victory of Glenn Youngkin as the next governor of Virginia. Youngkin is a Republican who won a state that Joe Biden had won by 10 points just 12 months earlier. What went wrong for Democrats, and what does it mean for 2022? Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/J26jmAVeQEA Follow Andrew Yang: https://twitter.com/andrewyang | https://forwardparty.com Follow Zach Graumann: https://twitter.com/zach_graumann To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

4 Marras 20211h 2min

In 2018, professor Peter Boghossian and his team wrote 20 fake papers arguing for ridiculous conclusions using fashionable jargon, and submitted them to reputable academic journals. The result? Seven of those articles were accepted for publication. Boghossian joins to discuss what the fake papers revealed about higher education and why he had to find a new academic home. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/eITPRA-dxBU Follow Peter Boghossian: https://twitter.com/peterboghossian | https://boghossian.substack.com Follow Andrew Yang: https://twitter.com/andrewyang | https://forwardparty.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1 Marras 20211h 1min

Andrew and Zach discuss Trump's SPAC, constructive institutionalism and the lies that keep society going, and why much of media today is missing the mark. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/onBrAbaRafE Follow Andrew Yang: https://twitter.com/andrewyang | https://forwardparty.com Follow Zach Graumann: https://twitter.com/zach_graumann To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

28 Loka 20211h 6min

After Xander Schultz’s Olympic champion father Dave was murdered when Xander was nine (portrayed in the movie Foxcatcher) - Xander found purpose as an social activist focused on empowering voters, starting One for Democracy and Defeat by Tweet, among other initiatives.  Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/EP5PDKNSu9g Follow Xander Schultz: http://www.xandz.co | https://twitter.com/xanderschultz Follow Andrew Yang: https://twitter.com/andrewyang | https://forwardparty.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

25 Loka 20211h 3min