If you're hearing Bonnie Tyler's voice singing this week's title, that is no accident. I'm currently listening to her song "I Need a Hero" (which I "accidentally" typed as "her" first).In this conversation, Jadi and I talk with New Orleans author (and one of my best friends) Maurice Carlos Ruffin about Kanye West and the rest of the presidential race.Show Notes<a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094898/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Coming to America</a><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091129/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Golden Child</a><a href="https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/education/article_02d02290-28c1-11e9-9bd1-5bfe28919a73.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mary Matalin and James Carville</a><a href="https://wcfcourier.com/opinion/columnists/column-donald-trump-is-no-republican/article_bd0fe40e-99d1-574e-bc45-607662fe7759.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Trump is no Republican</a><a href="https://www.fec.gov/introduction-campaign-finance/understanding-ways-support-federal-candidates/presidential-elections/public-funding-presidential-elections/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">how third parties get federal funding</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Sanders" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bernie Sanders and the Democrats</a><a href="https://unityparty.us" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Unity Party</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8cHxydDb7o" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">U.N.I.T.Y. by Queen Latifah</a><a href="https://kanye2020.country" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kanye West for President</a><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackbrewster/2020/07/08/who-is-michelle-tidball-kanye-wests-proposed-presidential-running-mate/?sh=6c08f0c21ee1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Michelle Tidball</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne_Williamson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Marianne Williamson</a><a href="https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/president-vp-different-states/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">must the president and VP be from different states?</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Cheney" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dick Cheney</a><a href="https://thehungergames.fandom.com/wiki/Panem" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Panem / The Hunger Games</a><a href="https://www.mcall.com/opinion/mc-opi-abolish-electoral-college-simon-20200729-lf6wme6fvncxtbikoyslbc6dja-story.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">is the Electoral College gerrymandering?</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Party_of_the_United_States" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Green Party</a><a href="https://www.onenation.party" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Becoming One Nation Party</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jade_Simmons" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jade Simmons</a><a href="https://jadesimmons.mykajabi.com/claudeliahroze" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Claudeliah Roze</a><a href="https://www.nola.com/gambit/news/the_latest/article_964e693e-1882-11eb-92b5-773bd464b7aa.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Maurice Carlos Ruffin + his mama voting</a><a href="https://www.patreon.com/emiliestaatstrong" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Show Patreon</a>

Civics, Y'all! Bonus Episode - The rest of the ballot

Civics, Y'all! is a podcast that explores the intersection of civics, politics and our everyday lives. We hope to be a show where people who normally don't follow politics will find more approachable and digestible conversations, and perhaps learn something along the way. This is a political conversation for all of us!