On Episode two of this season of Those People Mitch chats with Melanie D’Arrigo (which I mispronounce 8 times in this interview) to talk about CoVID’s impact on NYC, growing up in a tough-love family to put it kindly, and the saviors that make up our public education workforce.

Melanie is the 2nd of the NYC progressives we’ll be interviewing this season, representing New York’s 3rd district & we spend a good chunk of the first half discussing the intricacies of growing up in the city, and a good deal of the second half on what she wants to do to make that easier for kids and families of this generation coming of age now.

In her own words, Melanie is one of Those #Feminist, #Activist, #Scientist, #Progressive People - Though admittedly we barely even touched on the scientist thing so check out her website for more info on that and plenty more at: https://www.darrigo2020.com/ or follow her on twitter @DarrigoMelanie.

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This Podcast was Recorded Remotely in April 2020 in Plymouth MN & NYC.

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Music for this show:

Those People, 2012, Justus Boyz (Intro): https://bit.ly/2lbdBJB

Those People, 2015, Amy Bezunartea (Outro): https://spoti.fi/2nhoOsH

Untitled, 2019, Mitch Gayns (Transitions)

Trigger Warnings for this Episode:

Systemic Oppression of Women

Childhood abuse & Trauma

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