“Is this the moment where I have to say the thing?” [Cecilia Muñoz / More Than Ready book interview]

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Cecilia Muñoz is the vice president, public interest technology and new initiatives at New America. She served in the Obama White House as Director of the Domestic Policy Council. She is the author of More Than Ready: Be Strong and Be You... And Other Lessons for Women of Color on the Rise. [Indiebound] [Bookshop.org]

Segment 1: On DACA: “I couldn’t stop sobbing”
Segment 2: “What’s your strategy for self-doubt?”
Segment 3: A racist in the Oval Office
Segment 4: “Is this the moment where I have to say the thing?”
Segment 5: “My daughters understand their power better than I did”
Segment 6: An omission from the book
Segment 7: “Who’s sitting at the table, & who’s sitting at the back of the room?”

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Host: Jared Rizzi [Twitter]