Season 3 – We’re Baaaaaack
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Yvonne Orji: Girl I been looking forward to this.
America Ferrera: It’s a great day to be talking to you, Brittany.
Kamala Harris: Hello Madam Packnett Cunningham, perfect person.
BRITTANY
Hey, y’all, it’s been a minute! But WE BACK, BABY! UNDISTRACTED Season 3 is almost here!
Now for those of you I don’t yet know, I’m Brittany Packnett Cunningham. I’m an activist, a strategist, a mama, and a Black girl from the Midwest who is obsessed with the intersection of justice and people power.
And I couldn’t be more excited to run it back with ya’ll! Because, listen, we gotta a lot to catch up on
[NEWS CLIPS]
News host: Vice President Kamala Harris became the first woman of Black and South Asian heritage to lead a major party’s presidential ticket.
News host: The Biden Administration is taking steps to make sure gay and transgender American have access to healthcare.
News host: A historic night for Simone Biles as she won the women’s gymnastics individual all around for a second time.
BRITTANY
And, with the good news comes… the terrifying news. All at the same time.
[NEWS CLIPS]
News host: The death toll in Gaza is now more than 25,000
News host: 26 states have now passed some form of abortion restrictions or an outright ban
News host: The death of Sonya Massey, a Black woman shot to death in her home by a white Sheriff’s deputy.
News host: And I heard the scientists say the other day that when a man votes for a woman, he actually transitions into a woman.
BRITTANY
*laughter* I almost forgot about that guy. Clearly we gotta make sense of it all. So this season, we’re turning the volume all the way up because, frankly, we can’t afford not to.
To do that, we’re gonna keep bringing you the world-class guests you know and love—you know how we do it!
[PAST GUEST CLIPS]
Elizabeth Warren: women are tougher than ever, more engaged than ever, pushing harder than ever. But the truth is there’s just a lot of barriers that we’re not breaking down here.
Ayesha Rascoe: I feel like I have grown up with Beyonce, right? And you know, we both have 3 kids, we married. We been married a long time with the same man, a long time <laughter>
Raquel Willis: You don’t have to be Black and Trans to understand our power.
BRITTANY
and I’ll be joined by some of the smartest people in my circles as regularly recurring voices in this conversation I am so blessed to have with you week to week.
From what’s happening in the group chat to the realities of AI to dismantling oppressive systems, UNDISTRACTED goes beyond the headlines. This is about igniting action and being the solution. So we’re here to keep you informed, inspired, and most importantly…undistracted.
From The Meteor and Wonder Media Network, UNDISTRACTED is back on September 12th. Join us every Thursday for new episodes.
Subscribe to UNDISTRACTED wherever you get your podcasts. I’m Brittany Packnett Cunningham. Let’s go get free.