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From the Printing Press to AI, Why Fascists Fear Teachers, and Answering Your Questions

From the Printing Press to AI, Why Fascists Fear Teachers, and Answering Your Questions

Five centuries ago, Johannes Gutenberg’s printing press shattered the barriers to knowledge. Today, AI is doing the same. Sharon takes you on a journey into history that is strikingly similar to where we are today. Plus, she’s joined by Randi Weingarten, author of Why Fascists Fear Teachers, whom critics have called “the most dangerous person in the world.” Together, they explore why teachers remain democracy’s first line of defense against authoritarianism.

And Sharon answers your most pressing questions:

  • Why is the US giving Argentina a $40 Billion bailout?
  • Are there ways Trump could run for a third term?
  • Can Biden’s pardons be overturned?

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  • Host: Sharon McMahon
  • Supervising Producer: Melanie Buck Parks
  • Executive Producer: Sharon McMahon
  • Audio Producer: Craig Thompson

Guests

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Randi Weingarten

Randi Weingarten is an American labor leader, attorney, and educator. She has been president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) since 2008, and is the former president of the United Federation of Teachers. Prior to her election as AFT president, Weingarten served for 11 years as president of the United Federation of Teachers, AFT Local 2, representing approximately 200,000 educators in the New York City public school system, and was a teacher of history at Clara Barton High School in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood from 1991 to 1997. In 2013, the New York Observer named Weingarten one of the most influential New Yorkers of the past 25 years. She was included in Washingtonian’s 2021 Washington’s Most Influential People, City & State New York’s 2021 New York City Labor Power 100, and in 2017 received the Roosevelt Institute’s FDR Distinguished Public Service Award.