Shadow Politics, November 7, 2021
Shadow Politics with Senator Michael Brown, co-host Marilia Duffles and guest Hunter Walker
The January 6th Insurrection - Was Congress Involved in the Planning? Some interesting reporting has come out on the planning meetings that lead up to the January 6th Insurrection. Hunter Walker will inform us about the congressional and White House staff who allegedly took part in those meetings. My new co-host, Marília Duffles, and I have many questions about government involvement and ties to this event.
Headlined Show, Shadow Politics November 7, 2021
The January 6th Insurrection - Was Congress Involved in the Planning? Some interesting reporting has come out on the planning meetings that lead up to the January 6th Insurrection. Hunter Walker will inform us about the congressional and White House staff who allegedly took part in those meetings. My new co-host, Marília Duffles, and I have many questions about government involvement and ties to this event.
Guest, Hunter Walker
A reporter and author based in Washington, DC, Hunter Walker has spent the past decade covering politics. Walker is currently working on a book about the future of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party that is due out from W.W. Norton in 2023. Hunter worked as Yahoo News' White House correspondent during the entirety of former President Donald Trump's term.
His writing has also appeared in The New Yorker, Columbia Journalism Review, and on the websites of Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, and The Atlantic, among others. Before reporting on Washington, Walker spent time covering New York's City Hall and Hollywood.
He was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York.
Guest, Marília Duffles
Marília Duffles brings a wealth of experience and a different perspective to Shadow Politics.
A scientist with a degree in microbiology from the University of Maryland and work in virology, Marília is also well versed in politics – having been a political appointee serving in the administrations of President Ronald Reagan and President George H.W. Bush.
She is an accomplished journalist contributing to publications such as the Financial Times, The Economist and Huff Post. A Republican turned Independent, Marília brings a fresh, different and important perspective to the show.
Marília does charity work in Africa and India and was a ballet dancer with the National Ballet of Washington, DC.
Marília has a fascinating and diverse background. Originally from Brazil, she speaks four languages and has lived in Europe and South America. She lived in Hawai'i for 15 years and traveled extensively throughout Africa, Asia and the Pacific Islands. She currently resides in the nation’s capital where she has lived on and off for many years.
Shadow Politics
Shadow Politics is a grass roots talk show giving a voice to the voiceless. For more than 200 years the people of the Nation's Capital have ironically been excluded from the national political conversation. With no voting member of either house of Congress, Washingtonians have lacked the representation they need to be equal and to have their voices heard. Shadow Politics will provide a platform for them, as well as the millions of others nationwide who feel politically disenfranchised and disconnected, to be included in a national dialog.
We need to start a new conversation in America, one that is more inclusive and diverse and one that will lead our great nation forward to meet the challenges of the 21st century. At Shadow Politics, we hope to get this conversation started by bringing Americans together to talk about issues important to them. We look forward to having you be part of the discussion so call in and join the conversation. America is calling and we're listening… Shadow Politics is about America hearing what you have to say. It's your chance to talk to an elected official who has spent more than 30 years in Washington politics. We believe that if we start a dialog and others add their voices we will create a chorus. Even if those other politicians in Washington don't hear you — Senator Brown will. He's on a mission to listen to what America has to say and use it to start a productive dialog to make our democracy stronger and more inclusive. If we are all part of the solution we can solve any problem.
