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masha gessen is here with analysis. later i'll show you what happened when the white house turned the press corps into props. yes, anti-social distancing props. alexi mccammond and oliver darcy is coming up. >>> frommed video of george floyd dying to the video of these marches in big cities across the country, we are able to see it all these days. also in small town america, don't sleep on what's happening in small town america. protests in hundreds of cities. buzzfeed's has been keeping a list of hundreds of these protests in towns and small cities, in many cases these are unprecedented. reporters in these towns are saying they've never seen anything like it. this weekend there were anti-racism protestses from hickory, north carolina, to loveland, dole kol, from richmond, kentucky, to palmer, alaska, and so many places in define. we've seen action in capitals around the world. peaceful, powerful protests around the world. in the iphone age we're able to see it all, including scenes like this, videos that can expose the

so please join me in welcoming masha gessen and dahlia lithwick. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. this is a treat. masha, i've been telling masha figures even before we met, i felt like i could hear you right in my ear buds all the time. i felt like your voice with the voice in my head, while that can be true, then after 2016, the day after the election i was like yes, everything that you said. you have been in my head and this book is fantastic. congratulations. >> thank you. i may be in your head and your imagination but you are in my head every two weeks for the podcast. >> thank you. i want to stop asking you one of the things i've always, your writing to this idea don't normalize, don't normalize. there's not going to be a rice bag firelight right in the book. i know you massively updated the book for the covid era i don't know you but the chance update in the last week for the protest era. i wonder if we could start from this really thorny question of i feel like you are a plan invoice like people it's happening, it's happening and you are not seeing it. does anything that's

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