Lawrence Lessig - Introducing season 2 of the Another Way podcast

See https://tyt.com/shows/2PIajedepWMYO4wEG6e4MK and https://equalcitizens.us/anotherway/

This is Larry Lessig.

There is a scholar, an activist, a leader
a former Labor Secretary,

a citizen and a friend, -- Robert Reich --
who has been trash-talking

the idea of a convention to propose
amendments to our Constitution.

That fact really bothers me.

I don't think there is a single thing
I've heard Reich say,

or a single sentence of his writing,
at least the slice of it that I've read,

that I disagree with.

Indeed, his work is an inspiration,
even the controversial work.

And so when I saw a video that he did,
attacking the idea of a convention,

it gave me pause.

Maybe he was right?

He's been right for me at least
every single time before.

So I decided to try to work out
an argument for why I thought

Reich was not right.

Hard as it is for me to utter these words
and arguments about

why Reich is wrong,

and that argument that might convince
even Robert Reich,

I would start by writing it:
if you're hearing these words,

it's because I've convinced myself

that I've got something that is both true
and might work.

This isn't an argument
that can be captured in a tweet,

or even a video, though this podcast
is CC-licensed,

so please feel free to take it and render it
however you see fit.

Instead this is an argument
for slow democracy,

which means this is an argument
for a podcast.

And so over the next five episodes
of Season 2 of this podcast, Another Way,

I'm going to lay out the argument
for why Reich is wrong

and why a convention of the States
is right.

And whether it's enough for Robert Reich
I hope it's enough to convince you,

because even if you're not the coolest
former Secretary of Labor in America,

in a democracy, your views should count
just as much as his.

I'm grateful to The Young Turks
for making this podcast possible.

Season 1 of this podcast was sponsored
by Equal Citizens,

but as Robert Reich is a board member
of Equal Citizens,

I couldn't very well ask them
to support this.

So while you can find both seasons
available at tyt.com,

you can find only season 1
at equalcitizens.us .

So here goes: to Article 5 and beyond.

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