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Short, insightful convo about key issues to inspire change.
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Seeing America with Megan Rapinoe
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What's the Story?
SEEING AMERICA WITH MEGAN RAPINOE is a chat series that explores the national conversations about culture in U.S. society, and how to continue shaping them to encourage positive change. Soccer star and activist Megan Rapinoe heads up a conversation with Congress member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, and comedian Hasan Minhaj about the way subjects like race and ethnicity, Black Lives Matter, gender, LGBTQ+ issues, class, and others intersect. They also discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has shed a brighter light on some of these issues. Media footage of key events in American history, sports, and politics are shown throughout.
Is It Any Good?
This interesting program offers some insight on some of the major issues the United States is currently grappling with, including those relating to race, class, gender, and sexual orientation. Megan Rapinoe and her guests offer their points of view about things ranging from the 2020 electoral candidates to the importance of continuing the effort to make fundamental, systematic changes that can help end racism and other forms of bigotry in America. Rapinoe offers her point of view as both an athlete and as a gay woman, and encourages each participant to freely share their perspectives and to ask each other questions. But the 30-minute time slot doesn't allow for a lot of in-depth discussion and leaves you feeling as if there should be more to the conversation. Nonetheless, Seeing America with Megan Rapinoe offers some interesting food for thought.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about some of the topics discussed in Seeing America with Megan Rapinoe. How is this dialogue designed to help people "see" the United States? Is it an objective conversation?
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TV Details
- Premiere date: August 1, 2020
- Cast: Megan Rapinoe , Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , Nikole Hannah-Jones , Hasan Minhaj
- Network: Max
- Genre: Reality TV
- Topics: Activism , Sports and Martial Arts , Great Boy Role Models , Great Girl Role Models , History
- Character Strengths: Communication , Courage , Empathy , Integrity , Perseverance
- TV rating: TV-MA
- Last updated: July 5, 2023
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