Astead Herndon

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6,554 appearances 61 recordings 8 series first heard Oct 2025 last heard 2d ago

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Today, Explained · Progressives take on the Rust Belt · 18 Jul 2026 podcast

And, you know, Donald Trump has his version of how why that is that points to immigrants and folks abroad and and kind of blaming others. matched

You're saying that the Democratic Party needs to tell a clearer story with that, with with corporations as the villain in the center. matched

I guess I wanted to ask, though, about the way that that narrative has shifted over time. matched

I think when you first came onto the scene in your previous statewide race, that was a time in which progressives were talking a lot more about things like the Green New Deal, about climate. matched

The center of gravity seems to have shifted a little bit. matched

Certainly Medicare for all still there, but there's a greater focus on economic populism and affordability. matched

There's a greater focus on repositioning the U.S. matched

relationship with Israel. matched

Like if we could define the connective tissue that defines the progressive lane right now, like what do you think is the issue that's at the top of the list? matched

After the break, the elephant in the room, how progressives like El-Sayed are demanding a Democratic Party rethink on America's relationship to Israel. matched

I mean, we should talk about Israel a little more because it has been such a central delineation line in this race. matched

You called it a rogue state that the U.S. matched

can't keep selling weapons to a country committing genocide and apartheid. matched

And you made an argument that we've heard from even some progressives here in New York City who were successful in their congressional race. matched

That's money that should be coming here and should be invested in the least of Americans not going abroad. matched

But the question of how central repositioning U.S. matched

's relationship with Israel would be to you holding office in the Senate, I think it's an open one. matched

Like, is this just the conviction that you hold? matched

Or do you think that, like, reshaping America's relationship with Israel would be a priority for you once in office? matched

I know that you have advocated for restricting weapons transfers. matched

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