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WeNeedToTalk is hosted by singer and activist Malynda Hale. Leading with the motto that everything begins with a conversation, WeNeedToTalk is centered around heartfelt one on one conversations, with an emphasis on social justice, politics, religion, society, and culture.
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Facts and Context: Where Are We Now? (opens the original)
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Six months into a war with Iran, and it’s showing up at your gas pump. Congress moved the shutdown fight to December 11th, five weeks after you vote. Fifty-seven immigrant detainees have died in government custody. Food recalls are on pace to match last year while SNAP cuts are quietly costing kids their school lunch. And two months out from an election, a whistleblower says the Postal Service is rushing a mail ballot system. Plus my California voting group on Sway and the petition I started wit
FACTS & CONTEXT: A Secret Court & A Scared Industry (opens the original)
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OFF THE RECORD: The Real Reason I Don't Sing As Much Anymore (opens the original)
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit malyndahale.substack.com I don’t remember a time when I wasn’t singing. It was my first love before anything else, before acting, before filmmaking, before activism, before any of this. And for a long time it was the thing I wanted most in the world. This month on Off The Record I’m sharing the story I’ve never really told publicly. Where singing started for me, what it cost me…
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