"Social media, like most technologies, is a double-edged sword. It can shrink distance but it can also manipulate our behavior and help disinformation spread like wildfire. It can help us feel connected, but keeps us doom scrolling well past our bedtimes." - Ramesh Srinivasan

Ramesh Srinivasan author of the best seller “Beyond the Valley: How Innovators around the World are Overcoming Inequality and Creating the Technologies of Tomorrow.” joins Lewis Myers and Daniel Andalon along with The Ruckus' Sound Engineer and Producer Arun Ravendhran. Arun was a staff organizer on the Bernie Sanders' California and New York teams and is currently a political organizer and Progressive Policy Director on local and national campaigns.

Srinivasan is a Professor in the UCLA Department of Information Studies and Director of the UC Digital Cultures Lab, and holds a joint appointment in the Department of Design Media Arts. He was a national surrogate for Senator Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign on issues of technology policy and an innovation policy advisor to the Biden/Harris campaign.

US Representative Jimmy Gomez, CA-34,     https://gomez.house.gov      

January 6, 2021, a very perilous and dangerous 14 days until Donald Trump is removed from office after losing a fair, legitimate presidential election to Joe Biden. United States Representative CA-34, Jimmy Gomez shares with The Ruckus his experience during the Trump fueled siege of the US Capitol. Congressman Gomez offers a candid unedited look at the chaotic events as they unfolded in our Nation's Capital.

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Political strategist Robert Dempsey began Bernie 2020 as an Area Director in San Diego. In a very short time he was promoted to States Director for Bernie Sanders' Presidential Campaign in charge of campaign operations in every state. Go behind the scenes to Robert's origins growing up in a modest upstate New York community. From there, he takes us on his journey to running political campaigns leading up to the greatest primary in presidential campaign history. Danny and Lewis are gonna unpack what it takes to break into the world of electoral politics and what it was like on Bernie 2020. Pay attention, cause you're gonna learn a few things from Robert on The Ruckus.