• Georgia police on Wednesday said four people were killed, and nine others were taken to the hospital with injuries after a shooting at Apalachee High School outside of Atlanta. Police identified the alleged shooter as a 14-year-old student at the school. Natalie Fall, the executive director of March For Our Lives, talks about how gun safety advocates are responding to the latest school tragedy.
• A new poll from CNN/SSRS shows Vice President Kamala Harris with a lead in the vital swing states of Michigan and Wisconsin and in a statistical tie with former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania, Nevada, and Georgia. As the nation prepares to potentially make Harris the first Indian American president in U.S. history, WAD host Priyanka Arabindi sat down with members of her own family to do exactly what you’re not supposed to do at a big family gathering: talk about politics!
• And in headlines: The Biden administration is planning to make it harder to end a restrictive asylum policy that was supposed to be temporary, the Department of Justice said it had disrupted Russian efforts to meddle in the upcoming election, and Montana’s Republican Senate nominee Tim Sheehy was caught on tape making racist comments about Native Americans.

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TRANSCRIPT

Priyanka Aribindi: It’s Thursday, September 5th. I’m Priyanka Aribindi.

Juanita Tolliver: And I’m Juanita Tolliver and this is What a Day. The show that is debating the meaning of mogging and Ohio. 

Priyanka Aribindi: Yes, we found this quiz on AP news about Generation Alpha slang. Didn’t even know there was a Generation Alpha until yesterday. Uh. We’re learning a lot. 

Juanita Tolliver: Yeah, that’s not very skibidi of you. [laughing]

Priyanka Aribindi: I’m very Ohio according to this quiz. [music break] On today’s show, the Department of Justice has taken action against Russian meddling in this year’s election. Plus, the Biden administration is expected to update its border policy. 

Juanita Tolliver: But first, the community of Winder, Georgia, is mourning after a school shooting at a local high school. At least four people, two students and two teachers were killed at Apalachee High School on Wednesday, and dozens of others were injured. 

Priyanka Aribindi: Early Wednesday morning, the school received a phone call from an unknown source claiming that there would be shootings at five schools and that Apalachee would be the first. 

Juanita Tolliver: And as the nation mourns yet another school shooting. Vice President Kamala Harris, President Joe Biden, and former President Donald Trump have all commented on the deadly incident. Here’s Vice President Harris speaking about the shooting while campaigning in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. 

[clip of Vice President Kamala Harris] It’s senseless. It is we’ve got to stop it. And we have to end this epidemic of gun violence in our country once and for all. You know, it doesn’t have to be this way. It doesn’t have to be this way. 

Priyanka Aribindi: It really does not. This does not need to be how–

Juanita Tolliver: Right. 

Priyanka Aribindi: –students and families go into a brand new school year. Just a reminder of what kids face every single day as they go to school and hope to learn something. 

Juanita Tolliver: Right. 

Priyanka Aribindi: So what do we know so far about the shooter? 

Juanita Tolliver: The FBI says the shooter, a 14 year old, was on law enforcement’s radar. The agency’s Atlanta field office was tipped off about the shooter a year ago, and he and his father were even questioned by the local sheriff’s office. Apparently, he had previously made threats online about a school shooting in 2023, and he even posted pictures of guns. The shooter is in custody after being talked down by a school resource officer, and the story is still developing. I reached out to Natalie Fall. She’s the executive director for March for Our Lives, a youth led movement for gun safety. I started our conversation by asking for her reaction to the Appalachee school shooting. 

Natalie Fall: What’s clear is that we are not doing enough. Leaders in Georgia are not doing enough. Our leaders in Congress are not doing enough to prevent tragedies like this from happening. You know, we’re just a couple weeks into the school year and already, you know, it’s just back to school, back to school shootings. 

Juanita Tolliver: I want to focus on that context of back to school in this moment, because I’m curious, how many school shootings have there been in the United States this year, and is there a reason we haven’t been hearing more about them lately? 

Natalie Fall: Well, I don’t know the exact number of how many school shootings so far this year. Um. I do know that we’re on track, unfortunately, to break records in that regard. The past few years, really since 2020, um we’ve just seen mass shootings and all other kinds of shootings on the rise. Um. Guns have become the leading killer of young people in this country. It’s just an unacceptable state of things. And and so much more needs to be done by our leaders. 

Juanita Tolliver: Okay. You’ve mentioned our leaders multiple times. I do want to ask about them because Vice President Kamala Harris, President Joe Biden, and former President Donald Trump have all responded to this deadly incident. What did you make of their reactions? 

Natalie Fall: I think, Vice President Harris and President Biden, their statements were in line with what they have said and done in the past in their time in office. Um. We really are proud to have been a part of pushing the administration to create the first ever White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention. And that was a huge effort on the part of March for Our Lives and and our partners in the gun violence prevention space. Vice President Harris has been the leader of that office. She’s been out on the road meeting with victims and families. One thing we’ve been really heartened to see, I’ve appreciated about their approach to this work is that they really have been survivor focused in what they’re doing, putting those who have experienced tragedy, who know, um the causes of gun violence and know it very viscerally, putting them at the center of creating solutions and enacting policy measures to curb this epidemic. 

Juanita Tolliver: I mean, it’s not lost on me. You really focused your response on Democrats. What do you have to say about Republican response to gun violence prevention measures, especially in former President Donald Trump? 

Natalie Fall: It’s the same empty rhetoric. You know, we talk often about this. Thoughts and prayers. The thoughts and prayers tweets are flying out right now. Um. And Republicans will offer that and nothing else. And they will quickly tell us to stop talking about gun control, to not politicize this. Um. And it’s just it’s it’s been an effective way for them to kick the can down the road and do absolutely nothing. These school shootings are absolutely a choice that our leaders are making. And I think it’s no secret that Republicans are cozying up to the NRA, taking money from the gun lobby. And of course, just out there unwilling to do anything or even really speak meaningfully about this issue. 

Juanita Tolliver: And in that choice, how do you see that playing a factor in the presidential election? We know November is quickly approaching. We know what you’ve just described about Democratic response versus Republican response. But how do you expect that to play out, especially as young voters are looking to leadership to have something substantive, a substantive plan as it relates to gun violence prevention? 

Natalie Fall: The vast majority of the American people, and that includes gun owners, want to see reasonable, commonsense measures put into place to prevent gun violence. When you put it up to the voters consistently, whether it’s in polling or ballot measures, we see voters turn out in support of gun safety. Because of that I’m very hopeful of what’s possible in November. And so what we at March For Our Lives are doing right now and are going to really be hitting the gas on over the next few weeks, is just those really important peer to peer conversations with young voters, prospective voters laying out the stakes of this election, particularly as it relates to gun violence. And just really making the case for um Vice President Harris to lead the ticket um and come out on top as the president of the United States, because we know that she, you know, puts her money where her mouth is. 

Juanita Tolliver: You mentioned your push in the lead up to November around gun safety initiative. Are there any specific demands that you’ve laid out to Vice President Harris’s command, or former President Donald Trump’s command to consider if they’re elected and steps they could take within the first hundred days in office? 

Natalie Fall: Yeah. So we’ve been in close touch um with Vice President Harris and President Biden. We laid out for them a five point plan of actions they could take in office. And the truth is, they’ve done almost every single one of them. So we’re really happy about that. The president can’t wave a wand and pass an assault weapons ban and all these other um legislative measures we would like to see passed. We really, really need to see Congress act on this now. We saw Congress pass the first piece of gun violence prevention or gun safety legislation in about 30 years in 2022, um after students and young people rallied across the country after the shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde. Congress really, you know, in a bipartisan way, came together. We’re really proud of that work. But it is far, far from enough. But it’s also already having really promising results to curb gun violence rates. 

Juanita Tolliver: That was my conversation with Natalie Fall, executive director of March for Our Lives. 

Priyanka Aribindi: Thank you so much for that, Juanita. I want to switch gears now to the presidential race. According to new CNN SSRS polling released on Wednesday, Vice President Harris is ahead of Trump in the key swing states of Michigan and Wisconsin and has a statistical tie with him in Georgia, Nevada, and Pennsylvania. Though I will say in, Juanita, your famous words, polls are just a snapshot. And I wanted to take a snapshot of my own. Recently, a bunch of my extended family was in Atlanta to celebrate my cousin Swetha’s wedding, and while I didn’t want to interrupt the fun, it was also a really interesting opportunity. Here we were, multiple generations of Indian Americans of all different ages, living all over the country, all in one place for the weekend. At the very same time that our country prepares to potentially make Kamala Harris the first Indian-American president in American history. So I decided to do the one thing you are not supposed to do in large family gatherings, talk about politics. 

Juanita Tolliver: I feel like the vibe is very different right now, since that campaign is all about joy and happiness and possibilities. So I’m sure, and I hope your family was welcoming when you shoved a microphone in their face. [laugh]

Priyanka Aribindi: You know what? I didn’t actually think of that. But you know, now that you mention it, that might have been why we had so many pleasant conversations. None of these conversations ended in conflict, shouting, any of the typical things you might expect. Maybe it’s because I did put the microphone in people’s faces. Maybe that’s the key. But anyways, in some of the downtime around the wedding, I got a few small groups of my relatives together to hear a little bit more about what matters to them in this election and what they think about Vice President Harris. I talked to my cousins, aunts, uncles, even my parents, and there were some really interesting conversations. This is my dad’s side of the family. And like Kamala Harris, we’re also South Indian, but we’re not from the same region of India. And the relatives I spoke with live everywhere from Georgia to Illinois to Texas to California. Most of them do vote, though, surprisingly, given how polarized politics is and can seem, a lot of them didn’t speak so strongly about party affiliations. Most people told me that they cared more about the individual candidates. Take a listen to some of our conversations. Have you voted in past elections? Do you consider yourself aligned with any political party? 

[clip of Priyanka Aribindi’s family member number 1] As far as I’m concerned, no, I don’t affiliate myself to a party. I just go more with the candidates and their history, and that’s more important to me. 

[clip of Priyanka Aribindi’s family member number 2] I consider myself to be an independent. I mean, mostly so far I’ve tended to vote for Democrats, but I still like to have a choice and a good choice. 

[clip of Priyanka Aribindi’s family member number 3] Until Clinton won, I voted Democrat. And I raised a lot of funds for them. Tens of thousands of dollars over 20 years. But after Clinton won, I changed to Republican. But this time I’m independent. Undecided. 

[clip of Priyanka Aribindi’s family member number 4] Both of the parties I just feel like are mediocre. And I felt like it’s been like that for a while. 

Priyanka Aribindi: So most everyone I asked voted for Biden in the 2020 election, which does check out with the data. According to the 2020 Asian American Voter Survey from Asian and Pacific Islander American vote, 65% of Indian Americans planned to vote for Biden in 2020 and 28% for Trump. But there were some outliers in my conversations. One of the uncles I talked to voted for Trump in 2020, and two of my cousins didn’t vote at all. I went on to ask everybody about the issues that matter to them in this election. And very unsurprisingly, the economy came up frequently for people across every age range. But I also got a variety of other answers, too. 

[clip of Priyanka Aribindi’s family member number 5] I’m looking for a candidate that’s more fiscally conservative because I think as a nation we are spending way too much. 

[clip of Priyanka Aribindi’s family member number 6] One thing that’s really important to me is the US’s representation in global affairs and promoting justice in global affairs. And specifically I’m talking about like the conflict in Israel and Gaza. And like having candidates that are more vocal about stopping genocide. 

[clip of Priyanka Aribindi’s family member number 7] This time around, for sure, women’s health issues and the whole reversal of Roe v Wade is what really is pivotal for me to make that decision. 

[clip of Priyanka Aribindi’s family member number 8] Certainly, inflation is a big issue as well as illegal immigration. Um. You know, if you have a country, you need to have a good border to secure it. I don’t mind having immigrants and all that, but they need to be properly processed. You know. 

Priyanka Aribindi: That was just a selection of answers I heard. But for many other relatives I talked to, it wasn’t any one specific issue that’s going to determine how they vote. Instead, like more than half of Americans out there, it was their opposition to one person in particular. 

[clip of Priyanka Aribindi’s family member number 9] Yeah, there’s a lot of issues I care about, but honestly, I wouldn’t be voting on any of them. There’s only one issue, and that’s making sure that democracy kind of doesn’t go by the wayside if Trump is elected again. 

[clip of Priyanka Aribindi’s family member number 10] I just don’t want Trump to be back in there. 

[clip of Priyanka Aribindi] That’s a valid answer. 

[clip of Priyanka Aribindi’s family member number 10] That’s my decision. 

[clip of Priyanka Aribindi’s family member number 11] I’ve made up my decision a long time ago. I mean, I’m definitely anti-Trump. Based on what he has set on record, I think it’s a disgrace to the country that he was the president in the first place, and the way he conducted himself during the first term disqualifies him from being president ever again, or sitting anywhere near the White House. 

Priyanka Aribindi: Clearly, some very strong opinions over there. But, you know, everybody’s had a lot of time to get to know Trump over the years. I was really curious to hear what they thought about Vice President Harris and if her Indian-American heritage had any impact on the way they were thinking about voting. 

[clip of Priyanka Aribindi’s uncle] Being an Indian-American, I was elated that he selected Kamala Harris. So I became undecided from being a Republican, mainly because of her Indian background. 

Priyanka Aribindi: That answer definitely stood out to me, especially coming from my uncle who voted for Trump in 2020. But I’d say for the most part, everybody else I spoke to said that the shared background wasn’t really a factor in their decision of whether or not they’d be voting for Vice President Harris. 

[clip of Priyanka Aribindi’s family member number 11] I’m not a great fan of identity politics per se. Her stances on issues align with mine, so I’d gladly vote for her. In other words, if there was a Republican, like Vivek Ramasamy, he may be Indian, but I would never vote for that person. So I don’t think identity per se plays any role uh for for me to vote for her as an Indian-American or not. 

[clip of Priyanka Aribindi’s family member number 12] No, I don’t actually give too much credence to that. I think she’s been here too many years. You know, for her heritage to make a difference in terms of how she’d like, you know, conduct business. I think she knows the ways of how the United States government works, and that’s good enough for me. But, you know, I’ve never voted for people because they’re the first of something. 

Priyanka Aribindi: Vice President Harris was raised by her Indian mother in Oakland, California. But she isn’t just Indian American. She’s also half Black. She attended a historically Black university and is part of the Black sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha. She has a really unique background, and one of my cousins questioned how similar that would be to most other Indian American voters. 

[clip of Priyanka Aribindi’s family member number 13] Her experience growing up was really largely of the African American experience, which again, I think has made her an amazing candidate today. And it’s her background. Does she bring the kind of perspectives that the quote unquote “average Indian-American” would bring? I mean, I don’t know. 

[clip of Priyanka Aribindi’s family member number 14] I kind of disagree with that a little bit because regardless of what her politics are, giving her a platform and a voice and a place or her having that and working hard for that kind of puts that in the Indian American community, that there are different family styles that are possible, different like members of of community that are allowed to be part of our community, like people of mixed backgrounds and things like that. And so I think for the Indian-American community itself, like having her on this platform in a way allows for more acceptance for Indian Americans of different backgrounds. 

[clip of Priyanka Aribindi’s family member number 13] That’s absolutely true. I mean, there’s a lot of anti-Black racism in the Indian community. 

[clip of Priyanka Aribindi’s family member number 14] Yeah. 

[clip of Priyanka Aribindi’s family member number 13] And hopefully it will ease up with her being elected. 

Priyanka Aribindi: That was a really interesting exchange to me. A lot has been said about Harris’s racial identity over the past couple months, especially by President Trump, who earlier this year made the bizarre and wildly offensive claim that she became Black when she was running for office. Obviously, that is not true. I’m glad we got to hear a little more nuance from actual Indian Americans about how they are thinking about Harris’s identity and what it means for Indian Americans if she is to ascend to this office. At the end of all of our conversations. I asked everyone if they had decided who they’d be voting for in November yet, it was really a mix between people who were still making up their minds, and some who seemed very set in their decision. 

[clip of Priyanka Aribindi’s family member number 15] Biden was like a no go for me. Um. I was going to just stay home if Biden was running. But Kamala, being in the mix now, I think is a little bit better. 

[clip of Priyanka Aribindi’s family member number 16] I am truly undecided at this time. 

[clip of Priyanka Aribindi’s family member number 17] I’m definitely for Kamala. And for a variety of reasons. 

[clip of Priyanka Aribindi’s family member number 18] Uh definitely Harris Waltz. I mean, it’s no, not, not even a question. 

[clip of Priyanka Aribindi’s family member number 19] I think I need to see her in a debate with Trump to really see how she’s going to do. 

Priyanka Aribindi: Yes. And, you know, we will all get to see a debate on September 10th. That is Tuesday of next week. So check back here. We can all watch together. 

Juanita Tolliver: Here’s the thing. I doubt that debate is going to be as cordial and kind as your family were speaking to each other, even when they disagreed and interjected. I appreciated that so much. But truly, the person who takes the cake for me is your dad, who was like, yeah, uh Vivek Ramaswamy, not that guy, not ever. I don’t care how Indian he is. [laughing]

Priyanka Aribindi: No, there were a lot of things that stood out to me in these conversations. That was one of them. I also didn’t expect to hear multiple people say that this was not an issues election. I asked everybody about the issues that matter to them, and several independently said that there were things that they cared about, but none of them were prioritizing those in this election. That is how much they were afraid of Donald Trump. 

Juanita Tolliver: Right. 

Priyanka Aribindi: There was also my uncle, as I pointed out, who was a Trump voter. And because Kamala Harris is Indian specifically, is considering changing his vote. That I thought was really interesting but really cool. I I am so happy that I got to do this. 

Juanita Tolliver: Beautiful piece. Yay, and shout out–

Priyanka Aribindi: Yeah. 

Juanita Tolliver: –to our senior producer, Erica, for giving you the nudge. 

Priyanka Aribindi: Yes. Thank you Erica, I really appreciate it. That is the latest for now. We’ll get to some headlines in just a moment. But if you like our show, please make sure to subscribe and share it with your friends. We’ll be right back after some ads. [music break]

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Juanita Tolliver: Let’s wrap up with some headlines. 

[sung] Headlines. 

Juanita Tolliver: The Biden administration is planning to make it harder to end a restrictive asylum policy that was supposed to be temporary. In June, President Biden rolled out the policy, which effectively ended the ability of most migrants to apply for asylum if crossing at unauthorized points of entry along the US-Mexico border. Currently, the policy can be lifted if the number of daily illegal crossings stays below 1500 for seven days in a row. Two officials from the Department of Homeland Security told CBS news that a change is being considered that would require the asylum ban to remain in place until daily illegal crossings stay below 1500 for 28 consecutive days. That’s more than two additional weeks. Since the new asylum policy went into effect in June, illegal crossings have dropped significantly. The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the Biden administration over its temporary asylum policy, arguing that it violates a congressional statute. 

Priyanka Aribindi: And more news from the Biden administration. White House officials told multiple outlets on Wednesday that the president is likely going to block the planned sale of U.S. Steel to the Japanese company Nippon Steel. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, which is led by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, has been working on a recommendation on the deal for the president and has reportedly already sent US Steel a letter saying that the committee has found national security concerns associated with the sale. U.S. Steel denies that the deal would create any national security issues and says that if the sale is blocked, they will be forced to close their facilities with unionized workers. The company currently employs around 4000 workers in Pennsylvania. Earlier this week, Vice President Kamala Harris said that she opposes the sale during a rally in Pittsburgh. And former President Donald Trump has also said that he would block the sale if reelected. 

Juanita Tolliver: The Department of Justice on Wednesday accused Russia of trying to meddle in the 2024 election, and unveiled a major effort to counter Kremlin influence campaigns ahead of November. Attorney General Merrick Garland said the DOJ’s actions include the seizure of dozens of Kremlin run web domains used to push Russian propaganda. He said they were used in a campaign run in part by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s deputy chief of staff, to reduce support for the war in Ukraine and sway voters in the US. Garland also announced the indictment of two employees of RT, Russia’s state owned broadcaster. 

[clip of Attorney General Merrick Garland] The American people are entitled to know when a foreign power is attempting to exploit our country’s free exchange of ideas in order to send around its own propaganda. 

Juanita Tolliver: Garland said the two RT employees were based in Russia, but that they had funneled $10 million to a Tennessee company. The goal was to covertly fund the creation of English language social media content supporting Russian interests. Garland said the Tennessee company did not disclose its ties to RT to the influencers it contracted to create the content, nor to their millions of followers. 

Priyanka Aribindi: Yeah, I’m just going to need to see the get readys with me. The–

Juanita Tolliver: Oh. 

Priyanka Aribindi: –outfit of the days. 

Juanita Tolliver: Oh. 

Priyanka Aribindi: Like, what is this Russian propaganda? 

Juanita Tolliver: Kremlin edition. Yikes. 

Priyanka Aribindi: Yeah. I’m curious. Montana’s Republican Senate nominee, Tim Sheehy, has been caught on tape making racist comments about Native Americans. His comments were captured during two campaign events last November. We are going to spare you the specifics, but in recordings, Sheehy can be heard perpetuating racist stereotypes regarding alcoholism while talking about a visit to the Crow reservation. The Republican’s comments were first published last week by the Char-Koosta News, a local outlet that covers the Flathead Indian Reservation in northwest Montana. The story picked up national coverage on Wednesday after the recordings were obtained and published by The New York Times. Sheehy is a cattle rancher and businessman backed by former President Donald Trump. He is running against Democratic Senator Jon Tester in one of the most closely watched races this year. Sheehy has so far declined to publicly comment on the recordings. Indigenous residents make up about 6% of Montana’s population, and could be a decisive voting bloc in what’s expected to be a close race. 

Juanita Tolliver: It’s definitely going to be a close race. And also, do we need any more evidence of racism running rampant among Republicans and under Trump’s leadership? I think my only other question is this is September, y’all. What’s the October surprise going to look like cause’? 

Priyanka Aribindi: I don’t even want to know. And those are the headlines. 

Juanita Tolliver: Two more things before we go. Does scrolling through your newsfeed make you feel as confused and overwhelmed as Trump in a policy briefing? We got you. Crooked just launched Crooked News, a new social destination for our 100% correct news and analysis. Put real news back in your news feed. Follow Real Crooked News at @RealCrookedNews on Instagram, Threads, and Twitter, also known as X. And finally, WAD squad, today will be my last time hosting What a Day, and I wanted to take a second to thank each of you for your support and kind words, especially when I get the rare chance to meet some of y’all in person. It’s truly been a gift working with my homie Priyanka, Josie, and Tre’vell to bring you daily news and fun in our own way. And a very special thank you to our senior producer, Erica, who has elevated our show and our sound in the best ways possible. Of course, I want to keep in touch with you all, so follow me at @JuanitaTolliver on Twitter and Instagram. Sign up for updates on my website at JuanitaTolliver.com. Catch me on MSNBC, of course in the lead up to November and please preorder my book, A More Perfect Party: The night Shirley Chisholm and Diahann Carroll Reshaped Politics, it’s going to be out in January 2025, and I will definitely be hitting the road for a book tour, so sign up now so you don’t miss any updates. I’ll definitely see all around. Cheers. 

Priyanka Aribindi: Oh, I just want to say on behalf of Tre’vell, Josie, myself, working with you has been just what a gift. We always have the best time together. 

Juanita Tolliver: Yes we do. 

Priyanka Aribindi: You always, always keep it real. I admire you so much for that. It really is the end of an era and you will be so very missed. I know by all of the listeners, but us on this team especially, you really bring so much soul, so much to this and we’ll miss you so much. 

Juanita Tolliver: I appreciate you friend, and please, I’m sure you and Josie and Tre’vell texted about that message, so thank you Josie and Tre’vell. 

Priyanka Aribindi: We love you. [music break]

Priyanka Aribindi: That is all for today. If you like the show, make sure you subscribe. Leave a review. Feel lucky that you don’t have Merrick Garland’s job. 

Juanita Tolliver: Yeesh. 

Priyanka Aribindi: And tell your friends to listen. 

Juanita Tolliver: And if you’re into reading and not just about Russian election meddling deja vu like me, What a Day is also a nightly newsletter. Check it out and subscribe at crooked.com/subscribe. I’m Juanita Tolliver.

Priyanka Aribindi: I’m Priyanka Aribindi.

[spoken together] And canvas with your cousins.

Juanita Tolliver: I mean only if your cousins are as dope as Priyanka’s, clearly. 

Priyanka Aribindi: Listen, there were a couple in there who haven’t voted before who I will certainly be texting and making sure they are registered. Have everything they need. 

Juanita Tolliver: Yes. 

Priyanka Aribindi: Do that, the same. It’s easy. Starts with your family. 

Juanita Tolliver: And it gets your family engaged. So it sounds like a good plan for me. [laugh] [music break]

Priyanka Aribindi: What a Day is a production of Crooked Media. It’s recorded and mixed by Bill Lancz. Our associate producer is Raven Yamamoto. We had production help today from Michell Eloy, Ethan Oberman, Greg Walters, and Julia Claire. Our showrunner is Erica Morrison, and our executive producer is Adriene Hill. Our theme music is by Colin Gilliard and Kashaka.