U.S. presidential candidate Andrew Yang explains how he’s running his campaign like an entrepreneur and how his plan for Universal Basic Income might just be the viral product he needs to win it all.

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California Senator Kamala Harris talks with Jon Favreau about her record as a District Attorney and Attorney General, how she’d get her priorities through Congress, what drives her crazy about the Democratic Party, and her views on immigration, health care, Israel, and more.

Amy Klobuchar, the senior U.S. Senator from Minnesota who is running for the Democratic Party's nomination in the 2020 presidential race, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher in front of a live audience at South by Southwest.

In this episode: The infamous comb incident; why Klobuchar thinks she can win; big pharma and big tech; why Klobuchar is aiming for the center while her fellow Democrats are pulling left; what she learned from studying Hillary Clinton's 2016 loss; the crowded Democratic field; the need for urgent action on climate change; Elizabeth Warren's proposal to break up the tech companies and Klobuchar's own agenda for tech; should Facebook and Google be broken up?; the prospects of a federal data privacy bill; does Klobuchar trust tech companies?; do they like her?; Paul Manafort's initial prison sentence; the Mueller Report; President's Trump's coziness with Vladimir Putin and his attacks on the press; impeachment; Rep. Ilhan Omar's comments on Israel; and what politicians Klobuchar looks up to.

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Beto O’Rourke was hailed as the next big Democratic thing after his narrow loss to Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz last year. But his presidential campaign has yet to catch fire after its strong launch. We talk about what’s next for him.Plus, O’Rourke explains why The Clash is his favorite band and their song “Clampdown” is emblematic of his campaign.

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On this episode of the “Grow Wire Podcast,” we sat down with United States Senator and 2020 presidential candidate, Kirsten Gillibrand. She takes us back to the heavy involvement of her female mentors--like her mother and grandmother--in politics (2:05) and their influence on her desire to become a senator. She then dives into her presidential run, noting her focus on small businesses to help rebuild a healthier economy (5:45). She reveals her plan to enlist the Small Business Administration to seek more women and people of color as business owners (8:25) and explains how that would benefit the entire economy (12:30). She segues into the impact of females and people of color in the U.S. government and how they bring forward important issues her fellow white, male colleagues do not understand (21:00). Finally, she presents her plan for standing out in the 2020 race (26:30) and reveals what she believes to be the greatest threat to humanity right now (29:40). You won’t want to miss this episode!

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