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** THE WEEKLY REVEAL
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Saturday, June 7, 2025


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** David Hogg’s Fight for the Future of the Democratic Party
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Hi, I’m Josh Sanburn, producer for More To The Story. I can vividly remember when a mass shooter opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

I was far removed from high school by then, but it struck me as something that could’ve happened at my school—or any high school in America. And I can recall being drawn to the then-18-year-old who soon became the face of the nationwide student-led movement that urged America to do something—anything—about gun violence across the country.

David Hogg was an outspoken, brash, polished teenager, somehow ready and unafraid to take on the NRA and much of the Republican Party on the seemingly intractable issue of gun control. He and his fellow Parkland students started March For Our Lives, an organization that led to demonstrations around the country in support of gun control legislation. Those protests formed one of the largest political movements in recent memory and—after several other needless mass shootings across the US—helped lead to the first federal gun control legislation ([link removed]) in decades.

Today, David is one of several vice chairs at the Democratic National Committee while simultaneously trying to reform the party through his PAC, Leaders We Deserve. He’s working to recruit younger candidates to challenge Democratic incumbents in primaries, Democrats he argues are ineffective and “asleep at the wheel.” But the Democratic establishment hasn’t taken kindly to a disruptor in their midst. The party has set a vote for June 9 on whether its members should redo David’s election. Some in the party say vote rerun is about a procedural complaint. David says it’s about his primary strategy.

“It is extremely convenient timing for the Democratic establishment,” he tells More To The Story host Al Letson.

On this week’s episode, Hogg says his primary efforts could get him ousted from the DNC altogether and talks about how the anger he felt after the shooting in Parkland has led to “righteous indignation” today over the country’s gun laws and the work that lies ahead. I hope you listen, which you can do here ([link removed]) on Apple Podcasts.

—Josh Sanburn, More To The Story producer

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** Contestants at the 65th Distinguished Young Women of America finals. Credit: Shima Oliaee
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This month, some of the nation’s best and brightest teenage girls will gather in Mobile, Alabama, to embark on two of the most intense weeks of their lives. Everybody wants the same thing: to walk away with a $40,000 college scholarship and the title of Distinguished Young Woman of America.

Reporter Shima Oliaee competed for Nevada when she was a teenager and was invited back as a judge 20 years later. Oliaee accepted, all while recording it for a six-part audio series called The Competition.

In the final days of the 2022 competition, there was news from Washington that had big implications for women across the nation: Roe v. Wade had fallen.

The girls faced a tough decision: Do they speak up about their political beliefs or stay focused on winning the money? And what might this mean for their futures—and their friendships? “This series changed how I view America,” Oliaee said. “I came away from it thinking, damn. American teen girls are the canaries in the coal mine.”

This week, in an update of an episode that originally aired in December 2024, Reveal partners with The Competition podcast to explore the dreams of young women, America’s promise, and what it takes to survive being a teen girl today.
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Author Sarah Kendzior talks about how her new memoir on America’s political turmoil is really a love letter to the country.

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** 🎧 Kids Under Fire in Gaza ([link removed])
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American doctors volunteering in Gaza report a disturbing pattern of children shot by Israeli forces. Now they’re pushing for accountability.

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Former US Pardon Attorney Liz Oyer describes “damaging and destructive” policies happening behind the scenes at the Justice Department.

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