Robert Rolfe and Nancy Rodrigues
Recorded
March 13, 2024
Archived
March 13, 2024
53:08 minutes
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osv000380
Description
Robert "Bob" Rolfe (72) and Nancy Rodrigues (71) discuss misinformation, the media, voting rights, and political polarization.Subject Log / Time Code
Nancy Rodrigues and Robert "Bob" Rolfe share why they wanted to participate and the importance of communication.
Bob finds working as a lawyer to be stimulating and Nancy enjoys working on making the laws. Bob talks about using the tools of law to get where you want to go: listening, communicating, not assuming.
Nancy talks about an Op/Ed she recently wrote on voting rights and the strong responses she received from that.
Nancy talks about transparency, access and following laws.
Bob is fearful of people who don’t care about facts. Bob and Nancy share their news sources and now many opinion pieces exist. Bob reflects on how there was less access to news in the past as opposed to today.
Nancy talks about growing up in Newark and moving to Virginia. She credits her dedication to voting rights to her immigrant roots.
They discuss folks who delegitimize elections and what to do about it.
Nancy shares some of the fearful views she’s received regarding voting rights. They discuss disinformation.
Bob reflects upon pay disparity between different jobs, which has nothing to do with hard work.
They talk about Israel and Palestine.
Bob wonders why they were paired; they seem so similar. They share what they’ll take from this conversation.
Participants
- Robert Rolfe
- Nancy Rodrigues