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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Running for office for the first time and having it documented on camera

    The filmmakers who made the new Netflix documentary “Knock Down the House” began shooting four first-time female Congressional candidates a year ago. We speak with one of those candidates: Democrat Amy Vilela.

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    By Madeleine Brand • May 13, 2019 • 1 min read

    The filmmakers who made the new Netflix documentary “Knock Down the House” began shooting four first-time female Congressional candidates a year ago. We speak with one of those candidates: Democrat Amy Vilela. She ran for Nevada's 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House, and lost the primary on June 12, 2018.

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Sarah Sweeney

      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      Michell Eloy

      Former Producer/Line Editor, Press Play

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      Yael Even Or

      Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Amy Vilela

      former candidate for Nevada's 4th Congressional District

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    The full episode

    3 of 4
    American businesses caught in the China-US trade crossfire
    1. 0:00How a bike importer and a soybean farmer in the U.S. are hurt by the US-China trade dispute
    2. 13:33Why the Supreme Court let an antitrust case against Apple go forward
    3. 22:50Running for office for the first time and having it documented on cameraYou’re reading this
    4. 39:54How music can save you at certain moments of your life
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