<p>On Episode two of this season of Those People Mitch chats with Melanie D’Arrigo (which I mispronounce 8 times in this interview) to talk about CoVID’s impact on NYC, growing up in a tough-love family to put it kindly, and the saviors that make up our public education workforce. <br> <br> Melanie is the 2nd of the NYC progressives we’ll be interviewing this season, representing New York’s 3rd district &amp; we spend a good chunk of the first half discussing the intricacies of growing up in the city, and a good deal of the second half on what she wants to do to make that easier for kids and families of this generation coming of age now.</p> <p>In her own words, Melanie is one of <strong>Those</strong> #Feminist, #Activist, #Scientist, #Progressive <strong>People</strong> - Though admittedly we barely even touched on the scientist thing so check out her website for more info on that and plenty more at: <a href="https://www.darrigo2020.com/">https://www.darrigo2020.com/</a> or follow her on twitter @DarrigoMelanie.</p> <p>—</p> <p>This Podcast was Recorded Remotely in April 2020 in Plymouth MN &amp; NYC.</p> <p>—</p> <p>Learn more about Those People, Mitch’s newest projects, and Mel + other guests from the show at <a href="https://www.mitchgayns.com/"><strong>www.mitchgayns.com</strong></a>.</p> <p>—</p> <p>Support the show by buying some merch at <a href="https://shop.spreadshirt.com/mitchgayns"><strong>https://shop.spreadshirt.com/mitchgayns</strong></a> or</p> <p>Buy Mitch and the Team a cup of coffee at: <a href="https://ko-fi.com/mitchgayns"><strong>https://ko-fi.com/mitchgayns</strong></a></p> <p>—</p> <p><em><strong>Music for this show:</strong></em></p> <p><em>Those People, 2012, Justus Boyz (Intro): </em>https://bit.ly/2lbdBJB</p> <p><em>Those People, 2015, Amy Bezunartea (Outro): </em><a href="https://spoti.fi/2nhoOsH">https://spoti.fi/2nhoOsH</a></p> <p><em>Untitled, 2019, Mitch Gayns (Transitions)</em></p> <p><strong>Trigger Warnings for this Episode:</strong></p> <p>Systemic Oppression of Women</p> <p>Childhood abuse &amp; Trauma</p>