Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
From It's Open with Ilana Glazer by It's Open Podcast
May 7, 2026 · 1h 14m · Episode 25
About this episode
Ilana interviews Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez about her upbringing and views on capitalism and community issues.
Ilana’s dream comes true as she interviews the U.S. Congresswoman from New York, the luminous progressive brawler, the one-and-only… Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. AOC shares about her personal experience growing up Puerto Rican American in the Bronx and Westchester, New York. She unfolds the myth of capitalism, the unyielding profit monsters that uphold it, and its tragic reinforcement of our lesser impulse to alienate and vilify the most vulnerable people in our communities. To break this corros...
People in this episode
Host: Ilana Glazer
Guest: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Topics covered
- politics
- interview
- personal experience
- capitalism
- community issues
Keywords
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- Ilana Glazer
- politics
- capitalism
- Bronx
- Puerto Rican American
- community
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Places: New York, Bronx, Westchester
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