{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Murphy's Law","title":"He Waited 21 Years To Vote. Then He Ran For Mayor.","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2316,"description":"In this episode of Murphy's Law, host Murphy Robinson sits down with the Honorable Mayor Yemi Mobalaji — the first Black mayor, the first immigrant mayor, and the first independent mayor ever elected to the city of Colorado Springs. And he did it all just five years after becoming an American citizen. After waiting 21 years to get there.\nMayor Yemi's story is not a political story. It is an American story. From growing up in Nigeria with limited opportunity, to coming to the United States on a student visa too nervous to speak in front of a class of 20 people, to becoming a pastor, a quality control manager, a seminary graduate, a small business champion, an economic development executive, and ultimately the mayor of one of the fastest growing cities in Colorado — this is what saying yes looks like when you don't know where it's going to lead.\nBut this episode goes far beyond the mayor's biography. Murphy and Mayor Yemi have one of the most honest and urgent conversations about immigration, democracy, tribalism, and the future of America that Murphy's Law has ever produced. Two children of immigrants — one from Nigeria, one from Panama — sitting across from each other and asking the question that neither political party seems willing to answer honestly. What actually makes America great? And are we losing it?\nThe answer, according to Mayor Yemi, is not complicated. It just requires the courage to say yes to democracy over tribalism, community over party, and people over politics. It is the philosophy that turned Colorado Springs into one of the top 30 safest cities in America, reduced emergency response times from 24 minutes to 11 minutes, and produced more economic development agreements than any mayor in the city's history.\nAnd he is just getting started.\nKey Themes & Takeaways\n21 Years To Become A Citizen. Five Years Later He Ran For Mayor.\nOne of the most powerful personal timelines in Murphy's Law history. Mayor Yemi unpacks what it actually takes to become...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/i5VidaAPwui-mkO5QFXggyZtb0zIlg4YR2_FNHsGhxQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82ZWZm/YzczODJhMjE0Mjhl/ZWUzYTE0YTI3MGUz/OGVjZS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}