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! ! From!same!sex!marriage!to!millennial! veterans!and!the!effect!"sexting"!has!on! dating,!Meghan!McCain's!new!talk!show! covers!what!matters!most!to!her! generation.!Intelligent,!fun,!and!decidedly! "not!preachy,"!each!episode!of!RaisingMcCain-explores!a!hot!topic,!with!the!help! of!a!revolving!cast!of!expert!guest!hosts.! Certainly,!the!New!YorkHbased!daughter!of! senator!John!McCain!has!never!shied!away! from!expressing!opinions!she's!passionate! about,!and!her!new!role!as!talk!show!host! is!no!exception.!In!advance!of!the! September!14!premiere!of!Raising-McCain! on!the!Pivot!network!(10!p.m.),!we!spoke! to!McCain!about!millennials,!postH feminism,!and!what!her!dad!thinks!of!the! show.!! So'where'did'the'idea'for'Raising$McCain$ first'come'from?! MEGHAN!MCCAIN:!I!always!wanted!to!do!a! talk!show!for!young!people.!When!I!was! growing!up!I!used!to!really!love!MTV!News!
.!.!.!The!VJs!discussed!really!important!issues—politics,!AIDS!in!America,!and!things!that!really! impacted!my!life.! How'do'you'pick'the'show's'topics?! MM:!When!we!first!went!into!meetings!with!my!producers,!it!was!as!simple!as!one!of!my!girlfriends! screenHshot!this!guy!sexting!her!and!said,!'What!am!I!supposed!to!do?!I!like!him,!but!we've!only!been! out!on!that!one!date.!What!is!he!doing?'!And!I!started!laughing!and!I!was!like,!'Technology!is!killing! dating.'!And!I!looked!at!my!producers!and!I!said,!'Ding!!That's!an!idea!for!a!show.'!Every!single!episode! has!some!inspiration!that's!literally!from!my!life!.!.!.!Am!I!a!feminist?!Am!I!allowed!to!be!a!feminist?!I! want!a!man!in!my!life!and!I'm!a!republican!and!all!these!different!things.! Speaking'of'being'a'feminist,'these'days'the'word'has'gotten'a'bad'rep.'What'does'being'a' feminist'mean'to'you?''! MM:!You!know,!it's!so!funny,!that!was!the!inspiration!for![an]!episode,!because!I!didn't!know!if!I!was! allowed!to!consider!myself!a!feminist.!I!had!been!asked!that!question!when!I!had!given!speeches! before,!by!college!students,!and!I!always!considered!myself!a!feminist,!but!I!had!a!lot!of!pushback.!You! can't!be!a!republican,!you!can't!be!proHlife,!and!still!be!a!feminist!.!.!.!For!me,!it's!just!about!wanting! equality!to!men,!period,!in!every!single!form.!I!consider!myself!a!postHfeminist,!which!I!think!more! accurately!describes!the!average!American!woman!.!.!.!I!want!the!same!options!a!man!has!in!this!world.! These'are'topics'that'provoke'thought'and'inspire'debate.'How'will'you'deal'with'the'critics?! MM:!It's!a!halfHhour!show,!but!we!try!to!get!as!many!different!opinions!as!possible!.!.!.!I'm!not!here!to! lecture!anyone,!I'm!not!here!to!preach,!I'm!not!here!to!say!I!know!more!than!you,!I'm!just!here!with! questions!and!I!want!everyone!to!come!along!and!help!me!try!to!find!the!answers.!I!anticipate!that! everything!I!do!is!controversial—it's!just!my!life!.!.!.!But!I!hope!more!people,!especially!women,!find! something!they!relate!to!in!it!than!not.!I'd!rather!take!a!risk!and!do!something!I!believe!in!than!be! scared!of!critics.! The'show'targets'millennials,'but'what'does'your'dad'think'of'the'show?! MM:!My!dad!watched!the!first!few!episodes!and!I!was!shocked!how!much!he!liked!it.!I!was!quite! nervous,!because!I!swear!on!the!show!and!I'm!much!wilder!than!I!am!around!my!dad!on!camera.!And! he's!77!years!old!and!he!really!liked!it!!! ! !
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