The Electorette Podcast
The Electorette is one of the longest running feminist podcasts, and offers analyses and solutions to the world's biggest political and social challenges, all through the lens of women. Hosted by Jennifer Taylor-Skinner, The Electorette regularly features award-winning authors, politicians, academics, activists, and organizers like the founder of Mom's Demand Action, Shannon Watts, Congresswoman Barbara Lee, and author and MacArthur 'Genius Grant' Fellow, Nicole Fleetwood. The Electorette is independently owned and operated—please support us by subscribing to the podcast on your favorite platform!
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ReproAction, Fighting for Abortion Rights & Rep...
Erin Matson and Pamela Merrit founded Reproaction in order to uphold abortion rights and advance reproductive justice as a matter of human dignity.
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Carol Anderson, One Person, No Vote
Carol Anderson, author of the bestseller, "White Rage," discusses her new book "One Person, No Vote," which chronicles the government's longstanding commitment to limiting democracy through voter suppression.
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Aimee Allison, President of Democracy in Color,...
Aimee Allison, the President of Democracy in Color and founder She the People, discusses the goals of her organizations including how we an return the country to a progressive, multiracial majority in government via increasing new voter turn out.
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Daniella Gibbs Leger, Center for American Progr...
In this conversation with Daniella Gibbs Leger, Senior Vice President of Communications & Strategy at the Center for American Progress and co-host of the podcast, Thinking Cap, we discuss midterms, women running for office and how they are viewed by party insiders, feminism, the state of the democratic party, and voter suppression.
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Sayu Bhojwani, Founder of New American Leaders
Sayu Bhojwani, an advocate, speaker and writer, discusses her journey to American citizenship, her role as New York City’s first Commissioner of Immigrant Affairs, her organization New American Leaders.
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Diversity in Silicon Valley with Sinduja Rangarjan
This episode explores a new report from Reveal News reporter Sinduja Rangarajan and delivers the clearest picture of Silicon Valley’s diversity yet.
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Shauna Dillavou, Online Security Innovator & Ex...
Shauna Dillavou is a security innovator, weaving together her experiences in intelligence, free speech, technology, and trauma.
45 min
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Wagatwe Wanjuki & The Cost of Not Believing Sur...
Wagatwe Wanjuki is a feminist activist, writer, speaker, and digital strategist best known for her work as a national campus anti-violence advocate.
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Ruth Defoster, Mass Shootings & Gun Violence My...
Dr. Ruth Defoster, professor and author of "Terrorizing the Masses," walks through the myths around the causes and solutions to America's gun violence epidemic and debunks NRA and GOP talking points.
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Lily Herman, Founder of "Get Her Elected"
Lily Herman, is the founder of Get Her Elected, a political network of over 2,000 volunteers offering their skills pro bono to more than 220+ progressive women candidates running for office.
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Bev Gooden, #WhyIStayed, Domestic Abuse Activist
This episode features domestic abuse advocate, activist and creator of the #WhyIStayed hashtag, Bev Gooden (www.BeverlyGooden.com). A survivor of domestic violence herself, Bev Gooden created the viral hashtag, #WhyIStayed, to give others who've experienced domestic abuse a sense of community and safe space to discuss their experience.
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Shelly Grabe, The Psychology of Resistance
In this conversation with Professor and author Shelly Grabe (https://bit.ly/2lOW3ja), whose research includes women’s rights violations and social justice in a global context, we explore the Women's Autonomous Movement in Nicaragua.
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Truth Decay, Report by RAND Corp, Jennifer Kava...
This episode features a conversation with Jennifer Kavanagh, a political scientist and researcher for the RAND Corporation.
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Kelly Dittmar, GenderWatch 2018 & Political Str...
Kelly Dittmar is an Assistant Research Professor at the CAWP or the Center for American Women and Politics, a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University. We discuss how the political strategy for women politicians is shaped when it's crafted through a gendered lens, including examining Hillary Clinton's 2008 and 2016 strategies as examples.
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Mila Johns - Maryland State Delegate, 18th Dist...
Mila Johns is a candidate for Maryland State Delegate, 18th District. A terrorism analyst and researcher by training, Mila Johns decided to run for Maryland's House of Delegates after turning down a job vetting Syrian refugees for U.S. Customs and Border Protection after Trump when elected.
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Invisible No More with Andrea Ritchie
"When I come across a story involving police interactions with black women, it's hard to tell whether a story took place in 1863, in 1963 or 2013." This is just one of the points you'll here in this interview with Andrea Ritchie, author of "Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color."
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Lisa Hunter, Candidate for DC City Council
Lisa Hunter is a candidate for City Council in DC's Ward 6 and if elected, she would be the first Latino elected to the City Council.
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The Color of Money with Mehrsa Baradaran
Mehrsa Baradaran discusses the history and origins of today''s racial wealth gap. We discuss the history of segregated industries and black economies that were created in an effort to overcome the financial effects of slavery.
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Weapons of Math Destruction with Cathy O'Neil
Cathy O'Neil discusses her book "Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality & Threatens Democracy," and the ways in which algorithms dictate nearly every aspect of our lives, including our interactions with the criminal justice system and our elections.
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Dr. Wendy Osefo, March For Our Lives, Intersect...
Dr. Wendy Osefo joins to discuss the success of March For Our Lives and the movement against gun violence driven by the students of Stoneman Douglas High School.
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Organizing for Change
Our the two guests for this episode turned their energy following the 2016 election into organizational change.
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In a Day’s Work... with Bernice Yeung
In a Day’s Work: The Fight to End Sexual Violence Against America’s Most Vulnerable Workers by Bernice Yeung explores sexual harassment, assault and rape for the most vulnerable women in our society.
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Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girl...
"Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls’ Childhood" is a groundbreaking report published by Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality, which revealed that adults view Black girls as less innocent and more adult-like than their white peers.
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'Spread The Vote' Founder, Kat Calvin
Spread the Vote founder, Kat Calvin, discusses the original motivation by her organization's start, as well as the cost and challenges many eligible voters face in getting the necessary ID in order to vote.
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Electorette Redux Pt 2: Racism & Xenophobia in ...
In this episode, we've pulled together some of the most compelling moments from earlier interviews which explore racism and xenophobia in America, both during the Trump administration and following 9/11.
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