The Electorette Podcast
The Electorette: A new podcast about politics, intersectionality and feminism. The Electorette features interviews and conversations with the women leading the resistance. They are passionate about equality, voting rights, climate change, access to healthcare & reproductive rights and all issues that make a healthy democracy.
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Cynthia Choi, Co-Executive Director of Chinese ...
Cynthia Choi Discusses Trump’s Chinese student expulsion, COVID-19 and anti-AAPI racism
22 min
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Alexis McGill Johnson, President & CEO of Plann...
Alexis McGill Johnson, the President & CEO of Planned Parenthood, discusses the direction of the organization.
30 min
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Prof. Andrea Freeman Discusses the Food Securit...
Professor Andrea Freeman discusses the country's food security crisis, SNAP benefits, and failings of the country's food policy, and how they affected by the Coronavirus Outbreak.
29 min
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Lauren Baer, Democratic Strategist, President O...
Democratic Strategist, Lauren Baer, discusses her 2018 congressional run, campaigning during the coronavirus outbreak, and the important of foreign policy.
33 min
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Kathy Hochul, Lt Governor of New York State | R...
Kathy Hochul, Lt Governor of New York State discusses the state's plan for reopening and rebuilding in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
25 min
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Fatima Goss Graves, CEO & President of the Nati...
Fatima Goss Graves, CEO & President of the National Women's Law Center, discusses how women will be uniquely impacted by the Coronavirus Pandemic
35 min
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Page Gardner, Founder & President of the Voter ...
Page Gardner, Founder & President of the Voter Participation Center discusses the political impact of unmarried women as a key voting bloc, and the impact of the coronavirus on women.
25 min
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Andrea Hailey, CEO of Vote.org Discusses Protec...
Andrea Hailey is the CEO of Vote.org discusses what it will take to get vote-by-mail implemented nationally, and what you should be doing now to protect your access to the ballot.
24 min
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Rachel Barkow: How Local Governments Can Reduce...
How Governors can use their authority now to slow the spread of COVID-19 in prisons and jail populations, as well as staff, and their families
40 min
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Kat Calvin Discusses the Effects of Coronavirus...
Kat Calvin, founder and executive director of Spread the Vote, an organization that focuses on helping Americans get the ID they need to vote, discusses how the Coronavirus outbreak has affected these communities.
28 min
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Melissa Mark-Viverito, Congressional candidate,...
New York Congressional candidate, Melissa Mark-Viverito, discusses the impact of COVID-19 / Coronavirus on marginalized communities, including the population and staff at Riker's Island.
38 min
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Kelly Baden: VP of Reproductive Rights for Stat...
Kelly Baden is the Vice President of Reproductive Rights for State Innovation Exchange, an organization dedicated to supporting and collaborating with state legislators to ensure their success.
26 min
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Jessica Post, President of the Democratic Legis...
Jessica Post, President of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC.org) discusses their 2020 strategy to elect more state Democrats and win legislative majorities.
39 min
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Chryl Laird, "Steadfast Democrats: How Social F...
Chryl Laird discusses her book, "Steadfast Democrats: How Social Forces Shape Black Political Behavior"
39 min
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Nadine Strossen, "HATE: Why We Should Resist it...
Nadine Strossen, is an activist, professor, and was the first woman and youngest president of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). She is also the author of the book "HATE: Why We Should Resist it With Free Speech, Not Censorship," which explores arguments around "Hate Speech" vs. "Free Speech."
64 min
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Julie Kohler of National Women's Law Center Dis...
Julie Kohler, a Fellow in Residence at the National Women's Law Center (NWLC), discusses their new analysis which shows that women are more effective state legislators than men.
29 min
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Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez, Candidate for Senate...
Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez is running for the Senate in the state of Texas, a seat which would help flip the state blue.
23 min
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Bassey Ikpi, Author of "I'm Telling the Truth, ...
Author Bassey Ikpi discusses her bestselling collection of essays titled "I'm Telling the Truth But I'm Lying," which explores the author's experiences through the lens of her mental health and diagnosis of bipolar II and anxiety.
47 min
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Bonus Episode: Melissa Mark-Viverito Discusses ...
Melissa Mark-Viverito was a member of the New York City Council, representing District 8 during Michael Bloomberg's tenure as mayor and discusses the harm caused by Stop & Frisk policy
24 min
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Carole Joffe: Author of "Obstacle Course: The E...
Carole Joffe discusses her new book, "Obstacle Course: The Everyday Struggle to Get an Abortion in America."
49 min
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BONUS: State of the Race | 2020 Primary Analysi...
A discussion with progressive political strategist Emily Tisch Sussman about the state of Democratic Primary race, including candidate analysis, the Iowa Caucus, debate analysis, and the upcoming primaries.
31 min
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AG, Co-host of Mueller, She Wrote
AG, the semi-anonymous co-host of the award-winning podcast, "Mueller, She Wrote" discusses the Mueller Report, Impeachment, and sexual assualt in the military.
26 min
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Amanda Litman, Executive Director of "Run For S...
On this episode, I have a conversation with Amanda Litman, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Run For Something, an organization dedicated to supporting and recruiting young progressives who want to run for office.
20 min
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Amy Aronson, Author of the New Book "Crystal Ea...
Author Amy Aronson discusses the life of feminist and activist, Crystal Eastman; also the subject of her new book titled "Crystal Eastman: A Revolutionary Life."
29 min
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April Reign, #OscarsSoWhite Creator Discusses T...
April Reign, the creator of #OscarsSoWhite viral hashtag and movement, discusses this year's Oscar nominations.
18 min