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!
1
The New Normal Isn’t Optional: Building the Nex...
Amanda Litman on local power, political messaging, and rebuilding the Democratic bench
28 min
2
Will the Future Like You?
Patricia Martin on identity, algorithms, and the quiet politics of the inner self
77 min
3
The Electability Myth
Why women candidates are winning—and changing what “electable” means
22 min
4
Can State Legislatures Stop ICE—Or Just Slow It...
How flipped seats are shaping the response to federal immigration enforcement
20 min
5
Who’s Really Running DHS Right Now?
ICE at airports, a weeks-long shutdown, and why the DHS Secretary may not be in charge
32 min
6
The Quiet War on Direct Democracy
Kelly Hall on the growing effort to make ballot measures harder to use—and why that matters for all of us
43 min
7
ICE, Voter Intimidation, and the Future of the ...
Rebekah Caruthers on ICE, voter suppression laws, and the fight over the ballot.
31 min
8
Democracy Is Not Passive
Chris Melody Fields Figueredo on Ballot Power in 2026
39 min
9
The Librarians: A Documentary
Inside the fight over books, schools, and power: A conversation with Kim Snyder, director of The Librarians
31 min
10
Who Pays When Healthcare Is Cut? Inside Califor...
Suzanne Jimenez on the Emergency Wealth Tax to Stop a California's Healthcare Collapse
19 min
11
How America Built—and Abandoned—the Middle Class
A Conversation with A. Michele Dickerson on Housing, Labor, and Upward Mobility
45 min
12
The (Real) Problem With AI: Is it the Technolog...
Why “Technology Facilitated Harm” Isn’t a Tech Problem
45 min
13
Shock, Awe, and the Constitution: The ACLU When...
Birthright Citizenship, Midterms, and What People Can Do Now — with Deirdre Schifeling of the ACLU
27 min
14
Democratic Governors Holding the Line While Was...
How Democratic governors became the nation’s problem-solvers—and why this year’s races could redefine Democratic momentum heading into 2026.
13 min
15
The Bellwether Election: A Conversation with EM...
Why this year’s races in Virginia and New Jersey could define the fight for reproductive freedom—and set the stage for 2026.
27 min
16
We’re Still Here. We’re Still Running: A Conver...
Emerge’s A’shanti Gholar on the Kamala Effect — and why women are still running, still leading, and still winning.
41 min
17
Free & Fair? Rebekah Caruthers on the Real Barr...
Why ‘voter apathy’ misses the point—and what really works
45 min
18
Can the Voting Rights Act Survive This Supreme ...
ACLU’s Sophia Lin Lakin on Callais v. Landry and the Case That Could Erase What’s Left of Section 2
35 min
19
The Conservative Backlash Against Ballot Measur...
Kelly Hall on the conservative push to dismantle the ballot initiative process
42 min
20
Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Hum...
Dr. Keisha Blain on how generations of Black women activists redefined freedom beyond civil rights.
47 min
21
The Double Tax: Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman on the...
Why women of color are overcharged and underpaid—and why Black women bear the heaviest burden
64 min
22
Ballot Power: How Voters Are Advancing Progress...
Chris Melody Fields Figueredo on why ballot initiatives succeed where candidates struggle—and how they’re reshaping democracy from the ground up.
29 min
23
The Human Cost of Failed Immigration Reform — A...
Jessica Orozco Guttlein on the 40-year gap in reform, the weaponization of deportation, and a path toward meaningful change
37 min
24
Things Do Not Have to Be This Way: Dismantling ...
Unpacking Erased: What American Patriarchy Has Hidden from Us with Author Anna Malaika Tubbs
46 min
25
Are Governors The New Power Players in U.S. Pol...
What the Virginia & New Jersey races tell us about 2026—and why Democratic governors are now the most important firewall in politics.
20 min