The Electorette Podcast

Nov 21 2024 268 ep. 37 mins 701
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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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Black Women Are a Bellwether to the Country's Anti-Democratic Trends: A Conversation with Leta McCollough Seletzky

Nov 21 2024 40 mins  
In this final episode of the season, I have a casual and meaningful conversation with a friend: essayist and National Endowment for the Arts Fellow, Leta McCollough Seletzky. Leta joins me to discuss the impact Black women had on this election, on Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign, and we explore how the campaign affected us personally. We also discuss how the country's treatm

All Your Election Security Questions Answered: A Conversation with Pamela Smith, the President and CEO of Verified Voting

Nov 03 2024 46 mins  
Pamela Smith, election security expert and President and CEO of Verified Voting, delves into the critical aspects of voting integrity, and gets into the weeds of voting equipment, voter purges, ballot audits, recount procedures, and the hand-counting process, while addressing every conceivable question on election security. We also revisit the historic 2000 Presidential Election be

Ballot Measures Are Having a Moment: A $30 Million Push by The Fairness Project with Kelly Hall

Nov 02 2024 28 mins  
Kelly Hall, the Executive Director of The Fairness Project, an organization focused on empowering voters through citizen-led ballot measures, has become the country's largest backers of abortion ballot measures, investing $30M to critical ballot campaigns like those in Arizona, Florida, Missouri, Montana, and Nebraska. Ballot measures have become a critical lifeline to strengthenin

What To Do If Kamala Harris Wins, And What You Can Do Now: A Conversation with Indivisible Cofounder, Leah Greenberg

Nov 01 2024 31 mins  
Political activist, and co-founder of the progressive organization Indivisible, Leah Greenberg, discusses the early days of the organization, and what she hoped would happen after publishing the first Indivisible Guide in 2016. We also discuss the big tent strategy embraced by the Harris-Walz campaign, and whether the coalition can hold after the election. Lastly, we discuss what y

A Conversation with Kelley Robinson, the President of the Human Rights Campaign

Oct 31 2024 20 mins  
Kelley Robinson, the President of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC.org), the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization, discusses the enthusiasm on the ground for the Harris-Walz campaign. Kelley and the folks at Human Rights Campaign have held GOTV events across the country, in battleground states, on college campuses, and at HBCUs. She provides an update on those events,

Why Accessing Reliable, Unbiased Data in America Is So Challenging: A Conversation with USAFacts President Poppy MacDonald

Oct 30 2024 31 mins  
USAFacts President, Poppy MacDonald, discusses their mission to provide solid, unbiased facts about the United States that are rooted in data. USAFacts is a nonprofit, founded by Steve Ballmer, who assembled a small team of economists, writers, and researchers to help comb through government data. Poppy MacDonald discusses how this data can then be used to shape policy, to inform c

More Moms in Office Can Change Everything: A Conversation with Liuba Grechen Shirley, Founder & CEO of Vote Mama

Oct 28 2024 37 mins  
In 2018, Liuba Grechen Shirley launched a historic congressional campaign to represent New York’s 2nd District in the U.S. House of Representatives—all while raising two young children under six-years-old. As her demanding campaign schedule clashed with limited access to affordable childcare, Liuba quickly realized the whole thing was untenable. So, six months into her campaign

Climate Power's Massive Investment in Black Voter Engagement: A Conversation with Markeya Thomas

Oct 24 2024 23 mins  
Senior Advisor for Black Engagement for Climate Power, Markeya Thomas, discusses the organization's $10 Million Black Engagement program, aimed at mobilizing Black voters around climate change, in battleground states. Climate Power is focus on educating voters on the differences between the two campaigns—one which has a track record of putting forth policies that create green job

Replay: One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy — A Conversation with Carol Anderson

Oct 17 2024 92 mins  
Historian, educator, and author, Carol Anderson, discusses her book, "One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy." This episode replay is part of The Electorette 2024 Election Coverage series, and is a reply of an important conversation with voting rights scholar, Carol Anderson. Prof. Carol Anderson, the Charles Howard Candler Professor and Chair of Afr

Should Vice President Kamala Harris LEAN Into Her Identity to Motivate More Women of Color? A Conversation with Aimee Allison

Oct 10 2024 40 mins  
Aimee Allison, the Founder and President of She the People, the nation’s leading organization dedicated to an America redefined and inspired by women of color, discusses a new poll of women of color, conducted by She the People, in collaboration with The 2040 Strategy Group. The poll found Harris should actually LEAN into her identity, as it motivates this group of voters. It als