Kelly and Sophy are two progressive feminist Midwestern moms who interview candidates, activists and authors across the country. The #VoteHerIn series is a joint production of Two Broads and Rebecca Sive, author of the book, Vote Her In: Your Guide to Electing Our First Woman President, and influential women’s political advocate.
The podcast can be found on Apple Podcasts (itunes), Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, iHeartRadio, SoundCloud, and anywhere podcasts are found.
Kelly and Sophy were inspired by the Women's March to do something, and the podcast focuses on helping listeners figure out where we go from here.
Inspired by Rebecca’s book, Vote Her In: Your Guide to Electing Our First Woman President, the #VoteHerIn podcast series is a joint project of Two Broads and Rebecca. The purpose of the series is to inspire and inform activists campaigning to increase American women’s political power, showcasing women’s advocates and office-holders who guide and lead the movements to elect ever-more women and advance women’s equality. Focusing on the importance of diverse women’s political leadership and the messages and organizing strategies that work in today’s politics; in occasional special editions, the podcast features Rebecca’s political artist friends on why feminist political art matters. Among other colleagues of Rebecca’s, who have joined #VoteHerIn, are:
US Senators Amy Klobuchar, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Debbie Stabenow
Members of Congress Robin Kelly, Lauren Underwood, Jan Schakowsky, and Carolyn Bourdeaux
Karine Jean-Pierre, White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary, Office of POTUS Joe Biden
State-wide officeholders, including IL Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton; Michigan Attorney General, Dana Nessel and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson; and Wisconsin State Treasurer, Sarah Godlewski
Best-selling authors Linda Hirshman, Michelle Duster, Irin Carmon, Jill Wine-Banks, Molly Jong-Fast, and Julie Scelfo
Organizational leaders Erin Vilardi, CEO, VoteRunLead; Alaina Beverly, University of Chicago; Dorri McWhorter, CEO, YMCA of Metro Chicago; Fatima Goss-Graves, CEO, National Women’s Law Center; and past World Food Programme director, Ertharin Cousin
Political and policy strategists Laura Murphy and Celinda Lake
Government executives, including Anna Valencia, Chicago City Clerk; Toni Preckwinkle, President, Cook County Board of Commissioners; Sol Flores, Illinois Deputy Governor; and Anne Caprara, Chief of Staff to Illinois Governor JB Pritzker
Journalists Laura Washington, Lynn Sweet, Heidi Stevens, and Amee Vanderpool
#VoteHerIn is aired on the Demcast Podcast Network, as part the Two Broads show on the network. (Combined, Demcast, Two Broads, and their respective principals reach over 450,000 followers on Twitter.) For more information and to listen to the show, here.
If you have any trouble finding us on your favorite podcasting platform, email twobroadstalkingpolitics@gmail.com to let us know.
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