Discussions with people who have run for office to talk about what motivated them and why YOU should run for office too
Episodes
Tuesday Sep 24, 2019
Tuesday Sep 24, 2019
She was the Glamour College Woman of the Year, the Seventeen Voice of the Year, featured in Time Magazine, Teen Vogue, and Vice News, and Bushra Amiwala is now giving her voice to the You Should Run Podcast.
In this episode, Bushra Amiwala talks about running for School Board in Skokie, Illinois and winning...while still in college. In so doing, Bushra became the youngest elected Muslim in the United States, which also gave her national attention that she did not expect. Now she's talking about what motivated her to run, focusing on issues, and how she motivated other young people to pay attention to a school board race.
Listen, share, and subscribe now and learn more about Bushra's groundbreaking campaign at: http://fourteeneastmag.com/index.php/2019/04/05/meet-bushra-amiwala-the-depaul-junior-newly-elected-to-the-skokie-school-board/
Tuesday Sep 17, 2019
Tuesday Sep 17, 2019
Over the course of the You Should Run Podcast, host Tony Heyl has spoken with his local borough councilman Kyle Shenk, his state representative Tim Briggs, and his County Commissioner Ken Lawrence. Now he speaks with his Congresswoman Madeleine Dean, who represents Montgomery County, PA in Washington, DC and sits on the very active House Judiciary Committee.
In this episode, Tony and Congresswoman Dean discuss a wide variety of issues such as climate change, gun violence, working with people across the political aisle, why they both got into politics, and whether we're all going to be OK.
Listen, subscribe, and share now on iTunes, Stitcher, or here on Podbean or listen on your smart speaker.
Follow Congresswoman Dean on Twitter @mad4PA
Tuesday Sep 10, 2019
Tuesday Sep 10, 2019
In 2018, 32 year old Megan Hunt became the first woman to represent the 8th district in the Nebraska State Senate. In just a few months in office, Senator Hunt is changing the narrative in Nebraska politics, advocating for better wages and civil rights for all people in the state, and developing a following across the country.
In this podcast, Megan Hunt, the first openly LGBTQ person ever elected in Nebraska, talks about how the nonpartisan nature of Nebraska politics makes governing better in many ways and allows people to rally around issues that they may not focus on as much otherwise. She also talks about why we need more people to run for office in every district across the country and why everyone should take politics seriously in 2019 and beyond.
Listen to Senator Hunt, subscribe, and follow her on Twitter @NebraskaMegan
Tuesday Sep 03, 2019
Tuesday Sep 03, 2019
Nevada is the only state in America where women make up the majority in the state legislature. That means that 49 other states are majority male. In addition, Nevada has two women representing the state in the US Senate.
Newly elected Assemblywoman Sarah Peters is one of the women making up this history majority. In addition to discussing how having women in the majority affects policy making, Sarah talks about her own motivations for running and other stereotypes she is helping to change in her state and beyond. Assemblywoman Peters is an accomplished environmental engineer who saw a need to address environmental issues and climate change in state politics. She is also a young mother of three who is setting an example for her children and is also cognizant of the example she is helping to set for the country as a whole.
Listen and share this podcast to hear about a new approach to policy making, how Sarah came to the decision to run and how she prepared to run for office, and why YOU should look within yourself for your own reasons to run for office too.