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!
Black Women Are a Bellwether to the Country's Anti-Democratic Trends: A Conversation with Leta McCollough Seletzky
All Your Election Security Questions Answered: A Conversation with Pamela Smith, the President and CEO of Verified Voting
Ballot Measures Are Having a Moment: A $30 Million Push by The Fairness Project with Kelly Hall
What To Do If Kamala Harris Wins, And What You Can Do Now: A Conversation with Indivisible Cofounder, Leah Greenberg
A Conversation with Kelley Robinson, the President of the Human Rights Campaign
Why Accessing Reliable, Unbiased Data in America Is So Challenging: A Conversation with USAFacts President Poppy MacDonald
More Moms in Office Can Change Everything: A Conversation with Liuba Grechen Shirley, Founder & CEO of Vote Mama
Climate Power's Massive Investment in Black Voter Engagement: A Conversation with Markeya Thomas
Replay: One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy — A Conversation with Carol Anderson
Should Vice President Kamala Harris LEAN Into Her Identity to Motivate More Women of Color? A Conversation with Aimee Allison
How the Threat of Sexual Violence in Electoral Politics is Both Racist & Sexist: A Conversation with Dr. Nicole Bedera
What We All Get Wrong About Ohio: A Conversation with Chairwoman of the Ohio Democratic Party, Liz Walters
Special Coverage of the Democratic National Convention: How Alabama Representative Marilyn Lands Ran on Reproductive Rights & Flipped a Red District
J.D .Vance's Weird Worldview Doesn't Align with American Women But Does Align with Project 2025: A Conversation with Debbie Cox Bultan
Special Coverage of the Democratic National Convention: A Conversation with Representative Shontel Brown of Ohio
Special Coverage of the Democratic National Convention: A Conversation with Representative Lauren Underwood
The Harris-Walz Joyful Campaign Explained: A Conversation with Atima Omara
Ballot Measures for a Stronger Democracy: A Conversation with Chris Melody Fields Figueredo
Is There Hope for Abortion Rights in Florida? A Conversation with Leader Fentrice Driskell
The Resilience Myth: A Conversation with Activist & Author, Soraya Chemaly
Reproductive Justice is on the Ballot: A Conversation with Dr. Regina Davis Moss
Are Our Fears About Artificial Intelligence Unfounded & How Should Legislators Protect Us: A Conversation with Prof. Emily M. Bender and Dr. Alex Hanna
How Women Keep the Country from Falling Apart: A Conversation with Professor Jessica Calarco
What the Data Reveals About LGBTQ Voter Engagement: A conversation with GLAAD President & CEO, Sarah Kate Ellis
EMILYs List President, Jessica Mackler, On the Importance of Electing Pro-Choice Democratic Women
When Disinformation Targets Black Voters: Esosa Osa Explains the 2024 Disinformation Landscape
Is the Climate Crisis Making You Think Twice About Having Kids? A Conversation With Dr. Jade S. Sasser
Focusing on a Family Friendly Economy to Energize Voters & Transform the Country with Sondra Goldschein
Dr. Venice Haynes of United States of Care Discusses State-Level Solutions to the Maternal Healthcare Crisis
Fighting Mad: Resisting the End of Roe v Wade, a Conversation with Dr. Krystale E. Littlejohn
How Democrats Can Win Big on Immigration with Beatriz Lopez of Immigration Hub
The Slippery Slope of Alabama's Supreme Court IVF Ruling: A Conversation with Betsy Campbell of RESOLVE
Americans Under Surveillance, PSYOP Campaigns, and Lax Privacy Laws: A Conversation with Jackie Singh
We Who Believe in Freedom: Black Feminist DC: A Conversation with Frédérique Irwin, President of the National Women’s History Museum
The Power and Freedom of Single Life with Social Scientist, Dr. Bella DePaulo
New Study: Black Women In White Workplaces Are More Likely to Have Worse Career Outcomes
Fighting Book Bans Through Local Elections with Amanda Litman of Run for Something
The Power of the Youth Vote with Rudy Garrett of Alliance for Youth Action
Leta McCollough Seletzky Discusses Her Memoir "The Kneeling Man: My Father's Life as a Black Spy Who Witnessed the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr."
Christine Senteno of Advance the Electorate Talks Unions and the New American Majority
Voter Education and Mobilization with Daria Dawson of America Votes
American Identity in Crisis: Kat Calvin Discusses the 26 Million Americans Without ID
Special Episode: Women's (In)Equality Day with Virginia Kase Solomón, CEO of League of Women Voters
How To Create a Fairer Economy Free From Structural Racism: A Conversation with Alejandra Montoya-Boyer of Prosperity Now
Authentic Political Engagement with the AAPI Community featuring Katie Kalvoda of AAPI Victory Alliance
Moving the Needle: What Tight Labor Markets Do for the Poor with Katherine Newman & Elisabeth Jacobs
How Political Narratives Utilize Motherhood to Advance Agendas with Julie Kohler
Madame Restell: New York's Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist with Jennifer Wright
The Role of Ballot Initiatives in a Strong Democracy with Chris Melody Fields Figueredo
Kat Calvin Discusses America's ID Crisis and the Millions of Americans Who Are Without the ID They Need to Survive
Emily Tisch Sussman on Professional Pivots, Media Coverage of Women Candidates, National Paid Leave, and the 2024 Election Cycle
A Deep Dive Into the Abortion Access Landscape Following Dobbs with Rachel Fey & Dr. Raegan from Power to Decide
Women Were the Red Wave's Worst Enemy with Christian Nunes, President of NOW.org
The Affordable Care Act Open Enrollment Period Ends Soon: Healthcare Activists, Laura Packard, Discusses Changes to the ACA
The Midterms & the Power of Organizing with Elyssa Feder of Rising Organizers
Anti-Immigration Messaging & Disinformation on YouTube: A Report from Define American with Shauna Siggelkow
Roe vs. Wade, the Midterms, and Where We Go From Here with Kate Kelly & Jamia Wilson
Trash Talk: Anti-Obama Lore and Race in the Twenty-First Century with Patricia A. Turner
BONUS MIDTERMS EPISODE: Energizing Democratic Voters Abroad with Candice Kerestan
Exploring the Economic Cost of the Pandemic for Women Around the World with Mary Ellen Iskenderian
Defending Democracy In Our Courts with Skye Perryman or Democracy Forward
The Battle for State Legislative Power with Gaby Goldstein and Shaniqua McClendon
The Supreme Court's Continued Assault on Democracy with Meagan Hatcher-Mays of Indivisible
Examining the Near Impossible Hurdles to Abortion Access in Massachusetts with Kate Dineen
Title IX Overhaul Under the Biden Administration, and the Law's 50th Anniversary with Alexandra Brodsky
Activist, Organizer, and CEO of New Georgia Project, Nsé Ufot
How Political Races Change When Two Women Compete with Amanda Hunter of the Barbara Lee Family Foundation
Can State Legislatures Protect Us from the End of Roe v Wade with Lala Wu of Sister District
One Year Since the Atlanta Spa Shooting: What Has Can Changed? A Conversation with Run AAPI's Linh Nguyen
Who Will Hold Facebook Accountable for Disinformation — A Conversation with Tatenda Musapatike
My Old Kentucky Home: The racist history behind the Kentucky Derby's opening song with historian Emily Bingham
Diversity in Government Representation, and Republican Efforts to Weaken Access to the Ballot with Lala Wu of Sister District
Will Women Break Through to the Governor's Office? A Conversation with Amanda Hunter of The Barbara Lee Family Foundation
Recruiting Military Veterans & National Service Leaders for Office with Emily Cherniack of New Politics
The Race to Save Democracy with Amanda Litman of Run for Something
The Cancer Moonshot Initiative with Healthcare Activist, Laura Packard
Supreme Court Nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson with Indivisible's Meagan Hatcher-Mays
The Bond King, with NPR's Mary Childs
What the Progressive Caucus Gets Wrong About Russia with Kimberly St Julian-Varnon
Intergenerational Poverty and the Pandemic, with Alison Moore & Fardosa Hussein of Comic Relief US
So, What Happened in Virginia? Political Strategist Atima Omara on Why Democrats Lost in VA Recent Election
The Pathway to Citizenship with Greisa Martinez Rosas
A Field Guide to White Supremacy: What is White Supremacy? A Conversation with Kathleen Belew
Expanding the Supreme Court, a Discussion with Meagan Hatcher-Mays of Indivisible.org
Shifting Power by Turning State Legislatures Blue with Gaby Goldstein
Activists, Voting Rights Advocate, and Candidate for Congress, Maya Contreras
Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer's Enduring Message to America with Dr. Keisha Blain
What the Biden Administration Has in Store for Healthcare with Laura Packard
Breaking Down Anti-Choice Legislation & How to Fight Back with Heidi Sieck of #VoteProChoice
Just Get on the Pill: The Uneven Burden of Reproductive Politics with Dr. Krystale Littlejohn
US Census Data & Building Power Via State Legislatures with Lala Wu
Transform State Legislatures to 51% Women's Representation by 2024
Tatenda Musapatike: Mobilizing Voters from Underrepresented Communities with Technology
Analyzing the Latest Data on Anti-Asian Hate Crimes with Janelle Wong
Lorelei Williams, Senior Vice President of Grants Programs for Comic Relief (Red Nose Day)
Karen Boykin-Towns, Vice Chairman of the NAACP Discusses Racial Equity & the Biden Administration
Jaslin Kaur, Candidate for New York City Council District 23
The White House Gender Policy Council with Jennifer Klein
Andrea Mercado, Executive Director of Florida Rising
Tiffany Gardner, CEO of Reflect.US
Lala Wu, Executive Director of Sister District discusses the importance of down ballot, and legislative races
Coerced: Work Under Threat of Punishment with sociologist Erin Hatton
Trump's Judicial Legacy & President Biden's Response with Nan Aron
President Biden's Foreign Policy Strategy with Lauren Baer
Healthcare activist, and cancer survivor, Laura Packard
Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism with Katherine Stewart
Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women with Kate Manne
Taking Children: A History of American Terror with Dr. Laura Briggs
BONUS: Introducing The Gatekeepers
Glynda Carr, President & CEO of Higher Heights for America
Tiffany Gardner, CEO of Reflect.US
Congresswoman Val Demings
Shaniqua McClendon, Political Director for Crooked Media
Erin Vilardi, Founder and CEO of Vote Run Lead
Fatima Goss Graves on Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Legacy on the Supreme Court
Representative Deb Haaland Discusses Equal Pay for Native Women, and the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
Black Voters Matter Cofounder, Latosha Brown
Biden's Agenda for the Latino Community with Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia
Biden's Agenda for the Black Community with Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
Addressing the Childcare Crisis with Representative Mikie Sherrill of NJ
Women's Equality Day with Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester
Gun Violence Crisis & Our Epidemic of Hate with Congresswoman Veronica Escobar
Ilyse Hogue, President of NARAL Pro-Choice America, discusses new book "The Lie That Binds"
Dr. Wendy Osefo on the Black Lives Matter protests, and the 2020 election
Andrea Freeman discusses her book "Skimmed: Breastfeeding, Race, and Injustice"
Jesse Mermell, Congressional Candidate in Massachusetts' 4th District
Meagan Hatcher-Mays, Director of Democracy for the Indivisible Project, discusses DC statehood
Cynthia Choi, Co-Executive Director of Chinese for Affirmative Action
Alexis McGill Johnson, President & CEO of Planned Parenthood
Prof. Andrea Freeman Discusses the Food Security Crisis & the Pandemic
Lauren Baer, Democratic Strategist, President Obama Alum & Foreign Policy Advisor to Hillary Clinton
Kathy Hochul, Lt Governor of New York State | Reopening & Rebuilding New York
Fatima Goss Graves, CEO & President of the National Women's Law Center
Page Gardner, Founder & President of the Voter Participation Center
Andrea Hailey, CEO of Vote.org Discusses Protecting Our Vote During a Pandemic, and Vote-by-Mail
Rachel Barkow: How Local Governments Can Reduce the Spread of COVID-19 in Prisons & Jails
Kat Calvin Discusses the Effects of Coronavirus on Population Without ID
Melissa Mark-Viverito, Congressional candidate, discusses COVID-19/Coronavirus, NYC & Rikers Island
Kelly Baden: VP of Reproductive Rights for State Innovation Exchange
Jessica Post, President of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC.org)
Chryl Laird, "Steadfast Democrats: How Social Forces Shape Black Political Behavior"
Nadine Strossen, "HATE: Why We Should Resist it With Free Speech, Not Censorship"
Julie Kohler of National Women's Law Center Discusses Their New Analysis of Women Legislators
Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez, Candidate for Senate in Texas
Bassey Ikpi, Author of "I'm Telling the Truth, but I'm Lying: Essays"
Bonus Episode: Melissa Mark-Viverito Discusses Stop & Frisk Policies
Carole Joffe: Author of "Obstacle Course: The Everyday Struggle to Get an Abortion in America"
BONUS: State of the Race | 2020 Primary Analysis with Emily Tisch Sussman
AG, Co-host of Mueller, She Wrote
Amanda Litman, Executive Director of "Run For Something" discusses the importance of down ballot races
Amy Aronson, Author of the New Book "Crystal Eastman: A Revolutionary Life"
April Reign, #OscarsSoWhite Creator Discusses This Year's Nominations
Kate Kelly, Activist & Advocate for Women's RIghts Discusses the Equal Rights Amendment
Kina Collins, Activist, Organizer & Candidate for Illinois' 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House.
Actress & Writer, Niccole Thurman Talks Politics & Satirizing Conservatives on Comedy Central
Shanda Yates, Candidate for Mississippi House of Representative
Media Matters: How CNN & MSNBC Are Letting Fox News Influence Their Abortion Coverage with Sharon Kann
Debra Rodman: Democratic Candidate for Senate in Virginia
A'shanti Gholar, Political Director for Emerge
Ending Street Harassment with Hollaback Co-Founder & Executive Director, Emily May
The Right Amount of Panic & Street Harrassment with Dr. Fiona Vera Gray
Truth Decay: A RAND Initiative to Restore the Role of Facts and Analysis in Public Life with Jennifer Kavanaugh
Every District: Nicole Hobbs, Executive Director of EveryDistrict.US Discusses State Legislative Races
Kate Manne: Philosopher & Author of "Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny"
Andie Zuniga of PL+US Discusses Paid Leave Policy (Pt 2/2)
Race, Mass Shootings & Intersectionality With Catherine Squires
National Paid Leave by 2022? Katie Bethell of PL+US Has a Plan for That! (Pt 1/2)
Remaking A Life with Celeste Watkins-Hayes
Active Measures: Russia's Successful Espionage Campaign in the 2016 Election
Pro-Life Vs. Pro-Choice: Is There a Middle Ground with Asha Dahya
Wagatwe Wanjuki: The Cost of Not Believing Survivors
The Sister District Project with Founder and Exec. Director, Rita Bosworth
Sayu Bhojwani, President & Founder of New American Leaders
100 Times: A Memoir of Sexism, a discussion with writer Chavisa Woods
Carol Anderson Discusses the History of Voter Suppression
Democratic Debate Pt II: Special Epsiode: A Post-Debate Analysis with Wagatwe Wanjuki and Anoa Changa
Democratic Debate: Special Epsiode: A Post-Debate Analysis with Wagatwe Wanjuki and Anoa Changa
Dr. Pamela Nettleton: Media Narratives Around Violence Against Women
Girlhood Interrupted with Thalia González
The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap with Mehrsa Baradaran
Weapons of Math Destruction with Cathy O'Neil
Tami Sawyer: Memphis Mayoral Candidate
ReproAction with Erin Matson and Pamela Merrit
Aim High with Deborah Lee James
How All Politics Became Reproductive Politics with Dr.Laura Briggs
Shannon Watts, Founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America
Gun Violence & Mass Shootings: Debunking Conservative Myths With Ruth DeFoster
The Original Old Boys Club: Why Does Massachusetts Lag Behind in Electing Women
Ordinary Abortion: Discussion on the Ethics, Law, and Politics of Abortion with Katie Watson
Kathy Hochul, Lt Governor of New York State
Misogyny: The New Activism with author Gail Ukockis
The Men's Story Project with Dr. Jocelyn Lehrer
Marianne Williamson: 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidate
Rhiana Gunn-Wright: Discusses the Green New Deal
Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers: Discusses Her New Book "They Were Her Property..."
Summer Brennan: Discusses Her New Book, "High Heel"
BONUS EPISODE: Marisa Kabas of Crush the Midterms Discusses 2020 PT II
Gina Clayton-Johnson of the Essie Justice Group
BONUS EPISODE: Marisa Kabas of Crush the Midterms Discusses Michael Cohen Testimony
Martha S. Jones: Birthright Citizenship
Congresswoman Barbara Lee
Allison Dore: Comedian & Founder of Howl & Roar Records Discusses Women in Comedy
Christine Grimaldi | How the Democratic Controlled House of Representatives Can Do GOP Damage Control
Parker Molloy: Social Science & Fox News' Response to Threats to Masculinity
Christina Reynolds of Emily's List, 2020 Primary & Women Running for Office
Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom Discusses Her New Book "Thick..."
The Asylum Seekers
Being Muslim with Sylvia Chan-Malik
Electorette Holiday Bonus Episode
Women on Porn with Dr. Fiona Vera-Gray
The Feminine Revolution with authors Amy Stanton & Catherine Conners
Active Measures, Russia's Successful Espionage Campaign in the 2016 Election
The Right Amount of Panic with Dr. Fiona Vera-Gray
Gender, Your Guide with Dr. Lee Airton
Raising a Black Boy Not to Be Afraid
Grab 'em by the Midterms
Bonus Episode | Introducing: The City with Robin Amer
Anti-Transgender Memo Pt II with Nathalie Crowley
Gender Justice & the Anti-Transgender Memo Pt I
Your Voting Rights & Voter Suppression
Technically Wrong With Author Sara Wachter-Boettcher
Bonus Episode | Introducing: Superwomen with Rebecca Minkoff
Neera Tanden: Special Episode on Kavanaugh Nomination Votes & Midterms
Congressmembers Barbara Lee & Pramila Jayapal, Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Alicia Garza
#MeToo, One Year Later: Brett Kavanaugh, Louis C.K. & Male Redemption
ReproAction, Fighting for Abortion Rights & Repro Justice
Carol Anderson, One Person, No Vote
Aimee Allison, President of Democracy in Color, She The People
Daniella Gibbs Leger, Center for American Progress, Thinking Cap Podcast
Sayu Bhojwani, Founder of New American Leaders
Diversity in Silicon Valley with Sinduja Rangarjan
Shauna Dillavou, Online Security Innovator & Expert
Wagatwe Wanjuki & The Cost of Not Believing Survivors
Ruth Defoster, Mass Shootings & Gun Violence Myths Debunked
Lily Herman, Founder of "Get Her Elected"
Bev Gooden, #WhyIStayed, Domestic Abuse Activist
Shelly Grabe, The Psychology of Resistance
Truth Decay, Report by RAND Corp, Jennifer Kavanagh
Kelly Dittmar, GenderWatch 2018 & Political Strategy
Mila Johns - Maryland State Delegate, 18th District
Invisible No More with Andrea Ritchie
Lisa Hunter, Candidate for DC City Council
The Color of Money with Mehrsa Baradaran
Weapons of Math Destruction with Cathy O'Neil
Dr. Wendy Osefo, March For Our Lives, Intersectionality
Organizing for Change
In a Day’s Work... with Bernice Yeung
Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls’ Childhood with Thalia González
'Spread The Vote' Founder, Kat Calvin
Electorette Redux Pt 2: Racism & Xenophobia in Trump's America
Michele Jawando | Center for American Progress, Co-Host of Thinking Cap Podcast
Sharon Fairley, Candidate for Illinois Attorney General
Katie Watson | Scarlet A: The Ethics, Law & Politics of Ordinary Abortion
Electorette Redux Pt 1: Violence, Mass Shootings & Misogyny
Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny with Kate Manne
Addicted to Rehab: Gender, Race and Rehabilitation with Prof. Allison McKim
Mass Shootings, the Media & American Terror with Dr. Ruth Defoster
Dangerous Discourses: Media Coverage of Violence Against Women, Dr. Pamela Nettleton
Dangerous Discourses: #SayHerName, Bringing Intersectionality to a Mass Shooting
Voter Suppression, Gerrymandering & the Voting Rights Act With Kira Lerner
Diversity from the Office to the Oscars with Lauren Leader Chivee
American Women's Party with Maya Contreras & Mia Brett
The Free-Love Candidate, Women Politicians & the Media with Teri Finneman
Twitter Blocks, Judicial Nominees & LGBT Rights with Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza
Science Policy Jujitsu & Islamophobia in Trump's America with Dr. Maryam Zaringhalam
Sexism in Science with Public Scholar, Climate Scientist Dr. Sarah Myhre
Reproductive Justice & the Politics of Reproductive Rights with Dr. Laura Briggs