The Electorette Podcast
1) Ballot Power: How Voters Are Advancing Progressive Change in Red States
In a time when U.S. politics feels gridlocked and bleak, ballot initiatives are offering a surprising source of hope. In some of the reddest states—places that handed Trump overwhelming victories—vote...Show More
2) The Human Cost of Failed Immigration Reform — A Conversation with Jessica Orozco Guttlein
Decades of failed immigration reform and political half-measures have left millions of immigrants in the U.S. without a path to legal status. Instead, families are being torn apart by harsh deportatio...Show More
3) Are Governors The New Power Players in U.S. Politics? A Conversation with Ofirah Yheskel
In this episode of The Electorette, I’m joined by Ofirah Yheskel, Director of External Affairs for the Democratic Governors Association, to unpack the growing national influence of Democratic governor...Show More
4) Diplomacy vs. Disaster: Sara Haghdoosti on Building a Progressive Foreign Policy
What does a truly progressive foreign policy look like—and what happens when we abandon it? Foreign policy often feels like a conversation for elites. But in this episode, Sara Haghdoosti, Executive ...Show More
5) Beyond Protest: Kelly Hall on the Power of Ballot Measures When Democracy Fails
In this episode of The Electorette, host Jen Taylor-Skinner is joined by Kelly Hall, Executive Director of The Fairness Project, to discuss how ballot measures are transforming the political landscape...Show More
6) The Big Beautiful Lie: Jessica Fulton on What the 2025 Budget Bill Really Means for Black Households
In this episode of The Electorette, host Jen Taylor-Skinner speaks with Jessica Fulton, interim president and VP of Policy at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, about the 2025 budget...Show More
7) Things Do Not Have to Be This Way: Dismantling American Patriarchy with Anna Malaika Tuu
Author and scholar Anna Malaika Tubbs joins The Electorette to discuss her powerful new book, Erased: What American Patriarchy Has Hidden from Us—a sweeping, incisive examination of how American patri...Show More
8) More Than a Seat: Amanda Edwards on Legacy, Leadership, and the Fight for Texas’s 18th Congressional District
In this episode of The Electorette, Amanda Edwards, candidate for Texas’s 18th Congressional District, joins host Jennifer Taylor-Skinner for a powerful conversation about legacy, leadership, and what...Show More
9) The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück: Inside Hitler’s All-Female Concentration Camp
In this episode, Jen Taylor-Skinner speaks with bestselling author Lynne Olson about her powerful new book, The Sisterhood of Ravensbrück. The conversation unearths the little-known history of French ...Show More
10) Sarah Kate Ellis on the Slingshot Effect: Fighting Back with Joy and Power
GLAAD President and CEO Sarah Kate Ellis joins The Electorette to talk about how we push forward in a moment of backlash. From corporate rollbacks on DEI to the rise of hate-fueled content online, we ...Show More