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Alyse Nelson and Gayle Kabaker: Empowering Women at Vital Voices

This episode features Alyse Nelson, President and CEO of Vital Voices, and renowned artist Gayle Kabaker, talking about their artistic collaboration in the...

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Elizabeth Fernandez of Movement Voter Project

This episode features a conversation with Elizabeth Fernandez of Movement Voter Project. Movement Voter Project is based on the ingenious concept of empowering...

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Katie Michel of Victory Garden Collective

This episode features a conversation with Katie Michel, owner of Planthouse Gallery in New York City and a member of Victory Garden Collective,...

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Lisa Guide on the Caregiver Vote

This episode features a conversation with Lisa Guide, co-founder of the Women Effect Action Fund, a group dedicated to achieving economic equality for...

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Aditi Juneja of Protect Democracy

This episode features a conversation with Aditi Juneja of Protect Democracy, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting efforts to undermine our right...

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Season 2: The Path Ahead

Welcome to Season 2 of the New Faces of Democracy podcast, hosted by Nancy Bynum. In this season, Nancy will look back at the...

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Indivisible's Martha Shockey on the State of Georgia

This episode features a conversation with Martha Shockey of the grassroots political action group, Indivisible Georgia. A soft-spoken powerhouse, Martha talks about all...

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Catherine Vaughan of Swing Left

On this episode, Nancy welcomes Catherine Vaughan back to New Faces of Democracy. Catherine is Co-Executive Director of the Democratic political action group, Swing...

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The Sheriff Sequel: What Happened in the Elections

Nancy follows up on her conversation about sheriffs with Max Rose on Episode 13 of the podcast to explore what happened in the...

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Mike Berland on Polls, Momentum and What Just Happened

This episode features a conversation with data and analytics expert and political polling thought leader Mike Berland. Mike is the founder & CEO...

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Guest Pod: Democracy Works

This week features a guest episode from Democracy Works, a podcast dedicated to answering the question “What Does it Mean to Live in...

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Marcia Greenberger on Women’s Rights, Past, Present and Future

This episode features a conversation with Marcia Greenberger, a true pioneer of women’s rights law through her work at the National Women’s Law...

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Gordon Herr on How to Vote

This week’s episode goes local with Gordon Herr, Chairman of the Democratic Committee in Southampton NY, and member of the Board of Elections...

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Tech for Campaigns: Bringing the Tech and Digital Edge to Democrats

This episode features a conversation with Jessica Alter and Krisserin Canary of Tech for Campaigns. After Trump’s Muslim ban in 2017, tech entrepreneur...

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Ravi Gupta: Changing the Face of Politics

This episode features a conversation with Ravi Gupta, an Obama alum, podcast host and founder of Arena, an organization that trains and supports...

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Katie Paris of Red Wine & Blue

On this week’s episode, Nancy speaks with Katie Paris, founder of of Red Wine & Blue. Red Wine &Blue is an Ohio-based group...

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Vernetta Alston: What's on the Line in North Carolina

On this episode, Nancy speaks with Vernetta Alston, a state legislator in North Carolina. In 2017, Vernetta pivoted from a career as a...

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Max Rose of Sheriffs for Trusting Communities

This episode features a conversation with Max Rose, founder of Sheriffs for Trusting Communities. Imagine a law enforcement officer with vast power and...

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Desiree Tims, Running for Change in Ohio

On this episode, Nancy speaks with Desiree Tims, a young congressional candidate in Ohio’s 10th district. There are a lot of firsts when...

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Dr. Fergie Reid Jr. on the Strategy To Flip FL Blue (and TX and GA and NC), Part 2

This episode features Part 2 of the Flipping Florida Series with Dr. Fergie Reid Jr. Dr. Reid talks about his strategy for flipping...

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Walls of Moms

Nancy takes a break from the podcast to muse on the army of mothers powering the resistance.

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Sara Trail: Quilter, Warrior

This episode features a conversation with Sara Trail, founder of Social Justice Sewing Academy, an organization that provides young people in marginalized communities...

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Four Ways to Beat Trump by Chipping Away at the Margins

In this bonus episode, Nancy talks about four groups focused on chipping away at the margins in key, battleground states to beat Trump...

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Zak Malamed of The Next 50 on the Youth Vote

In 2018, Zak Malamed was living the millennial dream with a job at Facebook. But after coming home from a trip to Auschwitz...

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How to Flip Florida Blue with 140 Florida Blue Project

Janelle Christensen is a professor and head of the Florida Democratic Environmental Caucus. Margie Stein is a political activist who has found her...

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Thoughts on Creative Activism

In this week’s bonus episode, Nancy talks about trends in creative activism from protest needlework to fashion design.

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Diana Weymar, Tiny Pricks and the Art of Protest

This week’s podcast features a conversation with artist Diana Weymar of Tiny Pricks Project. Diana is a textile artist who one day in...

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The View from Across the Pond with Mark Bergman

This week Nancy speaks with Mark Bergman, a lawyer and Democrat based in London, who since 2017 has been keeping his fellow Democrats...

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So what I'm hearing is... Thoughts on Down Ballot Elections

Almost two months into the podcast, Nancy takes a break to muse on one theme that's been coming up a lot in her...

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Stacy Kramer on Fundraising Democratically

This episode features Hollywood writer and producer Stacy Kramer, who since 2016 has become a tireless fundraiser for Democratic candidates and grassroots groups....

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Susan Rogan: Librarian, Grandmother, Activist

This episode of the podcast features a conversation with Susan Rogan, founder of the political action newsletter Rogan’s List. A self-proclaimed “retired grandmother...

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Alex Posen and the Power of Design

This podcast features a conversation with Alex Posen, co-founder of Resistance by Design, a company that designs accessories and products that allow you...

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Samra Brouk: The Future of Leadership

On this episode of the podcast, Nancy has a conversation with Samra Brouk, who is running for state senate in upstate New York....

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Melissa Walker of Future Now on Why States Matter

This episode features a conversation with Melissa Walker of Future Now Fund, a group started in 2017 dedicated to electing more Democrats to...

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Introducing the New Faces of Democracy Podcast

Welcome to the New Faces of Democracy podcast, hosted by Nancy Bynum. This podcast features inspiring interviews with people who have transformed their lives...

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