#191 Erica Williams Simon: How To Avoid Activist Burnout (California Innovation Tour #4)

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emma gannon

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🗓️ 1 April 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Today's interview is with Erica Williams Simon (we recorded it at The Mondrian hotel in West Hollywood). She is the host of one of my favourite interview podcasts The Call, hosted currently on the Man Repeller website. She is a full blown multi-hyphenate: head of the Creator’s Lab at Snapchat, podcast host, author of the forthcoming book You Deserve the Truth, published in May, which unpicks the lies we are constantly told. Prior to that, she worked in politics in Washington, leading Generation Progress among other roles, and was named one of POLITICO’s youngest Top 50 To Watch. We talk about why California is a great place to be an activist, what she knows about burnout and how her family have shaped her.

Welcome back to Ctrl Alt Delete.You might know by now if you’ve listened to the other episodes but I am thrilled to have partnered with Visit California for this special six part mini-series, The California Innovation Tour. I’ve worked with them for a few years now, and they’re doing some incredible things in the tourism landscape and it’s been really exciting to work with them on this podcast mini-series with a variety of different California-based guests. Over the course of my trip I met with some of California’s most forward thinking dreamers and pioneers, and I’m really excited bring you this mini-series. Make sure you check out all six episodes and start from number one!

For more information on things to do West Hollywood and to help plan your own California road-trip check out www.visitcalifornia.co.uk, and www.visitwesthollywood.com, both websites have tones of info and travel guides, as well as a loads of content to inspire you if you’re thinking of booking a trip, including California Now, which is the tourism boards own blog and their tv channel Dream365. Have a look online and on their Instagram page (@visitcalifornia) for more inspiration. Thanks for listening and please make sure to rate and review on iTunes.

Also check out Visit California’s own podcast, ‘California Now’, where listeners can learn more inspiring travel tips about California. https://www.visitcalifornia.com/podcast

*This a PAID PARTNERSHIP with Visit California*

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0:53.7	Thank you so much to King Fisher for sponsoring this podcast.
0:56.7	Hello and welcome back to Control Lock Delete the podcast where I interview
1:07.3	interesting people about their careers, about technology and
1:11.2	about the internet. This is part four in my very special
1:15.3	visit California miniseries so if you haven't gone back and listened to number one
1:20.4	to three you're missing out you should listen to all of them.
1:23.7	I've interviewed some incredible people based in California.
1:26.8	I've been working with Visit California for quite a few years now, so
1:30.3	this idea of partnering and going to California and finding some very different guests to interview who lived there was just the most incredible opportunity.
1:39.5	And I got to interview some really innovative entrepreneurs, pioneers, artists, writers. I just got to
1:46.5	interview all the people who are so perfect for this podcast and so massive thank you to
1:51.1	visit California for organizing it and inspiring the
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