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This is Alec Baldwin, and you're listening to Here's the Thing from IHeart Radio.

My guest today is an author, digital strategist, and the co-founder and president of Run for Something,

an organization that recruits and supports young,

diverse, progressive candidates. Amanda Littman launched Run for Something in 2017. Since then,

she has helped elect more than 1,500 leaders across 49 states. Amanda Littman is also the president of RFS Civics,

a 501C3 organization dedicated to ending the charantocracy in American politics.

Prior to launching Run for Something,

Lippman built a career as a digital strategist. She served as the email director

for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, not those emails. She also served as the digital

director for Charlie Christ's 2014 Florida gubernatorial campaign and previously worked on Barack Obama's 2012 re-election campaign.

Amanda Littman is also the author of two books, Run for Something, A Real Talk Guide to Fixing

The System Yourself, and her most recent book, When We're in Charge, the Next Generation's Guide to

Leadership.

Littman has become an outspoken critic of what she calls bad boomer leadership and is an advocate

for a new style of next-gen leadership.

I was curious to hear her perspective on the boomer mentality and what she believes sets the next generation of leaders apart.

I find boomer leadership to be a very good foil for what the next generation needs to be working against. Yeah.

In what way?

Well, I think that there is a mentality behind boomer leadership.

And I say this with all due respect, two boomers, two Gen Xers, who always get mad when I leave them out.

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