GETTING CURIOUS | Is Deep Canvassing The Serum America Needs? with George Goehl

Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness

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Science, Self-improvement, Comedy, Education, Society & Culture

4.9 • 21.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Are you phone banking, leafleting, and heading to the polls early this election season and still feeling like you need a boost? Then it might be time to introduce deep canvassing to your routine. The activist, community organizer, and director of People’s Action George Goehl joins Jonathan to share this go-to practice for building a more progressive nation—and explains why rural America needs to be central to any discussion of the electorate. Follow George on Twitter @GeorgeGoehl, and People’s Action on Twitter and Instagram @pplsaction. Once you’ve finished the episode, make sure to check out George’s podcast To See Each Other. Find out what today’s guest and former guests are up to by following us on Instagram and Twitter @CuriousWithJVN. Transcripts for each episode are available at JonathanVanNess.com. Check out Getting Curious merch at PodSwag.com. Listen to more music from Quiñ by heading over to TheQuinCat.com. Jonathan is on Instagram and Twitter @JVN and @Jonathan.Vanness on Facebook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Getting Curious, I'm Jonathan Van Ness, and every week I sit down for a 40 minute conversation
0:05.2	with a brilliant expert to learn all about something that makes me curious.
0:09.3	On today's episode, I'm joined by the activist, community organizer, and director of People's Action,
0:14.8	George Gale, where I ask him, what's at stake for rural voters this election?
0:19.7	And is deep canvassing this season's new hyluronic acid.
0:25.0	Welcome to getting curious, this is Jonathan Vanes.
0:28.0	I'm so excited for our guest this week.
0:31.0	We have George Gail. He is the director of People's Action, one of the largest
0:35.5	multiracial, poor, and working class people's organizations in the country. He's also from
0:41.0	Madura, Indiana, so we're state neighbors.
0:44.3	And also you have a new podcast, which is called
0:46.6	To See Each Other.
0:48.3	And like I said earlier, you were the director of People's Action,
0:50.7	but also a really fun thing is is that when we when we first
0:54.5	interviewed Alicia Garza I believe it was I can't remember was our first or second
1:00.1	interview but she mentioned her friend George.
1:02.8	And it's so, I just loved it that,
1:06.1	I don't think she mentioned your last name there,
1:07.7	but I love the full world,
1:10.4	the full circle,ness of it.
1:11.5	So welcome to the podcast. I'm so excited you're here.
1:14.3	Hey thanks so much for having me really this is gonna be fun. So each episode of
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