The Progressive Left and the Campaign Experience

Pantsuit Politics

Lemonada Media

News, Politics, Society & Culture, News Commentary

4.5 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2018

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Sarah welcomes guest host Jo Kroger to talk about the state of the progressive left and how it's impacted the Democratic party at large. Sarah also hosts a group of Pantsuit Politics listeners with real life campaign experience. They talk about their levels of involvement in a variety of campaigns and what led them to get involved in the first place. The Campaign Round Table Participants: Maddie Isch for Margaret O'Brien Abby Korb for Tammy Baldwin Carisa Weaver for Robin Kniech Maggie Penton for Misty Belford Recommended Resources: This American Life on the Democratic Party Democratic Party Midterms Medicare for All Swing Voters Exist Single Payer Our Revolution To support the show and get access to bonus content, visit our Patreon page and become a patron. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	A new generation of leaders on the left
0:03.0	went change in the Democratic Party.
0:05.0	I'm here with my guest host, Joe Kroger,
0:07.0	talking about just that.
0:08.0	I'm Sarah from the left, and I'm Joe, also from the left.
0:11.0	You're listening to Pantsy Politics.
0:13.0	No shouting, no insults, plenty of nuance.
0:26.0	Welcome, Joe. We are so excited to have you.
0:29.0	Thank you so much. I'm so excited to be here.
0:32.0	I was so excited about your topic because I feel like we've neglected the Democratic Party on Pantsy Politics over the last few months because
0:39.0	between what we plan to talk about and what the President of the United States forces us to talk about,
0:44.0	we should know how much time for anything else.
0:46.0	So I was so excited when you suggested this.
0:48.0	Yeah, he doesn't leave you guys a lot of wiggle room.
0:51.0	No, no, he doesn't.
0:52.0	No, he doesn't.
0:54.0	So Joe, tell the people about yourself.
0:56.0	Sure. So as I mentioned, my name's Joe, and I am originally from the Midwest, I'm a good Midwestern girl.
1:04.0	But I live in New York City, and I'm a musician, and I work part-time retail jobs, sort of keeping it down,
1:11.0	but I have toured a lot with a lot of different groups.
1:13.0	I have sort of a folksy project and solo project, and I also, if you're fans of things like a futuristic punk music with like concept project stuff behind it,
1:25.0	that's a project that I'm into.
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