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Podcast: American Fever Dream
Episode: Afternoon Tea With Amanda Litman
Description: On the second installment of Afternoon Tea, Sami Sage is joined by Amanda Litman, author and co-founder of Run for Something, for another dose of political therapy. They begin with an explanation of how Amanda started helping normal people run for office and do a mini role-play to demonstrate how you might convince someone it’s worth taking a chance on themselves and run for elected office. They also talk about the biggest barriers to transitioning into a life in office (yeah, you still gotta pay your bills) and how someone might go about fundraising at a local level. Am...