We are celebrating the 50th episode of Ellected Podcast!
The 50th episode of Ellected Podcast was released this week and it features a very personal and inspiring conversation with Caroline Cochrane, the Premier of the North West Territories.
The conversation left me feeling inspired and recommitted to the work of advocating for the increased participation of women in politics and every industry. You can listen to our conversation by using the links here.
I can't let this moment pass by without a very heartfelt thanks to Maclean Kay. Maclean and I worked together in the BC Legislature in the early-ish 2000s and reconnected after he launched an independent news organization and I had started Madame Premier. We had a phone conversation where he not only encouraged me to start what is now Ellected but pushed back on all of the self-doubt I had about doing it but actually helped me start it. When I think of all the interactions I have had in my life where I've wanted to do something but didn't have the confidence there are two types of moments I've had. The first is where the person I've engaged with creates totally unnecessary barriers that I have to climb over after having already proven myself leaving me feeling frustrated and doubting myself. The second kind of moment is where the person I'm dealing with already gets that I've proven myself and asks how they can help with no strings attached because they just want to see me succeed. Maclean is exactly the latter of the these two moments and it reframed for me that I don't ever want to be the former for anyone else. So thank you again, Maclean for helping make Ellected possible and for so much more.
In the summer I asked people on Madame Premier's Instagram for their favourite podcasts. If you are like me, I listen to a lot of the same podcasts over and over again and it can be hard to find new ones. So here is what the Madame Premier community is listening to as well as what I have on repeat.
And apologies upfront for not including links - you will need to do that part yourselves!
Your Favourites
The Allusionist
On Purpose
Sharon Says So
Deux Moi
Duolingo
The Strategists
Kelsey Wells
The Savage Lovecast
Huberman Lab
Don’t Go Broke Trying
iWeigh with Jameela Jamil
Where Should We Begin by Esther Perel
You’re Wrong About
Maintenance Phase
Artholes
Trashfuture
Pantsuit Politics
The Bridge
Majority 54
Help! I Sexted My Boss!
GoodTalk
The Backbench
Sandy and Nora
Man Enough
Power and Politics
Unfuck your brain
The Memory Palace
Breaking Glass
Visible Women
The GoodLife Project
Huber Man Lab
Morbid
Financial Feminist
The Skimm
Pivot
NYT Daily
My Favorite Murder
UnReserved
Front Burner
WhoShatOnTheFloorAtMyWedding
The Bechdal Cast
My Favourites
The Refuse Fascism Podcast
544 Days
Mother Country Radicals
A Podcast Of One's Own with Julia Gillard
Pod Save The World
Sweet Bobby
Modern Love
Ratfucker
How I Built This
Party Lines
Fake The Nation
Archetypes
Hysteria
West of Centre
Rewives with Bethany Frankel
The Curse of Politics
Bad Faith