Sammy & Maddie: Rebranding Politics with Girl and The Gov, The Podcast
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Sammy Kanter and Maddie Medved, co-hosts of Girl and The Gov The Podcast, join Melissa on the mic for our Everyday Woman series. Sammy and Maddie are helping rebrand politics by providing a platform where millennials can engage with the political sphere in an approachable, digestible, and accessible way.

NOTE: This episode was recorded in December 2020 and does not cover the recent attack on the US Capitol Building in January 2021.

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SHOW NOTES

In this episode, we talk about:

• Girl and The Gov is an event-based company in New York City that brings people together to talk politics in fun environments such as rooftop yoga!
• Meeting your co-host on Instagram and launching a podcast together
• The importance of rebranding politics to make it approachable and user friendly
• How politics has created a divide in our country as well as tarnishing relationships with friends, family, and loved ones
• Using social media to organize movements, protests, or to address political issues
• The importance of contacting your city officials and representatives
• The importance of having younger women in office, such as Alexandria Ocasio-Corte
• The anniversary of Roe v. Wade on January 22nd
• The importance of rebranding the birth control pill to eliminate the stigma around the medication
• The meaning of Sisterhood

RESOURCES

• Girl and The Gov website: https://www.girlandthegov.com/
• Girl and The Gov on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/girlandthegov/
• Girl and The Gov, The Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/girlandthegovthepodcast/aoc
• Listen to Girl and The Gov's episode featuring a therapist for tips on how to talk politics with your family: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-talk-politics-your-family-melissa-pennica-licensed/id1533621122?i=1000503297072
• Watch AOC's Netflix documentary "Knock Down The House": https://www.netflix.com/title/81080637
• New York Times article on Poland's protests over the abortion ban: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/07/world/europe/poland-abortion-protests.html

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