Lauren Matsumoto, Representative, Hawaii State House
For our season finale, we chatted to Lauren Matsumoto, a member of the Hawaii State House. Matsumoto was only 25 when she made her way to th...
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Women make up only 23 percent of roles in state and local government—and we’re talking to them. Join Governing Magazine's Mattie Quinn for candid conversations with the women shaping policy...
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20 of 34 episodes31 Debbie Walsh, Center for American Women and Politics
On this episode, we brought back Debbie Walsh, executive director of the Center for American Women and Politics, to break down the midterms....
30 Jennifer Carroll Foy, Representative, Virginia House of Delegates
This episode kicks off a series we're working on in the aftermath of the midterm elections, examining different aspects of when women run an...
029 Tishaura Jones, Treasurer of St. Louis, MO
On this episode, we're chatting with Tishaura Jones, treasurer of St. Louis. It's a nerdy position with a lot of power—parking tickets is on...
028 Jackie Biskupski, Mayor of Salt Lake City, UT
For our first new episode after our summer hiatus, we're talking with Jackie Biskupski, mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah. She's the first openl...
ENCORE: Dr. Leana Wen, Baltimore Health Commissioner to Planned Parenthood President
Planned Parenthood Federation of America announced earlier this month that it had recruited Dr. Leana Wen, the outgoing Commissioner of Heal...
027 Emilia Sykes, Representative, State of Ohio
Emilia Sykes is a representative in the Ohio State House. She made waves recently when she started the hashtag #WeBelongHere for female wome...
026 Kimberley Driscoll, Mayor, Salem, Massachusetts
Kim Driscoll is the mayor of Salem, Massachusetts. The city infamous for burning witches during colonial times is now a tourist hotspot, wit...
025 Rep. Faith Winters, Colorado General Assembly
This marks our first ever #MeToo episode on the 23 Percent. Mattie chats with Faith Winter, a state representative in Colorado, about her ex...
024 Erin Vilardi, Founder of VoteRunLead
This episode marks a three-episode partnership with VoteRunLead, a non-partisan organization that trains women to run for office and win. In...
023 Rosalynn Bliss, Mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan
Rosalynn Bliss is the mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan. The first female mayor of Michigan's second-largest city, Bliss was a social worker b...
022 - Jackie Lacey, District Attorney, County of Los Angeles
In our season three opener, Mattie chats with Jackie Lacey, the district attorney for Los Angeles County. She's the first African-American w...
Preview of Go Public podcast with The 23%'s Mattie Quinn
With The 23% on spring break, we wanted to give you a chance to preview of Governing's newest podcast, Go Public. This episode focuses on Ma...
021 - After Parkland: Kristin Jacobs, Florida State Representatives
On our supersized season finale, we're talking to Rep. Kristin Jacobs, who represents the district in Florida that includes Parkland. She di...
020 Susana A. Mendoza, State of Illinois Comptroller
On this episode, Mattie talks with Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza about campaigning for office in her 20s, losing her first election by...
019 Merceria Ludgood, Mobile County, Alabama Commissioner
On this episode, Mattie talks with Merceria Ludgood, Mobile County Commissioner. She talks on the show today about growing up with a sense a...
018 Glynda Carr, Co-Founder, Higher Heights
On the first episode of 2018, Mattie talks with with Glynda Carr, an advocate and political strategist who co-founded Higher Heights for Ame...
017 Year End Encore: Leana Wen, Public Official of the Year
Dr. Leana Wen, recognized in November 2017 as one of Governing's Public Officials of the Year (POY), says growing up in a low-income, heavil...
016 Debbie Walsh, Director, Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University
To round out 2017, we chat with Debbie Walsh, director of the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University. On this episode,...
015 Libby Seguin and Lauren Stott and the ELGL Diversity Dashboard
On this Thanksgiving episode, we're talking diversity in local government across the board—not just gender. On the show today we have Libby...