The 2024 Candidate That Fills Me With Hope (AUDIO)

In this week’s audio newsletter is an essay about Sophia Chitlik, who is running for NC state senate here in Durham, North Carolina. What excites me the most about Sophia is that she’s promoting a platform we need candidates from across the country to try out. She’s running on care. You can connect with Sophia and read more about her campaign at her website, . If you love audio newsletters and what to try out our membership program, go to thedoubleshift.substack.com/listeners for a free 30-day trial. If you love the Double Shift, I think you’ll also love: Therapy Takeaway : Dr. Pooja Lakshmin MD (who’s also the author of the wonderful book, Real Self Care ) has a newsletter that tackles fascinating systemic issues moms in particular face but brings her unique perspective as a reproductive physiatrist to offer concrete and insightful solutions. I loved her recent post, How to Make Hanging Out Happen , which gives helpful framing on how and why we feel like we never have time for unstructured connection with people. She also offers great ideas for creating more “hangout space” in your life. Platonic Love Letter : I recently discovered the work of Aliza Sir Sir and Aja Frost and their wonderful newsletter devoted to friendship. I’m particularly taken with their 8-week Training Program for Friendship , which they describe as a “ running club meets support group for friendship.” with prompts, action items, and robust discussions in the comment threads. Based on conversations I’ve had with Double Shifters over the years, building meaningful friendships is top-of-mind for many of you, so definitely check out and

You can listen to The 2024 Candidate That Fills Me With Hope (AUDIO) online on Radio and Podcast. Open the player on this page to stream the available audio.

The 2024 Candidate That Fills Me With Hope (AUDIO) is an episode from The Double Shift by Katherine Goldstein.

This episode is 11:33 long.

This episode was published on Feb 28, 2024.

Yes. Use the heart button on the episode page to add it to your favorite episodes list.

Yes. This page shows related episodes from The Double Shift when more episodes are available from the podcast feed.