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By interviewing reporters, former staffers, campaign managers, political operatives and more, we will figure out who will be the best candidate to support in 2020, who can defeat Donald Trump, and who will ultimately become the 46th president of the United States of America.
Trust us, you want to be a part of this journey. The journey of Finding 46 with Kyle Lierman and Stephanie Valencia.
Kyle is back from "semi" paternity-leave, Stephanie joins him, and our hosts are back in full force. They are back to discuss the takeaways from the first democratic debates, which candidates will be able to keep up with an ever-climbing bar, and what we need to look for going forward. Welcome back to Finding 46!
This week Joshua Dubois, former head of the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships under the Obama administration, joins Kyle and Stephanie for a conversation on the role of religion in elections, which 2020 candidates are doing well and which candidates could do better.
This week Chris Lu, former Deputy Secretary of Labor and Obama transition director, joins Kyle to discuss what goes into the transition process between administrations, the role unions play in the race, and how to stand out among 23 candidates for the 2020 Democratic nomination.
Over the weekend, Stephanie co-moderated Move On's Big Ideas Forum with eight presidential candidates - giving her a unique perspective on some of the primary's front-runners. Join us as she and Kyle breakdown the policies the candidates presented and to understand how big their ideas really were.
This week, we kicked Kyle off the pod and replaced him with three badass women organizers who shed some light on the role of women in the 2020 race -- both as voters and as candidates. We covered everything from media bias with women candidates to what is driving the supermajority of women voters in 2020. Listen in because you're not going to want to miss this.
We interview Boston City Councilor Michelle Wu. Wu is Warren's close friend, former student, and employee and gives us a priceless amount of insight on what it is like to serve with and learn under Elizabeth Warren. Join us for our another dive into a 2020 presidential candidate, Senator Elizabeth Warren.
We interview Politico's City Hall editor David Giambusso, a reporter who's been covering Newark, New Jersey, and following Cory Booker for many years. Join us for our another dive into a 2020 presidential candidate, Cory Booker.
Kyle and Stephanie are joined by Molly Hensley-Clancy, Buzzfeed News reporter covering national politics and the Democratic party, about what Molly has seen on the campaign trail, what she's hearing from voters, Joe Biden's official entry into the race, and much more.
Pete Buttigieg seems to be gaining steam, the first fundraising numbers have been released, and our hosts continue to navigate the field. They are also joined by Mike Greenfield, CEO of Change Research, to talk about the importance of the polls in the primaries, the general and what we learned from 2016.
Our first candidate episode! We interview San Antonio Express News' Elaine Ayala, a reporter who's been covering San Antonio and the Castro family for many years, and Congressman Joaquin Castro, Julian's twin brother. Julian's background is long and diverse. Join us for our first dive into a 2020 presidential candidate.
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