Here are some of the recent guests of our podcast.
Louisa Terrell is a Senior Advisor to the Harris-Walz campaign and previously served as the White House Director of the Office of Legislative Affairs and as a member of the presidential transition team for President Joe Biden.
Sohali Vaddula is a sophomore studying International and public affairs at Brown University and the national director of communications for the College Democrats of America. Aside from College Dems, Sohali is heavily involved in grassroots organizing with MOVETexas, was a former congressional press intern, and hopes to turn Texas blue one day!
Sunjay Muralitharan is the National Vice President of the College Democrats of America, an organization that represents the Democratic Party’s collegiate wing and oversees 25+ statewide federations with over 250 individual chapters. Additionally, he is the youngest DNC member within the state of California, granting him a superdelegate vote at the national nominating convention, and has been featured on the New York Times, Associated Press, ABC News, The Boston Globe and more! Sunjay prides himself for representing the best interests of youth to the party, even if it leads to uncomfortable conversations.
Ella Niederhelman is a NENPA award-winning journalist at the Ipswich Local News who has served as a GIS Fellow at WHOI, a climate ambassador with the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s joint program with Climate For Health, and the communications intern for Harvard’s Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment. Ella attends Harvard College with a scholarship from the Bryan Cameron Education Foundation. In the future, Ella plans to pursue a career in climate journalism.
Diana DiZoglio is the State Auditor of Massachusetts. She previously served as a MA State Senator and State Representative for the MA Merrimack Valley. DiZoglio is currently the youngest statewide elected official in Massachusetts and she is running a statewide campaign for a ballot measure to audit the MA State Legislature.
Sophia DeLoretto-Chudy is the Executive Director of Texas Voter Project. She is known for her feature in "The Young Vote" film following her work in 2020 as Campaign Manager for Women's March Action. Sophia is an activist, agitator and organizer working to help young voters capitalize on their political power.
Emma Shultz is the founder of GenZCrusade, an organization intended to combat gun violence in America. She is currently gearing up for the upcoming election and is trying register as many voters as possible. Her slogan is, “we marched for our lives and now it is time to vote for our lives.” She aspires to be a businesswoman, lawyer, and eventually the President of the United States. Fun fact: Emma loves to run!
Jessie is a political organizer from Maryland, passionate about youth civic engagement and voting rights. Jessie is the legislative director of her local chapter of Voters of Tomorrow; during Maryland’s last legislative session, she worked with her team to introduce HB373 — an incentive to lower the Board of Education voting age to 16 — with Delegate Vogel. Jessie also worked with the Vote16 movement nationally, researching ways to implement Vote16 measures under the University of Maryland Center for Democracy and Civic Engagement.
Kojo is the managing attorney of Immigration Legal Services at Catholic Charities of Eastern Oklahoma, former Democratic nominee for US Congress, in Oklahoma's first congressional district, first Ghanaian-American to win a major party nomination for federal office.
Kassandra is the youngest and first female mayor Mayor of Amesbury, Massachusetts, former Executive Director of the Amesbury Chamber of Commerce, fifth generation Amesbury native.
Josh is a Civics Unplugged CEO & Co-Founder, former New York City mayoral candidate, and former Director of Education in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Angus is current Town Meeting representative and School Committee candidate, Belmont, Massachusetts.
Nathaniel is former White House Director of the Office of Digital Strategy, Director of Digital Marketing for Obama for America, Founder and CEO of Lubin Strategies LLC and Survey 160 Inc.
Anika is a high school senior from the Bay Area, California, where she serves as a student board member for her school district and works to expand student voice in policy and politics nationwide.
Jace is Frisco, Texas Mayor’s Youth Council President, Frisco ISD Youth Representative, Cambridge CCIR Social Science Scholar, 2023 Civics Unplugged Civic Innovation Fellow.
Nate is CEO of Blue Sky Partners, Co-Founder of GoodPolitics, Board Chair at the LBJ Presidential Library’s Future Forum and the Austin Monitor, Former City of Austin Commissioner.
Shiva is an organizer with the Sunrise Movement, Member Board of Trustees at the Boise IDS, Member of the Board of Directors at The Eve Devitt Fund, Student at UNC Chapel Hill.
Michael is an Edgewood ISD School Board Trustee, Student at San Antonio College, COSA Higher Education Student Advisory Commission Secretary D6, Former San Antonio Youth Commission Chair.
