We Made This Political Podcast
Lura Forcum, Ben Appel, Leah Libresco Sargeant, Lauren Hall, Corey Nathan, Maryam Mehrtash, Colleen Shogan, Paul Kane, Morgan Ramsey-ElliotLauren Hall and Lura Forcum talk about what political science, psychology, and parenting has taught them about making politics better for everyone.
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Americans Have Always Argued About the Declaration
This week on We Made This Political, we’re joined by writer Tony Williams, senior fellow at the Bill of Rights Institute and co-author of Divided Over the Declaration: America’s Fight Over Freedom and Equality.
RSVP for a reminder when we...
Ep. 58: Lauren and Lura on Political Grief
In this solo episode of We Made This Political, Lura Forcum and Lauren Hall explore “political grief”: the sadness beneath political anger when a party, institution, or identity that once felt like home changes or reveals hypocrisy. They di...
Ep. 57: [Archives] Fourth of July Special
From the archives: We’re reposting one of our favorite conversations from last year to celebrate the 4th while we take some time off with our families. Enjoy!
In this special July 4th episode, we explore what patriotism looks like in 2025...
Ep. 56: Maryam Mehrtash on Reinventing the Village
Lauren Hall and Lura Forcum host We Made This Political with guest Maryam Mehrtash, a former marketing executive (Disney, Marvel Studios, 20th Century, and the Paramount+ launch) who pivoted after a late-2023/early-2024 layoff into writing,...
The Myth of Doing It All
This Friday on We Made This Political, we’re joined by writer, speaker, entrepreneur, and leadership strategist !
Maryam’s work explores ambition, belonging, motherhood, and the relationships that sustain us. Through her Substack newslette...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
Out here trying to humanize politics and three children, with mixed results. Social / consumer psychologist and former professor. Heavy on humility and cake. Lightly chaotic.
My memoir, ‘Cis White Gay: The Making of a Gender Heretic’ is now available. My work has appeared in The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, Newsweek, Quillette, The Free Press, Queer Majority, UnHerd, and many other publications.
I'm the author of The Dignity of Dependence, as a well as Arriving at Amen and Building the Benedict Option. My substack, Other Feminisms, is about how to advocate for women as women in a world that treats us like defective men.
Author, Substacker, podcaster, academic leader, radical moderate, mother, and indifferent gardener. Helping people break out of false binaries and black and white thinking to see our social and political worlds in 4D.
Host of "Talkin' Politics & Religion Without Killin' Each Other," engaged citizen, Jew from Jersey who became a Christian, die-hard Mets fan!
Deep Thinker. Global Marketing Executive (Ex-Disney/Paramount). Generated $1B+ in campaigns. On courage-based leadership, reinvention & building narratives that win in an AI world. Mom to two toddlers.
CEO of In Pursuit, 11th Archivist of the United States, political scientist, American history buff, and dog lover
Congressional correspondent for Washington Post
Morgan Ramsey-Elliot is a partner at the business strategy consultancy Red Associates, where he helps lead the firm's technology and democracy practices
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