{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Politics Chicks Podcast","title":"Meet Trina for Congress!","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/15befd8e\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2428,"description":"🌟 Welcome to The Politics Chicks Podcast🌟🎙️ Before launching this podcast, we built our audience on Substack, where we share sharp commentary on politics, culture, and the forces shaping modern life. Now we’re bringing those conversations directly to you—with the same honesty, curiosity, and refusal to accept easy answers.Here on the podcast, we take those conversations further by sitting down with the people shaping our communities, our politics, and our future.In this episode, we talk with Trina Swanson, candidate for Congress in Minnesota’s 8th District, who is challenging incumbent Pete Stauber. Trina brings something Washington desperately needs right now: experience in public service, a working-class perspective, and a commitment to integrity over political theater.Her campaign focuses on affordability, accessible healthcare, strong unions, education, protecting Minnesota’s natural resources, and restoring serious leadership in government.But this conversation goes beyond campaign talking points. We discuss the deeper issues facing the country right now—the cost of healthcare, the erosion of unions, environmental protection, foreign policy, money in politics, and what real representation should look like in a democracy.🧑‍💼 Meet Our Guest: Trina SwansonTrina Swanson grew up in Hermantown, Minnesota, in a working-class family that shaped her commitment to public service.Her mother worked as a nurse for 42 years, and her father worked as a carpenter and later at a paper mill. Watching her parents work hard while still struggling to keep up with rising costs gave her a firsthand understanding of the economic pressures many families face today.After attending college and law school in St. Paul, Trina dedicated her adult life to public service.She spent 25 years working for the U.S. government, including 20 years as a senior official with United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Her career included international assignments in Frankfurt,...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/e4N5e8EEG8tidpPQGo1wPZBlTrfHaUGDU2hBukty2Sg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jZWU0/MjE2OGY4Zjc5NWY5/MTE1ZDczZDI1MGY0/MWE2NC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}