{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Politics Chicks Podcast","title":"Maya Rupert on Who Gets to Be Authentic in Politics?","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/8b4b43b5\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4055,"description":"Maya Rupert: Who Gets to Be Authentic in Politics?\nWhy do some politicians get credit for being “real” while women and people of color get penalized for the same imperfections? Political strategist Maya Rupert joins Christy Branham and Monica Healy to examine how racism, sexism, and voter expectations shape who gets seen as authentic—and who gets seen as electable.\nMaya managed Julián Castro’s presidential campaign and Maya Wiley’s New York mayoral campaign. She is the author of The Real Ones: How to Disrupt the Hidden Ways Racism Makes Us Less Authentic and host of When We Win. Drawing on her campaign experience, she explains how people can be pressured to change themselves, then criticized for appearing inauthentic.\nFrom Donald Trump and Kamala Harris to the public images of Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, and Michelle Obama, we explore who gets room to make mistakes and who is expected to be flawless. Maya also challenges the claim that Harris lost because she ran too far left, calls for stronger independent media, and makes the case for community organizing that brings voters into the conversation.\n“People absolutely vote on policy,” Maya says. We discuss what that means for Democrats, what she learned from women leaders on St. Paul’s historic all-women City Council, and why she sees possibility in voters demanding something better than a return to the status quo.\nGUEST RESOURCES\nMaya Rupert — Official Website\nhttps://mayarupert.com/\nThe Real Ones — Book Information and Purchase Options\nhttps://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/747083/the-real-ones-by-maya-rupert/\nWhen We Win with Maya Rupert — Lemonada Media\nhttps://lemonadamedia.com/show/whenwewin/\nMaya Rupert: Let Democrats Be Democrats — Courier Essay\nhttps://couriernewsroom.com/news/maya-rupert-let-democrats-be-democrats/\nFOLLOW THE POLITICS CHICKS\nYouTube | Substack | Threads | Instagram | Facebook | Bluesky | TikTok @ThePoliticsChicks","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}