Neal Sáles-Griffin Has A Cold

Neal is under the weather, but the work continues.

Show Notes

Campaign tech wizard and behind-the-scenes fixer Raghu Betina sits down to talk about an app he's building that started as an internal tool for the campaign but is being turned into a publicly available voters guide. It's one of several projects that the campaign is working to unveil in the final weeks before the election. Neal is battling a cold but stops by to give a preview of what else is to come.

Show Notes

• The Chicago Sun-Times' mayoral endorsement interviews (1:35)
• Neal explains the tech behind the digital affidavits in "The Sky Would Have To Open Up" (2:57)
• The story of Code Academy, the school Neal founded with his friend Mike McGee (4:13)
• Neal's website in Spanish (6:18)
• Our post-mortem of Neal's launch event (8:39)
• OurPlatform.com, the first version of the Questionnaires app (24:51)

What is Neal Runs For Mayor?

Go behind the scenes of Neal Sáles-Griffin's quest to become mayor of Chicago. Follow along as a first-time candidate navigates the byzantine world of Chicago politics, and hear from Neal's colleagues, friends, family—and Neal himself.