In this episode, David and Delnaz speak with Arielle and Zamaan from the organization Design It For Us to explore ways of involving young people in policy discussions aimed at improving internet safety. Topics include the potential ban of TikTok in the United States and the recently passed Take It Down Act.
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Flipping the House
In this episode, David and Delnaz speak with Noah Widmann, one of the youngest candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives running as a Democrat to flip Florida’s 7th Congressional District. The panel discusses Widmann’s campaign, the recent high-profile special elections in Florida, voter perspectives on key issues leading up to the 2026 midterm elections, and strategies Democrats can use to flip Republican-held districts.You can learn more about the Widmann campaign here: https://www.noahforflorida.com/
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Youth Polling Got It Right in the 2024 Election
In this episode, David sits down with Jack Dozier, the Deputy Director of the Yale Youth Poll, to discuss how the poll’s youth-centered approach to developing questions and its methodology for gauging political opinion led to a higher level of accuracy in predicting the results of the 2024 presidential election. This success surpassed that of other firms that measured the support of young voters last year.
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Protecting Immigrant Communities Under a Second Trump Term
In the first episode of Pod Save the Youth sense President Trump’s inauguration, David and Delnaz speak with two immigrant rights advocates about pushing back against mass-deportations in the face of unified Republican government at the national level in the US.
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Pod Save Canada
For the first episode of 2025, the team at Pod Save the Youth are turning their eyes to Canadian politics in the wake of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s resignation. In this episode, Canadian political experts Leo Xu and Matt Chilliak join the podcast to give their thoughts on the Prime Minister’s resignation, the upcoming Canadian election, and how the state of US-Canada Relations will evolve with new leaders in both the United States and Canada.