Running for Congress (Let's F***ing Go)
Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People
Chris Gethard
4.8 • 9K Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2025
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
She might not have a background in politics, but this caller is thinking about running for office. She and Gethard talk about what it means to feel called to lead, why the current political climate pushed her to consider a campaign, and how terrifying–and thrilling–it is to start from scratch. This one might just light a fire under you, no matter what you believe in.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello to everybody who's throwing their name in the ring in a bigger way than they ever saw coming. |
| 0:10.0 | It's beautiful anonymous one hour. |
| 0:12.0 | The phone call, no names, no old barred. |
| 0:17.0 | I'd rather go one-on-one. |
| 0:19.6 | I think it'll be more fun, and I'll get to know you, and you'll get to know me. |
| 0:27.1 | Hi, everybody, Chris Getherd here. |
| 0:28.7 | I know not everybody loves an intro. |
| 0:31.6 | If you are one of those people, you want to skip about five and a half minutes. |
| 0:34.9 | That'll put you right towards the beginning of the call, and I hope you enjoy it. |
| 0:41.7 | Hi, everybody. This is Chris Getherd, and welcome to Beautiful Anonymous, the show where we |
| 0:46.6 | explore the human condition, one anonymous phone call at a time. It's always a joy to be here. |
| 0:50.9 | I always feel so lucky to talk with you, to see how you're doing to touch base |
| 0:57.8 | with the community surrounding the show. I will let you know for everybody who signed up at |
| 1:04.4 | Beautiful Anonymous.com, who gets their episodes ad free, who gets extra time with each caller, |
| 1:10.1 | who if you're at the upper tiers, |
| 1:11.2 | you also get a follow up each month with a past caller and a secret phone number once a month |
| 1:16.0 | just for the people at that tier. |
| 1:18.0 | Some of you signed up to get that magazine. |
| 1:19.9 | You're all emailing us. |
| 1:21.0 | It is so lovely. |
| 1:22.7 | They're going out on a rate of around 10 a day is what I find I get back, which is not ideal when we have to |
| 1:30.4 | mail 1,300 of them. But you will be happy to hear that this is coming out on April 8th. And as |
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