Special Episode: Governor Gretchen Whitmer on the Stakes for Women in this Election

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🗓️ 25 July 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Today, we’ve got a bonus episode of “9 to 5ish” for you with a guest whose name has been in the news a lot lately. Our guest is Gretchen Whitmer, the governor of Michigan, the co-chair of Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign, and author of the New York Times bestseller “True Gretch: What I’ve Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between.” As a popular governor of a swing state, Governor Whitmer’s name has been floated in convos about who might be on the Democratic ticket since Biden ended his re-election campaign. In this episode of 9 to 5ish, Governor Whitmer shares: Whether you’ll see a Harris-Whitmer ticket in 2024 What politicians can do to stop political violence How democrats should think about reaching conservative and independent voters What most people are surprised to learn about her after reading her book

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0:00.0	This next election is going to have profound consequences for all of us, but especially for younger voters,
0:08.0	especially for those of us who thought some of these rights had been enshrined in law are now very much at risk.
0:17.1	I'm Carly Zaken and I'm Danielle Weisberg.
0:20.0	Welcome to Nine to Nine to Five is with the skin.
0:22.8	We've run into so many questions over the years
0:25.7	and had so many moments where we needed advice
0:29.0	and we got it from women who'd been there. And that's what we're bringing you with this show.
0:34.0	Each week we're helping you get what you want out of your career
0:37.0	by talking to the smartest leaders we know.
0:40.0	Because we know your work life is a lot more than 9 to 5.
0:44.6	All right, let's get into it.
0:48.8	Hi everyone, welcome to a special episode of 9 to 5 is. Today we've got a guest who's been in the news a lot lately,
0:55.2	Governor Gretchen Whitmer. She's the governor of Michigan, the co-chair of Vice President
1:00.6	Kamla Harris's presidential campaign, and the author of the New York Times Best Seller,
1:06.4	True Gretsch, what I've learned about life, leadership, and everything in between.
1:11.9	As a popular governor of a swing state,
1:13.7	Wymmer's name has been floated around in nearly every conversation
1:17.8	about who might be on the Democratic ticket now that President Biden
1:21.5	has ended his re-election campaign.
1:24.0	Whitmer has expressed that she's not interested in a VP run and that she has no plans to leave Michigan right now.
1:31.0	But that hasn't stopped the speculation. And if you know us at the skim, you know that we are
1:36.4	committed to empowering our audience to be informed and active voters. So in this episode, we're going to talk to Governor Whitmer about her political
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