Dr. Annie Andrews has an incredibly unqiue political story...a pediatrician turned House candidate turned founder of the new organization Their Future, Our Vote. In this conversation, she demystifies what it takes to become a practicing medical doctor, mines her background studying gun violence, talks her jump to become a candidate for Congress in 2022, what it's like to run for House as a first-time candidate, & the decision that led her to start a new advocacy group focusing on a "kids first agenda".
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IN THIS EPISODE
What drew Annie toward the field of medicine from an early age…
What goes into becoming a medical doctor…
The historic Republican inclinations of the medical community…
Why there is a temptation for doctors to be apolitical…
Two of the political figures she most identifies with…
Her background researching gun violence and what she knows on the topic that most might not…
Annie on the challenge of child hunger…
What led her to jump into the SC-01 congressional race in 2022…
What surprised her about running for Congress…
How she overcame her aversion to “small talk” as a candidate…
How her medical background made her a different type of political candidate…
Some of the “conventional wisdom” advice she ignored…
The groups that did the most to help her campaign…
The origin story of her new organization, Their Future Our Vote…
What is the day-to-day role as a founder of a new advocacy organization…
Annie’s most unconventional work habit…
AND 314 Action, Cory Booker, Joe Cunningham, daily trauma, Dollar General, doomscrolling, Everytown, food deserts, giant binders, Renee Harvey, Instacart, internet trolls, lovely notifications, the MCAT, Nancy Mace, moderate white suburban women, Moms Demand Action, Barack Obama, organic chemistry, Parkland, Tim Scott, Liuba Grechen Shirley, sticky notes, subtexts, sugared beverages, Vote Mama, Elizabeth Warren, weirdo rates, western Kentucky & more!