Amanda Litman
From It's Open with Ilana Glazer by It's Open Podcast
April 9, 2026 · 31 min · Episode 21
About this episode
Ilana Glazer interviews Amanda Litman, co-founder of RUN FOR SOMETHING, discussing her work in training young political candidates.
This week on It’s Open, meet Amanda Litman, the co-founder and president of RUN FOR SOMETHING, a progressive political organization serving as the largest public office candidate training pipeline in U.S. politics. Since 2016, Amanda’s organization has helped to elect over 1,650 Millennials and Gen Z to state and local office across 49 states and have signed up LITERALLY 250,000 PEOPLE to run for office! Amanda is also the author of When We’re in Charge, an award-winning leadership guide for ...
People in this episode
Host: Ilana Glazer
Guest: Amanda Litman
Topics covered
- politics
- progressive organizations
- Millennials
- Gen Z
- leadership
Keywords
- Amanda Litman
- RUN FOR SOMETHING
- political training
- Millennials
- Gen Z
- leadership guide
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: RUN FOR SOMETHING
Books & works: When We’re in Charge
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