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The Choice That Changes Everything
I sat down with Dr. Khalid Mumin — Superintendent of Reading Public Schools, former Pennsylvania Secretary of Education under Governor Josh Shapiro.
May 7 • Mary Noone
Your Tax Dollars Are Funding a Second School System
The winning message: accountability + property tax relief + teacher pay raises
Apr 1 • Mary Noone
Unfiltered: The Lawyer Who Showed Up When No One Else Would
Why Running in Every District Matters
Mar 12 • Mary Noone
Culture Eats Strategy: 5 Digital Truths That Will Increase Voter Turnout in 2026
Welcome to The Democratic Dilemma where we stop debating what needs to change and start building how to win.
Mar 5 • Mary Noone
Stop Running To the Middle And Start Framing
It's about the people.
Dec 19, 2025 • Mary Noone and Antonia Scatton
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Stop Running To the Middle And Start Framing
Dec 19, 2025 • Mary Noone and Antonia Scatton
Culture Eats Strategy For Breakfast
Nov 5, 2025 • Mary Noone and Gina Clementi, Goodstory
Why Voter Turnout is the Real Victory
Apr 9, 2025 • Mary Noone
Part One: Data Driven Voter Registration with Civitech
Mar 20, 2025 • Mary Noone

Podcast The Democratic Dilemma

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The Indiana Voting Challenge – Why We Can't Wait
Fixing Indiana's Turnout Crisis: Why Registration is the Foundation and How Local Organizers Can Build It
Feb 11 • Mary Noone
A Powerful Introduction on the Implosion of Data Centers Across Indiana
Can you balance economic development and advancements in technology?
Feb 10 • Mary Noone
Announcing Our First Power Hour:
🎙️The Culture War Over Our Kids
Jan 22 • Mary Noone
Gen Z Isn’t Waiting - They’re Building the Future. And They’re Tired of Being an Afterthought.”
Alex Young, 22, Notre Dame senior and veteran of Kentucky’s fight to ban school paddling, drops truth bombs on why Democrats are failing young voters …
Jan 14 • Mary Noone
How to Raise $1,000 Without Spamming Your Base
Only 1% of all Americans gave $200 or more to political causes in the 2024 cycle, and just 0.5% did in 2022.
Jan 7 • Mary Noone and Haley Bash

Inside the Democratic Party

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This Isn’t About Fair Maps — It’s About Power
Indiana Redistricting Hearing Exposes The Truth
Dec 3, 2025 • Mary Noone
Culture Eats Strategy For Breakfast
Culture within an organization is more powerful than any strategy, and if culture and strategy are not aligned, the mission fails.
Nov 5, 2025 • Mary Noone and Gina Clementi, Goodstory
UPDATE: Indiana Holding the Line? What You Can Do!
A recording from Mary Noone and David Pepper's live video
Oct 28, 2025 • Mary Noone and David Pepper
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TRUMP'S MAGA REGIME - UPDATES 10/28 am
The Grand Old Party is Dead
Oct 27, 2025 • Mary Noone
"True Compass" ~ Leadership
My final thoughts and learnings from "The Lion of the Senate"
Aug 20, 2025 • Mary Noone

Voter Apathy & Solutions

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The Real Enemy Isn't Red Districts. It's Empty Ballots.
Welcome to The Democratic Dilemma where we stop debating what needs to change and start building how to win.
Apr 9 • Mary Noone
How to Turn Young Voter Energy Into Votes
Young Adult Hoosiers Care --> But Don’t Vote
Feb 18 • Mary Noone
We Don’t Fight Just in Swing States
We Fight Everywhere.
Nov 24, 2025 • Mary Noone
Local Elections Matter
Can we have responsible technological advancements?
Sep 25, 2025 • Mary Noone
“Call Her Daddy" Alex Cooper Nails How to communicate with her audience about abortion
What can we learn? It’s about emotional impact - It' about telling your story so others can relate!
Sep 5, 2025 • Mary Noone

Political Tech Tools

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Outdated Organizing Models
Culture eats strategy for breakfast.
Mar 26 • Mary Noone
The Indiana Voting Challenge – Why We Can't Wait
Fixing Indiana's Turnout Crisis: Why Registration is the Foundation and How Local Organizers Can Build It
Feb 11 • Mary Noone
The AI That Works for Us
A Conversation with Change Agent's Aram Fischer
Feb 4 • Mary Noone
This Isn’t About Fair Maps — It’s About Power
Indiana Redistricting Hearing Exposes The Truth
Dec 3, 2025 • Mary Noone
Part Two: Data Driven Voter Registration with Civitech
We use data to drive voter turnout - why are we not using data regularly to register more democrats?
Aug 26, 2025 • Mary Noone

Elected Officials Fighting for Change

Local Government Power & Community Impact
The Budget Bill That's Reshaping Indiana Local Government
Feb 25 • Mary Noone
We Don’t Fight Just in Swing States — We Fight for Each Other
Because the GOP Controlled Statehouse is Letting Hoosiers Down. And We’re the Only Ones Who Can Fix It
Nov 26, 2025 • Mary Noone
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