In today's episode, we interview Evan Gelfand.



Evan’s LinkedIn (  / evangelfand  )



Super F**king Simple event page (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/super-fk...)



This election's proposition guide (https://docs.google.com/presentation/...)



Evan Gelfand is the founder of Super F**king Simple, an organization that simplifies civic engagement by hosting events to discuss contentious topics. 



He started it in 2018 as a nonpartisan way for voters to make sense of city and statewide ballots. On October 25th, they had their Super F*cking Simple ballot event at Manny's, a community and learning cafe in the Mission in San Francisco.



In addition to building Super F**king Simple, Evan is the Head of Experience at Mystery, an employee engagement platform that builds connection through curated virtual experiences. Previously, he was a Chief of Staff within YouTube.



On this episode we talk about:




• How ballot propositions work


• Why voting on ballot propositions is important


• The only way to change the outcome of a proposition


• Simplifying complex and contentious propositions


• The challenge with ballot guides


• What Evan learned over the last four years of organizing the event


• The importance of non-partisan conversations


• How Super F**king Simple could be used as a safe place to discuss other contentious topics like climate change


• How influencers are leveraged to encourage people to vote


• Understanding financial incentives behind politics


• Evan’s favorite books and other quick-fire questions




Links & resources discussed on the pod



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