E19: Michelle Tandler on how to fix San Francisco

San Francisco advocate Michelle Tandler (@michelletandler on Twitter) joins Erik and Dan to discuss how Twitter has impacted her life, the state of SF politics, and how she would address the homeless crisis in San Francisco. This episode is a great companion to Episode 17 with Mike Solana, another passionate advocate for fixing the city of San Francisco. Michelle is a founder and writes a newsletter at notesfromthefront.substack.com.

Also, check out the debut of Erik's long-form interview podcast Upstream. He most recently interviewed Joe Lonsdale and David Sacks. Subscribe here:

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REFERENCES: 

Sam Quinones' book - Dream Land: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic

https://www.amazon.com/Dreamland-True-Americas-Opiate-Epidemic-ebook/dp/B00U19DTS0

Sam Quinones' book - The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth

https://www.amazon.com/Least-Us-Tales-America-Fentanyl-ebook/dp/B0932RRNVL/

Matt Taibbi’s book - Hate Inc.

https://www.amazon.com/Hate-Inc-Todays-Despise-Another/dp/1682194078/

TIMESTAMPS:

San Francisco advocate Michelle Tandler (@michelletandler on Twitter) joins Erik and Dan to discuss how Twitter has impacted her life, the state of SF politics, and how she would address the homeless crisis in San Francisco. This episode is a great companion to Episode 17 with Mike Solana, another passionate advocate for fixing the city of San Francisco. Michelle is a founder and writes a newsletter at notesfromthefront.substack.com.

Also, check out the debut of Erik's long-form interview podcast Upstream. He most recently interviewed Joe Lonsdale and David Sacks. Subscribe here:  @UpstreamwithErikTorenberg 

REFERENCES:

Sam Quinones' book - Dream Land: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic

(https://www.amazon.com/Dreamland-True-Americas-Opiate-Epidemic-ebook/dp/B00U19DTS0)

Sam Quinones' book - The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth

(https://www.amazon.com/Least-Us-Tales-America-Fentanyl-ebook/dp/B0932RRNVL/)

Matt Taibbi’s book - Hate Inc.

(https://www.amazon.com/Hate-Inc-Todays-Despise-Another/dp/1682194078/)

TIMESTAMPS:

(0:00) Episode preview

(03:45) Michelle’s friend group

(10:00) Twitter shapes the real world

(13:00) Trump derangement syndrome

(15:00) Sponsors: Secureframe | MarketerHire

(17:00) Reading the news

(21:00) The war on drugs

(37:30) How to fix SF

(49:00) History of media polarization

(58:00) Michelle’s three point plan if she were mayor

(1:14:00) Should Michelle run for office?

(1:20:00 )Twitter reshaping politics

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