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Betsy Hodges
@betsyhodges.bsky.social
Former mayor of Minneapolis, MN

Current writer|advisor|consultant|speaker

www.betsyhodges.com
representation: [email protected]

Always up for Springsteen, Star Wars, Swift, Die Hard, dogs, cats, and good news.
Funny you should say that—DHWAV is my Chester A Arthur origin story, as well, and now I have a whole podcast about this show through a Chet lens with my pal @thematterickson.bsky.social!
If your favorite obscure president has been Chester A. Arthur since the Chester A. Arthur Middle School Incident of 1997… and then Netflix drops Death by Lightning, what do you do?

Obviously, you start a podcast.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Chet by Lightning
TV Reviews Podcast · Series · Assemble your pants and check out the world's pre-eminent Chester Arthur podcast, in which Betsy and Matt recap Netflix's
podcasts.apple.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

If anyone knows Nick Offerman, please ask him to listen to any part of any episode. Thank you.
Chet Arthur, kicker of butts
Podcast Episode · Chet by Lightning · S1 E2 · 38m
podcasts.apple.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
🎙️ Chet by Lightning — two Arthur nerds (@thematterickson and me) recapping Death by Lightning through a 21st-president lens.

Ep 1 is out now wherever you get podcasts
November 12, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Reposted by Betsy Hodges
Fortunately, as researcher @betsyhodges.bsky.social points out, "The solution to the problem is good for all mayors... Our democracy depends on making sure we have access to women's genius."

🔗Read the report to learn the barriers women mayors are up against and how to address them: bit.ly/WMN-25
How America's female mayors lead in face of adversity
Former Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges joined "The Final 5" to discuss a new study from the Women Mayors Network showing women mayors face substantially more harassment than their male counterparts. Fr...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Goal: At least 11 listeners.

Dream listener: Nick Offerman. ⚡️
November 12, 2025 at 12:27 AM
🎙️ Chet by Lightning — two Arthur nerds (@thematterickson.bsky.social and me) recapping Death by Lightning through a 21st-president lens.

Ep 1 is out now wherever you get podcasts. And YouTube.
November 12, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Please pardon the typos—I forgot my reading glasses in the car.
November 7, 2025 at 12:56 AM
*fund
November 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Full disclosure, I was one of the researchers.
November 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Also: this data is about women mayors, mostly, but men mayors of color also faced steeper climbs and larger barriers. Donors are less likely to find for all the reasons you say, and race and gender magnify the problem: mayorsinnovation.org/under-pressu...
Under Pressure: How the Unique Challenges Faced by Women Mayors Undermine Democratic Governance
Over the course of our 20 year history as an organization, we’ve heard countless stories from women mayors that inspired us to study and document the challenges and systemic barriers that mayors face ...
mayorsinnovation.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I used to agree with you. It seems impossible until we remember that we’ve elected Donald Trump twice. The WMDs seem quaint in comparison to >long list of Trump convictions and court losses and lies<
you.it
November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
If you work in media, business, or government: challenge norms that treat support for women—especially women of color—as “extras.” That’s how we widen the road behind us.

#racialequity #genderequity #womenmayors #democracy
November 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM