On the Edge with Erin Petrey (D) 6th District KY Congressional candidate

Welcome to On the Edge, hosted and produced by Whitney McKnight in Berea, Kentucky.On this episode, Whitney speaks with Kentucky 6th Congressional District candidate, Erin Petrey, a progressive Democrat, originally from Lawrenceburg, now living in Lexington. Petrey has worked as a sustainability specialist inside of Amazon Web Services, the operations manager for the Libyan Embassy in Washington, and as a program manager on several capital projects large firm that turns biomass into energy.All these experiences working within systems informs how Petrey analyzes her view of Congress's current performance. In her opinion, there are multiple system failures in Washington, and she believes her experiences can help her fix them. In this episode of the podcast, Petrey and I discuss the impact of billionaires on US policies, including artificial intelligence, the affordability crisis, and how she plans to represent Kentucky's 6th should she be elected. Reporting from The Edge of Appalachia in Berea, Kentucky.