PODCAST · kids

Electoral Elementary

by Jessica Marshall

Electoral Elementary is a podcast that teaches US civics through storytelling and song. This short six-episode podcast series follows a sometimes meddlesome 10-year-old named Gloria Martinez as she tries to fix a glaring problem at her elementary school -- they currently lack a properly protected crosswalk. After realizing the only way to bring about real world change is to take democracy into her own hands, Gloria decides to make a run for student body president. To accompany her on her legislative voyage, the soon-to-be candidate’s civic gurus are a politically -cartooned elephant and donkey who emerge from her textbook. These hammy characters turn stale statecraft into dazzling song and dance as they explore the ins and outs of public policy. The journey will follow Gloria through a 5th-grade primary, a general school-wide election, setting up a trustworthy administration, trying to pass new rules and programs, and a few bureaucratic hiccups along the way.