Why does talking to - and listening to - people matter?

The long-overdue second installment of "If I Did It" - a rumination on research methods built to understand, and to act.

Dec 18 • Farrah Bostic

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If I Did It**

A few initial thoughts about how a branding agency would approach rebranding the Democrats

Dec 2 • Farrah Bostic

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November 2025

Over before it began

The importance of fighting for real victories, and moral ones too. And a bit about Clausewitz, because I took Law of War in law school. So there.

Nov 13 • Farrah Bostic

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Always-on Brands

You can't build a brand in 107 days. You shouldn't run a campaign once every 2 years. But also: you don't need to run weekly brand trackers.

Nov 7 • Farrah Bostic

"when the city they love finally loves them back"

Brands are vehicles for emotions. You can't build those vehicles with surveys.

Nov 6 • Farrah Bostic

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September 2025

Weekend Reading Live with Farrah Bostic

A conversation with Mike Podhorzer about <waves hands> all this.

Sep 17 • Farrah Bostic and Michael Podhorzer

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58:24

August 2025

People Like Me

A democracy indicator, as good as any other.

Aug 14 • Farrah Bostic

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July 2025

Representative Democracy is an Interface

Some reflections on my conversation with G. Elliott Morris, all while reading a book literally called Oligarchy.

Jul 28 • Farrah Bostic

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June 2025

Political Market Making

The key to matching voters with ideas is mobilization

Jun 27 • Farrah Bostic

Say What You're For

My conversation with Anat Shenker-Osorio

Jun 26 • Farrah Bostic

Gatekeepers v. Barbarians

A second attempt at last week's post about "being a Democrat"

Jun 23 • Farrah Bostic

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You are not a Democrat.

And neither am I.

Jun 20 • Farrah Bostic

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