How You Can Advocate for Small Businesses & The Heist

Podcast Therapy

Shawn Phetteplace joins Podcast Therapy to talk about his work with Main Street Alliance (MSA) and how they lobby for small businesses. This national organization which was started in 2008 prioritizes the care economy, tax fairness, capital access, anti-monopoly and healthcare. Locally, the MSA Wisconsin chapter advocates for healthcare, paid leave, and repealing the personal property tax. We talk politics, generational wealth, red-lining, structural racism, discrimination toward BIPOC-owned businesses, lack of access to capital, market trends and Conan O’Brien! Thank goodness a break from all the serious talk! (And a quick shout out to the Attitudes podcast and the Asian Not Asian podcast!) More about MSA: https://mainstreetalliance.org/vision (https://mainstreetalliance.org/vision) Here are Shawn’s favorite podcasts: The Heist: https://publicintegrity.org/inequality-poverty-opportunity/the-heist/theheist-season2/ (https://publicintegrity.org/inequality-poverty-opportunity/the-heist/theheist-season2/) Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend: https://teamcoco.com/podcasts/conan-obrien-needs-a-friend (https://teamcoco.com/podcasts/conan-obrien-needs-a-friend) Marketplace: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/381444600/marketplace (https://www.npr.org/podcasts/381444600/marketplace) And this bonus video of Asian American Changemakers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPOf1yd3gXY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPOf1yd3gXY) HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT PODCAST THERAPY: You can buy me a coffee so I can keep this show going! Click on the link below to learn more! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/suzannewittman (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/suzannewittman) Or if you have questions, would potentially like to be on the show, you can DM me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/suzanne.wittman (https://instagram.com/suzanne.wittman)