# Elect More Hackers: Tech Skills for Real-World Change

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Podcast: [DISCARDED: Tales From the Threat Research Trenches](https://stenobird.com/podcast/discarded-tales-from-the-threat-research-trenches-5154469)
Published: 2025-11-04T20:00:00+00:00
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Send us fan mail! Hello to all our Cyber Squirrels! Can hackers make great public servants? Host Selena Larson, and co-guest hosts, Sarah Sabotka and Tim Kromphardt sit down with Andrew Brandt, Founder and Executive Director of Elect More Hackers — a nonprofit on a mission to get more cybersecurity and tech-minded thinkers into elected office. Together, they explore how hackers and technologists can bring their problem-solving mindset into civic life — from teaching digital safety at lo...

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