Jon Slavet

Well, first time I ever thought I'd get into politics, really seriously decided to run a few months ago.

I've been interested in politics.

I've been a student of politics.

I've been a bit of a political and news junkie for a long, long time.

I started my career actually in media.

I came to California.

Right.

Sorry.

Well, it was.

I didn't work for CNET, but I worked for a company that joint ventured with them.

So you got it.

You got it partially right.

I worked for the founder of the entertainment, a guy named Yara Mon used to be Lee Masters.

He was the former CEO of NPR before the current CEO.

So I came out to California to work for the founders of Wired Magazine in 1995 prior to the Internet actually being a thing.

But so interested in politics, interested in media for a long, long time.

But I'd say that becoming a civic.

entrepreneur which i've done the last year with my own podcast right really gave me access to people uh in the state republicans democrats independents activists i mean i've had journalists like you on my podcast too alex michelson yeah that really got me underneath the issues out in the state traveling the state every week and talking about what ails the state and my passion initially was to

create a forum to have serious conversations about problem solution in California.

I'd say it was death by a thousand cuts to decide to run because it's a fraught time to actually run for something.