10,000 Front Doors
10,000 Front Doors
Brian Reynolds
I ran for Congress as an independent. I knocked on 10,000 front doors and talked to anybody who answered regardless of party. Now I'm telling the stories of those conversations. This is what voters worried about, what didn't matter, and the surprising places where we found a civil agreement on hot-button issues that you hear on the news every day.
Getting on the Ballot
Step 1 of running for Congress: get on the ballot. Should be easy right? Wrong.  Not only that but you need to tell your family.  My family wasn't thrilled. 10,000 Front Doors Copyright 2020 Brian Reynolds "Principles in Action" Copyright 2019 David Hilowitz, provided by a license from the Free Music Archive. 10,000 Front Doors, his memoir about walking neighborhoods and asking for votes while running for Congress in 2018.
Dec 14, 2020
14 min
"2A" (part 5 of 5)
This episode continues the conclusion of the conversation with Paul about guns.  We talk about what a "bump stock" is, why it's a problem, and hint at the challenge of passing a law about guns in America. 10,000 Front Doors Copyright 2020 Brian Reynolds "Principles in Action" Copyright 2019 David Hilowitz, provided by a license from the Free Music Archive. 10,000 Front Doors, his memoir about walking neighborhoods and asking for votes while running for Congress in 2018.
Dec 10, 2020
13 min
"2A" part4
Join Brian Reynolds as he continues the audiobook for 10,000 Front Doors, his memoir about running for Congress in 2018. This episode continues the conversation with Paul about guns in America. -High capacity magazines -The need for gun owners to take a bigger role in reform of our laws -The reality that our problem with guns isn't just one problem Copyright 2020 Brian Reynolds. "Principles in Action" Copyright 2019 David Hilowitz, provided by a license from the Free Music Archive.
Dec 7, 2020
13 min
"2A" (part 3)
This Episode: The gun conversation continues as I talk to Paul, a gun rights advocate, about why so many Americans kill one another and where the solutions to that problem lies. 10000 Front Doors is a podcast about the people I talked to when I ran for Congress as an independent in a district where 52% of the voters register independent. 10000 Front Doors Copyright 2020 Brian Reynolds "Principles in Action" Copyright 2019 David Hilowitz, provided by a license from the Free Music Archive.
Dec 3, 2020
12 min
Ep11: "2A" part 2
GUNS. (part2) I start my conversation with Paul, who told me right away that 2A (the second amendment) was a critical issue for him.  Music for 10,000 Front Doors is by David Hilowitz and is provided under a license from the Free Music Archive.
Nov 30, 2020
11 min
Happy Thanksgiving!
I just listened to the next episode and I don't want to send it out on Thanksgiving.  Instead, let me tell you how thankful I am for you, listener. 10,000 Front Doors Copyright 2020, Music is Principles in Action, Copyright 2019, David Hilowitz.  Provided through a license with the Free Music Archive.
Nov 26, 2020
1 min
Ep10: "2A" part 1
GUNS. My campaign started less than three months after the attack on Stoneman Douglas High School.  It was a white hot issue that I knew I'd be forced to wrestle with.  Sadly, I knew that a lot of people were not going to want anything more that a ten word answer on the subject, and if any topic deserves more than ten words it's this one. Music for 10,000 Front Doors is by David Hilowitz and is provided under a license from the Free Music Archive.
Nov 23, 2020
13 min
Ep9: The Unreasonable and the Unreasoning (part5)
The end of my arc about the people I have the hardest time communicating with and how that impacted my campaign. Music fro 10,000 Front Doors is by David Hilowitz and is provided under a license from the Free Music Archive.
Nov 19, 2020
12 min
Ep8: The Unreasonable and the Unreasoning (part4)
I've talked about liking unreasonable people.  Now we move to the unreasoning.  They are my kryptonite.  This episode gets into my experience with a conspiracy theorist and then turns to my painful separation from the catholic church. Music fro 10,000 Front Doors is by David Hilowitz and is provided under a license from the Free Music Archive.
Nov 16, 2020
10 min
Episode 7: The Unreasonable and the Unreasoning (part3)
Being able to have a productive argument is a skill you have to learn.  I learned it through thousands of hours of happy confrontation with these two men. Tweet at me! @BrianofNJ Music for the 10,000 Front Doors podcast is "Principles in Action" by David Hilowitz.  You can find him at http://davidhilowitz.com/
Nov 13, 2020
10 min
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