Introducing “The Speaker: How Nancy Pelosi Changed the Face of Power”

About this episode

Before her historic Speakership, even before she got to the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi worked for years outside the spotlight as an official in the California Democratic party while she raised her family in San Francisco. That was until 1987, when tragic circumstances led her to do something she hadn’t considered before: run for Congress. Her first hurdle? A city in crisis and a motivated opponent from a community impacted by a deadly epidemic. • Dig Deeper at kqed.org/podcasts/thespeaker • Donate today at Revealnews.org/more • Subscribe to our weekly newsletter at Revealnews.org/weekly • Follow us on Instagram and Bluesky Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices