In Ellected's second episode, host Sarah Elder-Chamanara speaks with Mercedes Stephenson, host of Global TV's political news show West Block.

Mercedes and Sarah discuss being an intern at the Pentagon in a post-9/11 world, the role of women in Canada's military, being embedded in Niger and reporting from Afghanistan, women in journalism and the need for increased diversity in the ranks of those asking the questions, how COVID-19 has made it harder to interact with politicians and sexual assault in Canada's military.