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The Long Game

Dean Phillips, a rising star in Congress, thinks America is on the cusp of embracing ranked-choice voting

May 18, 2021

I didn't plan for this episode to be about ranked-choice voting, but when I raised the topic, I was surprised at the degree to which Congressman Dean Phillips, a Democrat from Minnesota, was really gung-ho about this reform.


I've done several episodes on ranked-choice voting before, but to sum it up if you're new to...


Curtis Chang Is Responding to Vaccine Hesitancy With Respect

May 12, 2021

Curtis is a former pastor who is now a consulting professor at Duke Divinity School and a senior fellow at Fuller Theological Seminary. And he's done a great job of putting together a wealth of resources that present facts and data, answers to the questions poeple are asking, and presenting it in a way that is...


Michael Slaby on Trump & Facebook and the Bigger Problem of Reforming the Internet

May 5, 2021

One of the dominant themes of the last several years, and especially the last year, is the loss of shared truth, a sense in the country that it's increasingly difficult to talk to one another when we disagree. Because increasingly, it seems like people don't know what is true and what is false, and then public debate...