Back in 2023, I did an episode on Postcards to Voters, an organization that writes to registered Democratic voters to boost turnout and win elections. Now, I interview the founder of Postcards to Voters, Tony the Democrat, to catch us up on what Postcards to Voters is working on and how to get involved. Action is the antidote to despair and who couldn’t use a little hope right now?

To volunteer, email join@tonythedemocrat.org

Website: https://postcardstovoters.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TonyTheDemocrat.org/

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tovoters.bsky.social

In today's episode, I interview Joshua Barousse, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the nonprofit news outlet San Jose Spotlight. We discuss the importance of local, independent journalism.

Looking for your local nonprofit newspaper? Check out the Institute for Nonprofit News to find yours.

I review the excellent, Oscar-nominated film Ainda Estou Aqui (I'm Still Here) about Brazil's military dictatorship and what it says about the current regime in the US.

Continuing on the theme of navigating modern times and the importance of our closest relationships, particularly friendship, I share a piece I wrote recently:Playing Capoeira in Beirut.

I did not buy this book to get through the current moment, but it is helping me get through the current moment. A beautiful story of how to live through dictatorship, particularly about the role of friendship. “The question, arguably the most important question of all, is how to escape the demands of unreasonable men.”

My Friends by Hisham Matar

*sorry if you can hear a faint noise in the background of the recording - I had my heater on!

We're a week away from the inauguration, and I keep thinking about my recent visit to the Equal Justice Initiative's Legacy Sites in Montgomery, Alabama. That visit made it all make sense.

I'm back. In the era of billionaire bros, voting with our dollars has taken on great importance. I share some thoughts on how to do that and why there is reason for hope as we go through this Gilded Age reboot.

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Muckraking journalism by Judd Legum

We are a few days away from the end of voting in the United States, and many are facing long lines to vote. Pizza to the Polls is here to help, by sending pizza to voters facing long lines.

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