When we heard that our Premier Partners at the NBA were clearing their game schedule on Election Day encourage folks to get out and vote, we KNEW we had to bring them on the pod to hear all about it. Luckily National Voter Registration Day's resident basketball fan and Miami Heat super fan Danny Navrrao was on hand to sit down with Michael McCullough, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for the Miami Heat. Covering everything from the NBA's historic role in civic engagement to the best place in Miami to grab a bite, this is an interview you don't want to miss! 

PLUS: Danny's Colombia travel tips, the virtues of all things pumpkin spice, and a love letter to Hot Pockets.

Have questions or comments for the pod? Email us at podcast@nationalvoterregistrationday.org. For the latest updates on the holiday and the rest of the democracy work we do throughout the other 364 days of the year, you can sign up for updates at NationalVoterRegistrationDay.org

Follow National Voter Registration Day on Twitter (@NatlVoterRegDay), Instagram(@natlvoterregday), and Facebook. And don't forget to check out our Official National Voter Registration Day Store on Bonfire.

EPISODE NOTES:

Celele by Proyecto Caribe Lab

When To Share Your Netflix, Hulu, Disney+ Passwords (And When You Can’t)

Pumpkin spice won. It’s time to accept it and move on

Become a poll worker with Power the Polls

To encourage fans to vote, the NBA won't hold games on Election Day

BallotReady

2006 NBA Finals

HEAT RE-SIGN UDONIS HASLEM

Blackbrick Chinese & Dim Sum

Hot Pocket Releases the New Deliwich

2012: Chris Nolan's "The Dark Knight" redefined the gritty superhero genre, a little book called "50 Shades of Grey" was making the nation hot and bothered from coast to coast, a new bop from South Korea called "Gangnam Style" was taking the world by storm, AND a certain civic holiday called National Voter Registration Day was born. As we prepare to celebrate the 10th anniversary of that inaugural celebration of democracy this September 20th, we look back on the story of how it all began with Matt Singer, partner with Impactual and one of the founding minds behind National Voter Registration Day. Together we hop into the time machine to learn what it was like to plan that very first National Voter Registration Day, look back on all that's happened to the holiday since 2012, and talk about our hopes for a #VoteReady future.

PLUS: Vacation planning in the era of crazy travel circumstances, how much summer is TOO MUCH summer, and what is your cat's favorite herb and why is it basil?

Have questions or comments for the pod? Email us at podcast@nationalvoterregistrationday.org. For the latest updates on the holiday and the rest of the democracy work we do throughout the other 364 days of the year, you can sign up for updates at NationalVoterRegistrationDay.org

Follow National Voter Registration Day on Twitter (@NatlVoterRegDay), Instagram(@natlvoterregday), and Facebook. And don't forget to check out our Official National Voter Registration Day Store on Bonfire.

EPISODE NOTES:

These airports are the world's worst for delays and cancellations this summer

America Has Never Been So Desperate for Tomato Season (from 2019)

Impactual

Reasons for Not Voting (2010 Census)

Stars Support National Voter Registration Day (from 2012)

Michelle Obama's 2012 Tweet supporting National Voter Registration Day

Online Voter Registration

The Racist History of Voter Registration (from 2020)

Civic Holidays 

17 Reasons Why You Should Use an iPod touch in 2022

Everybody is a little nerdy about something and for us here at National Voter Registration Day our thing is and always will be (of course) voting!

Being democracy nerds, we naturally gravitate to other nerds of every stripe, including our longtime premier partners at Nerds Vote, a California-based nonprofit organization helmed by some very nerdy voice and screen actors who want to bring the good news of voter registration to comic cons and nerdoms across the country. This month, we sit down with Nerds Vote co-founders JP Karliak and Courtenay Taylor about how they're celebrating democracy in truly nerdy fashion.

PLUS: Is Nicholas Cage related to one of our hosts? Is x-ray vision an inherently skeevy superpower? And how YOU can join the 2022 National Voter Registration Day team! 

Have questions or comments for the pod? Email us at podcast@nationalvoterregistrationday.org. For the latest updates on the holiday and the rest of the democracy work we do throughout the other 364 days of the year, you can sign up for updates at NationalVoterRegistrationDay.org

Follow National Voter Registration Day on Twitter (@NatlVoterRegDay), Instagram(@natlvoterregday), and Facebook.

EPISODE NOTES:

8 Forgotten Capitals of the United States

2022 National Voter Registration Day Community Partner Sign-up

Miami Grand Prix's Fake Marina Was Good, Actually

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)

Nerds Vote

JP Karliak IMDB

Courtenay Taylor IMDB

Jennifer Hale IMDB

Dragon Con

Critical Role

Gamergate 

Steve Blum IMDB 

AVOX 2022