Why Nonvoters Choose to Opt Out
In advance of yesterday’s primaries, we saw some electoral anxieties of a slightly new variety: would voters turn out in the face of COVID-19? In the end, over 3.5 million people voted — not an appreciable decline, but then, the virus is still relatively limited here in the US. And even under th ...
Family Feud
A pre-debate news drop from CNN threatened the relative peace between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. On this week’s On the Media, why the feud is more distracting than illuminating. Plus, why paying close attention to political news is no substitute for civic participation. And, the origin ...
How to Make Things Better
Today we complete our trio of episodes in collaboration with iCivics, where we explore why people of myriad groups are having a tough time, civics-wise. In this episode, we tell you how to eradicate your cynicism and make a difference.
First, we share Jill Lepore's presentation on conventions ...
Connecting to Place as a Way to Build Community and Fight Climate Change
Continuing the theme of the previous interviews with Dr. Thea Riofrancos and Dr. Mijin Cha about the ethical concerns that come with trying to transition away from fossil fuels and to a clean energy system, in this episode I spoke with Dr. Matt Biggar about how he thinks we can move in that dire ...
Passion Isn't Enough
Many Americans feel an obligation to keep up with political news. But maybe we should be focusing our energies elsewhere. In this episode from 2020, political scientist Eitan Hersh says there's been a rise in "political hobbyism" in the United States. We treat politics like entertainment, follow ...
Passion Isn't Enough
Many Americans feel an obligation to keep up with political news. But maybe we should be focusing our energies elsewhere. Political scientist Eitan Hersh says there's been a rise in "political hobbyism" in the United States. We treat politics like entertainment, following the latest updates like ...
Politics Is for Power, by Eitan Hersh
To get a decision-maker's attention when it counts, you should be securing, and organizing votes.
Why This Book Matters
In 2018, Eitan Hersh surveyed Americans and found that a third of them spend two hours or more a day on politics, and that four out of five of those people spend none of that t ...
TMIQ Today: Political Hobbyism
Today: Many people practice "political hobbyism": obsessively following political news and offering hot takes, while doing little constructive work, because the personal stakes feel low. Let's redirect that energy towards doing the actual, proven, boring local organizing necessary to build polit ...
TMIQ Today: Political Hobbyism, Part 2
Today: What does it mean to be *Actually* Pro Life? If political power comes from consistently meeting people's basic needs, and if being pro-life means, as Abdul EL-Sayed said, covering everyone's healthcare, then maybe we should go ahead and do that.
What Can You Do:
Call your reps a ...
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