Final episode of the voting series and it’s a banger. Jerremy Alexander Newsome and Dave Conley go full send on gerrymandering’s death grip (87% of seats pre-rigged), why turnout is trash, and the fixes they’ve flipped on hard—like ranked-choice voting and national voting holidays. Zero cope, total rage, and a hard look at whether trust in this mess can ever come back. If you only listen to one voting ep, make it the one where they stop holding back.

Timestamps:

• (00:00) Voting Wrap-Up
• (01:04) Introduction and Kickoff – setting the stage
• (01:54) Initial Thoughts on Voting – why it feels pointless
• (03:46) Challenges and Solutions – first cracks at fixes
• (06:15) National Voting Holiday – make Election Day a paid day off?
• (08:12) Voter ID Debate – security vs suppression
• (15:05) Gerrymandering Deep Dive – how districts get drawn to kill competition
• (18:14) Reflections on Reform – Jerremy and Dave shift stances live
• (24:29) Why People Sit Out – apathy, distrust, exhaustion
• (27:47) Every Vote Actually Matters – the math that flips seats
• (28:31) Electoral College Roast – defend or burn it down?
• (31:09) Making Voting Easier & Fun – wild ideas that could work
• (36:59) Housing Affordability Tie-In – how rigged districts block fixes
• (42:56) Civic Education Crisis – we stopped teaching this stuff
• (48:22) Next Up: Guns – teaser for the bloodbath episode