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My fellow Americans, I'm Katie Couric, and this 16 00:01:08,640 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 1: is turnout Volks. The people of this nation have spoken. 17 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 1: They've delivered us a clear victory, a convincing victory. On Saturday, 18 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:26,840 Speaker 1: November seven, after days of County, Pennsylvania finally tipped the 19 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 1: scales for the Biden Harris ticket of victory four, We 20 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:37,400 Speaker 1: the people We've won with the most votes ever cast 21 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 1: from presidential ticket in the history of the nation, seventy 22 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 1: four millions. That night in Wilmington, Delaware, the President elect 23 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:52,880 Speaker 1: and his vice president elect sent out a message of unity. 24 00:01:53,680 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 1: You chose hope and unity, decency, science, and yes truth. 25 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:13,000 Speaker 1: It's time to put away the harsh rhetoric. Laura the temperature, 26 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 1: see each other again, listen to each other again. It 27 00:02:18,080 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 1: was a refreshing moment. It was also historic. But while 28 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 1: I may be the first woman in this office, I 29 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:29,919 Speaker 1: will not be the last. On Sunday, the day after 30 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:33,519 Speaker 1: those speeches, I woke up feeling like my old self again, 31 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:38,359 Speaker 1: just forty, I mean, four years older. Here's the thing 32 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 1: about President Donald Trump. I know him, or at least 33 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 1: I got to know him during my fifteen years on 34 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:51,000 Speaker 1: the Today Shows This Is Today with P. D. Curry. 35 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:54,680 Speaker 1: Part of our job was to promote a reality show 36 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 1: I had never seen, called The Apprentice. Last night, on 37 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:00,919 Speaker 1: The Apprentice, I did the unex acted. I didn't even 38 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:03,919 Speaker 1: give the fiery a chance to fight for her spot. 39 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 1: His success, in fact, was partially our responsibility. The Donald, 40 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:12,680 Speaker 1: as he was known to Manhattan Night's, was very nice 41 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:16,040 Speaker 1: to me. During those years. He supported my colon cancer 42 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:19,440 Speaker 1: efforts after my husband died, and I even attended his 43 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:23,680 Speaker 1: wedding to Milania in two thousand five. In two thousand 44 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:27,239 Speaker 1: and sixteen and the contest between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, 45 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:30,600 Speaker 1: I believed Hillary would have been a far better president, 46 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 1: and I was disappointed and pretty shocked at the results. 47 00:03:35,320 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 1: But Hillary Clinton's gracious concession speech moved me. We have 48 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 1: seen that our nation is more deeply divided than we thought. 49 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 1: But I still believe in America and I always will. 50 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 1: And if you do, then we must accept this result 51 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 1: and then look to the future. Donald Trump is going 52 00:03:57,440 --> 00:04:01,320 Speaker 1: to be our president. We owe him an open mind 53 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 1: and the chance to lead. I tried to keep an 54 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 1: open mind. I prayed that somehow the awesome and humbling 55 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 1: job of leading our country would bring out the best 56 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:17,799 Speaker 1: in Donald Trump, that he would rise to the occasion. 57 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:22,359 Speaker 1: But instead it was the opposite. As Trump's character sank 58 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:26,240 Speaker 1: lower and lower, we Americans were like the proverbial frog 59 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 1: in the water. As that water got hotter and hotter. 60 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:33,800 Speaker 1: Over the course of his presidency, we became slowly accustomed 61 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:38,359 Speaker 1: to his norm breaking outrages, until it reached a roiling 62 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:44,560 Speaker 1: boil I recognized that some people appreciated that Donald Trump 63 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:47,039 Speaker 1: said it like it was, and that he became a 64 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:51,279 Speaker 1: vessel for their fears and frustrations. But every day he 65 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:54,039 Speaker 1: seemed to take his bare hands and rip apart the 66 00:04:54,120 --> 00:04:58,839 Speaker 1: gaping wound that already existed in our country, preventing any 67 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:05,440 Speaker 1: chance of events will healing. The birther who inexplicably promoted 68 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:09,160 Speaker 1: the false notion that Barack Obama was not a US citizen, 69 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:14,160 Speaker 1: gave birth to countless conspiracy theories and the nefarious groups 70 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 1: that trade in them, And he sewed mistrust in our institutions. 71 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:22,760 Speaker 1: A reality star who locked his supporters into an alternate 72 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:27,039 Speaker 1: reality and threw away the key. Donald Trump didn't grow 73 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:31,960 Speaker 1: bigger in the job. He grew smaller. And now it 74 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:35,520 Speaker 1: really is mourning in America. We have a president and 75 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:41,239 Speaker 1: vice president who will conduct themselves with dignity, humility, and decency. 76 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:45,480 Speaker 1: We must restore the soul of America. Our nation is 77 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:50,719 Speaker 1: shaped by the constant battle between our better angels and 78 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:56,160 Speaker 1: our darkest impulstals. Now what presidents say in this battle matters. 79 00:05:56,880 --> 00:06:04,040 Speaker 1: It's time for our better angels revail. They have a 80 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:07,719 Speaker 1: huge task, of course, making millions of Americans who didn't 81 00:06:07,760 --> 00:06:12,159 Speaker 1: support them feel seen, heard, and cared about. They must 82 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 1: help them understand that the changing demographics of our country 83 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:20,360 Speaker 1: isn't something to fear, but to celebrate. And job number 84 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:23,320 Speaker 1: one is to lead the country out of an out 85 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 1: of control pandemic that's leaving families grieving over the lives 86 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:33,680 Speaker 1: and livelihoods lost. I'm an optimist, but I'm not cock eyed. 87 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 1: We may never agree on everything, but I'm looking forward to, 88 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:42,320 Speaker 1: as Joe Biden said, lowering the temperature of our national 89 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:46,839 Speaker 1: thermostat and seeing each other as human beings, not bumper 90 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:50,320 Speaker 1: stickers or lawn signs. Maybe then we can get back 91 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 1: to work and start making progress on some enormous problems 92 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 1: that won't just go away on their own. I wanted 93 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:01,240 Speaker 1: Donald Trump to succeed, and I gave him a chance. 94 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:04,480 Speaker 1: For all those who voted for him, please do the 95 00:07:04,520 --> 00:07:09,520 Speaker 1: same for the incoming administration. So keep an open mind 96 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 1: and maybe, just maybe we can all work together. We're 97 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 1: gonna take a short break when we come back, let's 98 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:25,160 Speaker 1: see how our democracy is doing. Now that the election 99 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:40,280 Speaker 1: is almost in our rear. Freeme mirror, So I present state, 100 00:07:40,320 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 1: whoever foot in Latina, but always keep their cal Hope 101 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:07,920 Speaker 1: is keen in California. From Cavalry Audio comes the new 102 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 1: true crime podcast, The Shadow Girls. Were always wanted to 103 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 1: know what it felt like to kill somebody and started laughing. 104 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:19,480 Speaker 1: Prosecutors described him as a serial killer survant, kicking up 105 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 1: these girls, getting him in a position of vulnerability. When 106 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 1: he got hold of their neck, that was it. I'm 107 00:08:24,960 --> 00:08:29,120 Speaker 1: Caroline Asia, a journalist and lifelong resident at the Pacific Northwest. 108 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 1: I grew up near the banks of the Green River 109 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:34,959 Speaker 1: and in the shadow of the killer that bears its name. 110 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:37,960 Speaker 1: How many times did you bring the camera? One of time? 111 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:42,080 Speaker 1: Just one? He started fantasizing about having sex with his mother, 112 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:46,040 Speaker 1: and he fantasized about killing her. But this podcast isn't 113 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:49,400 Speaker 1: only about tracking down the killer. It's about the victims. 114 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:52,240 Speaker 1: We stayed in the woods. He always liked to call 115 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:56,199 Speaker 1: in the woods all of the kind of strange. You 116 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:59,040 Speaker 1: know how he feels about prostitutes. Listen to The Shadow 117 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 1: Girls on the I Heart Radio app, on Apple Podcasts 118 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:07,840 Speaker 1: or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, it's Chuck Wicks 119 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:10,440 Speaker 1: from Love Country. Talk to Chuck. Where we bring you 120 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 1: what's really happening in the country music family. We also 121 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:15,120 Speaker 1: if you love country. Here's the deal. If you love 122 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 1: country music, you can be on the podcast. So if 123 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 1: you're a fan country music, well, you can call in anytime, like, oh, 124 00:09:20,120 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 1: I want to talk about this. Haul Cogan called in 125 00:09:22,520 --> 00:09:27,199 Speaker 1: season one. He's like Chuck the Lobster. I love your podcast. 126 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:31,320 Speaker 1: I mean Jason al Dean, Jimmy, Allen, Carley, Pierce, Laurena, Lena. 127 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:34,200 Speaker 1: So many huge stars have been on Love Country Talk 128 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 1: to Chuck season two. It's gonna get even better. I'm 129 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:40,560 Speaker 1: gonna have the same big, giant, huge stars. But I 130 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:43,079 Speaker 1: think it's time bring some people in the studio right 131 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:45,920 Speaker 1: off the street. You love country music, fine, come talk 132 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:48,320 Speaker 1: to Chuck. That's how cool we are. I'm just saying it. 133 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:50,320 Speaker 1: I'm saying it out loud. Listen to new episodes of 134 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:52,960 Speaker 1: Love Country Talk to Chuck every Monday and Thursday on 135 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:56,480 Speaker 1: the Nashville Podcast Network, available on the I Heart Radio app, 136 00:09:56,520 --> 00:10:04,320 Speaker 1: Apple podcast, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Now that 137 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:08,760 Speaker 1: this unprecedented pandemic election is technically behind us, we thought 138 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:13,560 Speaker 1: it'd be helpful to get a temperature read on our democracy. 139 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:17,679 Speaker 1: Elections were far better than some of the worst case scenarios. 140 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 1: To do that, we brought back Jesse Littlewood of Common 141 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 1: Cause and it still had some challenges for voters that 142 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:28,400 Speaker 1: we think could be improved because democracy works best when 143 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:31,560 Speaker 1: more people participate, and we think that there's a lot 144 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:34,720 Speaker 1: of reforms in the elections to build on, but democracy 145 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:37,439 Speaker 1: needs to keep pushing forward to have a democracy that 146 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:41,040 Speaker 1: truly works for everyone. During the early voting period and 147 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:44,600 Speaker 1: on election Day, Common Cause was out there and across 148 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:48,920 Speaker 1: the country keeping an eye on democracy at work. So 149 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:51,880 Speaker 1: the Election Protection Coalition that Common Cause is proud to 150 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:54,960 Speaker 1: be one of the leaders of not Only is deployed 151 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:59,200 Speaker 1: people in the field into over forty states helping to 152 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:02,640 Speaker 1: monitor the poll in places. Um you know, many of 153 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:05,680 Speaker 1: our volunteers were in a car or on a bicycle 154 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:07,960 Speaker 1: sort of traveling between a couple of polling places to 155 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:10,320 Speaker 1: make sure that the election was running smoothly. You know, 156 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:12,839 Speaker 1: our partners, the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights under law 157 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:15,920 Speaker 1: Man the eight six six are about hotline which received 158 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:19,360 Speaker 1: you know, a record number of calls, and that's not 159 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:22,080 Speaker 1: necessarily because there was a record number of problems, but 160 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:25,199 Speaker 1: there were people who learned that there was a resource 161 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:28,600 Speaker 1: for them to answer their question, to find out where 162 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:31,000 Speaker 1: they're polling place, was to understand what kind of ID 163 00:11:31,160 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 1: they needed, and they were able to get their questions 164 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:37,840 Speaker 1: answered and actually participate. Now that data is actually really 165 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 1: vital to be able to make a plan to change 166 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:43,920 Speaker 1: any of the problems that did crop up on election day. 167 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:48,120 Speaker 1: So that data, the data that comes from our field volunteers, 168 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:52,080 Speaker 1: the data that we found from our social media monitoring program, 169 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:56,439 Speaker 1: We're going to turn that into uh usable actionable insights 170 00:11:56,520 --> 00:12:01,280 Speaker 1: for state legislatures and other decision makers to see where 171 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:05,079 Speaker 1: there were systemic problems and be able to address those 172 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:09,080 Speaker 1: on their state level. In this country, we administer elections 173 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:11,440 Speaker 1: on a state by state level, sometimes county by county, 174 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:14,560 Speaker 1: and so being able to actually be a source of 175 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:18,680 Speaker 1: information and to help advocate for voters of any party 176 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:21,320 Speaker 1: to participate and get over some of these hurdles is 177 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:25,880 Speaker 1: something we're gonna do. You know. I think one thing 178 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:29,520 Speaker 1: that I found really remarkable was in our social media 179 00:12:29,559 --> 00:12:33,000 Speaker 1: monitoring program. You know, we set that program up to 180 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:37,120 Speaker 1: not only look for the disinformation that is attacking voters, 181 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 1: you know, telling people the wrong ways to vote or 182 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:42,320 Speaker 1: telling them that their vote doesn't count, or trying to 183 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:44,920 Speaker 1: undercut their belief in the integrity of the system. We 184 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 1: also set that system up because we know many voters 185 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:51,040 Speaker 1: don't know the hotline number or don't know who to 186 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:53,560 Speaker 1: call if they have a problem. And we found just 187 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:57,360 Speaker 1: a remarkable number of instances of voters tweeting out that 188 00:12:57,520 --> 00:12:59,440 Speaker 1: they had a problem, that they were told they had 189 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:01,480 Speaker 1: to use a pro national ballot, or that there was 190 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:03,360 Speaker 1: a long line at their polling place, or they couldn't 191 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:05,400 Speaker 1: be found in the voter rules. And we were able 192 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:07,880 Speaker 1: to connect with those voters because we have this network 193 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:11,000 Speaker 1: of volunteers and tell them, Okay, you can actually get 194 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:13,199 Speaker 1: your problem solved. You can call eight six six r 195 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:16,520 Speaker 1: vote Um. If you're being told to use a provisional ballot, 196 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 1: you should talk to the sire vote volunteer or your 197 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:22,480 Speaker 1: administrator and find out why, because maybe you're just in 198 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:24,360 Speaker 1: the wrong polling place and if you go to a 199 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:27,440 Speaker 1: different polling place, you won't have to vote provisionally. So 200 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:30,960 Speaker 1: we we saw a lot of folks use these social 201 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:33,720 Speaker 1: media tools to kind of throw up a flare and 202 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:37,480 Speaker 1: ask for help, and because we had this network of volunteers, 203 00:13:37,480 --> 00:13:39,520 Speaker 1: we were able to do a little bit of a 204 00:13:39,559 --> 00:13:41,680 Speaker 1: search and rescue mission. We found those folks and we 205 00:13:41,679 --> 00:13:44,600 Speaker 1: were able to get them that information. And because social 206 00:13:44,679 --> 00:13:48,400 Speaker 1: media is a publishing platform, other people saw that too, 207 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:51,600 Speaker 1: when they saw their friends ask for help and that 208 00:13:51,679 --> 00:13:54,480 Speaker 1: a resource was there. I think that's important on an 209 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:58,040 Speaker 1: individual level, but also, and I be a little cheesy here, 210 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:01,760 Speaker 1: it's it's also important on kind of a societal democratic 211 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:06,000 Speaker 1: participation level. There's so much happening right now in especially 212 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 1: on social media that is a competing it's a partisan warfare. 213 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:12,760 Speaker 1: It's two parties attacking each other, either about policies or 214 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:18,080 Speaker 1: about the election process. And to see that there was individuals, voters, 215 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:20,880 Speaker 1: people just like them saying we're here to help you. 216 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:23,440 Speaker 1: I don't care what party you're part of, I don't 217 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:25,960 Speaker 1: care who you're voting for. You have a right to vote. 218 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:28,400 Speaker 1: I'm here to help you. I think that actually matters, 219 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 1: to push back on the way that, you know, politics 220 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:33,440 Speaker 1: right now is kind of a blood sport and a 221 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:36,840 Speaker 1: winner take all contests, and instead we were able to 222 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:41,400 Speaker 1: have democracy and action of voters helping voters, you know, 223 00:14:41,560 --> 00:14:45,240 Speaker 1: stepping outside of our own partisan bubble and saying there's 224 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:47,240 Speaker 1: gonna be problems that people have. I don't really care 225 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:49,440 Speaker 1: where or you know, what party they are, but I'm 226 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:51,200 Speaker 1: going to step in and try and help them. And 227 00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:54,800 Speaker 1: I think that that goes to the process of rebuilding 228 00:14:54,800 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 1: a stronger civic fabric in this country. Jeff he says, 229 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:06,080 Speaker 1: big picture, there are two major takeaways from election. Number 230 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:08,760 Speaker 1: one takeaway from me is that when you give people 231 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:12,440 Speaker 1: opportunities to vote on a day other than the first 232 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:14,760 Speaker 1: Tuesday in November, they will take you up on the 233 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:18,120 Speaker 1: offer and it will make your first day in November 234 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 1: election day run much smoother. Expanding early vote, expanding vote 235 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 1: by mail, those are huge benefits not just to voters 236 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:28,960 Speaker 1: but to the people who need to administer the elections 237 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:31,360 Speaker 1: because it reduces the volume that you have to go 238 00:15:31,400 --> 00:15:34,120 Speaker 1: through on that day. I also think that voters are 239 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:38,760 Speaker 1: getting the message pretty clearly that UM their vote matters 240 00:15:38,840 --> 00:15:41,920 Speaker 1: when you see that the margin of victory and some 241 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:45,840 Speaker 1: of these contests is really really narrow. Now, Common Cause 242 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:48,520 Speaker 1: is not a big proponent of the electoral college. In fact, 243 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:52,200 Speaker 1: we support the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact because the 244 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:55,680 Speaker 1: way the electoral College works UM is a real voter 245 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:58,680 Speaker 1: depression in terms of making folks feel like their vote 246 00:15:58,680 --> 00:16:02,360 Speaker 1: doesn't actually out in the presidential contest in many states, 247 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:05,840 Speaker 1: but as we saw, there are some very close races 248 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:08,120 Speaker 1: and some of these key battleground states, and I think 249 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:10,200 Speaker 1: it sends a message clearly to the voters that every 250 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:14,280 Speaker 1: vote does matter, and the narrow margin of victory means 251 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:16,680 Speaker 1: how important is for everyone to turn out and make 252 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:22,640 Speaker 1: their voice hurt in our democracy when we come back, 253 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:26,720 Speaker 1: what that big turnout could mean for future elections. That's 254 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:38,760 Speaker 1: right after this. My name is the south Shire in 255 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:41,360 Speaker 1: the linebacker for the San Francisco forty NS. COVID hit 256 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:43,600 Speaker 1: so many different people, from the very top to the 257 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 1: very bottom. There's nobody not being affected by COVID in 258 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 1: some way, shape or form, and so I think that 259 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:49,960 Speaker 1: that but a lot of people together. I've teamed up 260 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:52,800 Speaker 1: with cal Hope to let Californians know about the resources 261 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:55,040 Speaker 1: and support available to all of you that may be 262 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:57,560 Speaker 1: dealing with mental health issues. 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Um Listen to Art 271 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:35,320 Speaker 1: Fraud starting February one on the I Heart Radio app, 272 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:47,080 Speaker 1: Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, y'all, 273 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:49,320 Speaker 1: this is Caroline Hobby, the host of Get Real with 274 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 1: Caroline Hobby, Honest Women, Honest Talk. I love podcasting. It 275 00:17:54,160 --> 00:17:58,639 Speaker 1: is so much fun because I have the most in depth, spiritual, soulful, 276 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:04,760 Speaker 1: real as conversations with women who are mothers, who are entrepreneurs, 277 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:07,879 Speaker 1: who have started their own businesses, who are married to celebrities, 278 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:12,000 Speaker 1: who are celebrities themselves. These women are juggling motherhood, being 279 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:15,600 Speaker 1: a career woman, starting their own businesses, taking leaps, knowing 280 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:18,879 Speaker 1: when to jump. These women are incredible and the conversations 281 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:21,560 Speaker 1: are so real it will hit every nerve in your 282 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:23,800 Speaker 1: body as a woman. A little bit about myself. I 283 00:18:23,840 --> 00:18:26,440 Speaker 1: was a country music artist in a trio. I traveled 284 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:29,199 Speaker 1: the country open for every celebrity you can imagine in 285 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:32,040 Speaker 1: country music. I also been on the Amazing Race twice. 286 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:33,960 Speaker 1: And I'm married to Michael Hobby, who is the lead 287 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:36,680 Speaker 1: singer of A Thousand Horses, and we have our precious daughter, Sonny. 288 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:39,399 Speaker 1: Who's to Listen to new episodes of Get Real with 289 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:43,280 Speaker 1: Caroline Hobby every Monday on the Nashville Podcast Network, available 290 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 1: on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever 291 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:50,040 Speaker 1: you listen to podcast. I believe that we had a 292 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:52,919 Speaker 1: higher turnout than almost at any other point in the 293 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:58,359 Speaker 1: history of the electorate. Again, here's Jesse Littlewood of Common Cause, 294 00:18:58,600 --> 00:19:01,560 Speaker 1: and that is like a testament to the great work 295 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:04,399 Speaker 1: of elections workers, as well as the changes that we 296 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:07,440 Speaker 1: made to the election systems in response to the coronavirus pandemic, 297 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:11,200 Speaker 1: which could have crashed our turnout and instead it actually 298 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:14,760 Speaker 1: increased it from the last four years, which is a 299 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:18,040 Speaker 1: remarkable success story. Now, there were very real problems that 300 00:19:18,119 --> 00:19:21,360 Speaker 1: happened to individuals over the course of election day. There's 301 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:24,760 Speaker 1: far too many barriers to be able to exercise your vote, 302 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:27,960 Speaker 1: especially when it comes to people of color and low 303 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 1: income communities, or people with disabilities, or other folks like 304 00:19:31,920 --> 00:19:34,280 Speaker 1: students who still have a lot of barriers in their 305 00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:36,840 Speaker 1: way in order to be able to vote, but we 306 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:40,480 Speaker 1: saw no large scale meltdown of the election process, and 307 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:41,919 Speaker 1: I think that has a lot to do with the 308 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:45,000 Speaker 1: fact that the changes that we made in the process 309 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:49,160 Speaker 1: included expanding the vote by mail system to far more 310 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:52,760 Speaker 1: voters than ever before. And it also the number of 311 00:19:52,800 --> 00:19:57,120 Speaker 1: early days that voters could participate meant that a very 312 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:00,159 Speaker 1: large portion of the votes were already in before or 313 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:03,800 Speaker 1: the singular election day on the first Tuesday in November. 314 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:07,560 Speaker 1: And because of that, that reduced some of the administrative 315 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:12,760 Speaker 1: challenges that we've seen in the past. High turnout is 316 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:16,480 Speaker 1: good news, but Jesse says there were still those familiar 317 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:19,639 Speaker 1: barriers to the ballot. The thing I don't want to 318 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:22,600 Speaker 1: do is erase the challenges that some people still have 319 00:20:22,760 --> 00:20:24,960 Speaker 1: and being able to exercise their right to vote. And 320 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:27,520 Speaker 1: those challenges don't happen just on election day. They come 321 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:31,679 Speaker 1: through restrictive laws like strict voter ID laws that we 322 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 1: know disenfranchise individuals, particularly voters of color, more so than others. 323 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:40,560 Speaker 1: Those barriers still exist, right and the challenges of removing 324 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:44,560 Speaker 1: people unduly from the voter rolls when they haven't been 325 00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:48,080 Speaker 1: active in the most recent elections, these challenges are still there, 326 00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:52,680 Speaker 1: and yet despite that democracy one people overcame those barriers. 327 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:56,040 Speaker 1: More people participated as a voter in this election than 328 00:20:56,080 --> 00:20:59,840 Speaker 1: in previous periods, and that was because of the in 329 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:03,560 Speaker 1: trist in participating in the democracy and the fact that 330 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:07,760 Speaker 1: elections workers really stood up to the challenge and we're 331 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:12,920 Speaker 1: able to do more um in terms of actually administering 332 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:16,240 Speaker 1: this election. Despite not having the resources that they needed 333 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:18,399 Speaker 1: to have to be able to fully administer it in 334 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:20,479 Speaker 1: the challenges that we had, they did a lot with 335 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 1: what they were able to do, so I would call 336 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:25,560 Speaker 1: it certainly a qualified success. I wouldn't say that it 337 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:29,639 Speaker 1: was perfect because democracy is a process, it is not 338 00:21:29,720 --> 00:21:33,560 Speaker 1: a destination, and we are still need to eliminate any 339 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:37,040 Speaker 1: of the barriers two people participating in our democracy, of 340 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 1: which there's there still exists far too many. This election 341 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:43,959 Speaker 1: also brought to the surface new potential obstructions to voting 342 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:48,760 Speaker 1: that organizations like Common Cause are watching and plant to fight. 343 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:53,280 Speaker 1: While we were expecting a large amount of disinformation about 344 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:56,840 Speaker 1: the elections, I think I was still surprised by the volume, 345 00:21:57,160 --> 00:22:02,199 Speaker 1: the consistency, and the sort of ferocity of it. And 346 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:05,800 Speaker 1: I think while we have seen it increase, sort of 347 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:09,520 Speaker 1: year over year. I am concerned that specifically around the 348 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:13,439 Speaker 1: disinformation about the participation in democracy will continue to be 349 00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:17,600 Speaker 1: just like a tactic used by partisans in order to 350 00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:21,480 Speaker 1: secure victory for their preferred candidate. UH whether or not 351 00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:24,960 Speaker 1: that becomes really part of the party and the campaign 352 00:22:25,040 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 1: apparatus remains to be seen. We know that there were 353 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:32,040 Speaker 1: a number of legal challenges filed by the Trump campaign 354 00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:36,160 Speaker 1: and the Republican National Committee about certain types of reforms 355 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:39,720 Speaker 1: that were made to do expansion of the voting process, 356 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:43,040 Speaker 1: including the vote by mail system and early voting drop 357 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:46,680 Speaker 1: boxes and how many are allowed per county. That kind 358 00:22:46,680 --> 00:22:52,720 Speaker 1: of legal push to restrict reforms that could give more 359 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:56,080 Speaker 1: people access to voting, I think is really troubling and 360 00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:59,159 Speaker 1: something that will be really important to pay attention to 361 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:03,720 Speaker 1: in the future. While it appears that President Trump has 362 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:08,000 Speaker 1: lost reelection, Republicans across the country did not fare that badly, 363 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:10,720 Speaker 1: and so it is going to be interesting to see 364 00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:14,240 Speaker 1: how the Republican National Committee and the Republican Party decides 365 00:23:14,320 --> 00:23:17,960 Speaker 1: to steer their course when it comes to deciding what 366 00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:21,680 Speaker 1: are the kinds of voting reforms they they want to encourage. 367 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:25,280 Speaker 1: We're kind of voting reforms they want to discourage. What 368 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:28,440 Speaker 1: is troubling about that is that, by and large, states 369 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:31,800 Speaker 1: and the elections administrators in those states have a pretty 370 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:34,960 Speaker 1: good idea, especially when they're are in dialogue with voter 371 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 1: protection groups, what voters need to be successful and to 372 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:42,159 Speaker 1: be able to participate and to see it become a 373 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:46,119 Speaker 1: key campaign tactic to try and change the rules of 374 00:23:46,119 --> 00:23:50,280 Speaker 1: the system. I don't think that is beneficial to voters 375 00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:52,639 Speaker 1: or to our democracy. So we're gonna watch dog that 376 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:55,440 Speaker 1: kind of process UM in the future, as we continue 377 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:59,200 Speaker 1: to look at how polling places are deployed and other 378 00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:01,760 Speaker 1: kinds of reform UM, we'd like to see a lot 379 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:05,600 Speaker 1: of the kind of reforms that clearly increased turnout remain 380 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:09,040 Speaker 1: in place. UM. As we voters are now starting to 381 00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 1: get experienced with more vote by mail options, those are 382 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:16,639 Speaker 1: positive reforms that will help more voters turn out. So 383 00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:19,679 Speaker 1: we'd like to see what can be done to ensure 384 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 1: that those are permanent reforms that are available to more 385 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:30,960 Speaker 1: voters in the future elections. It's great that we saw 386 00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:34,720 Speaker 1: more Republicans, Independence, and Democrats participate in this election than 387 00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:36,960 Speaker 1: any other. That's the bottom line of what a good 388 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:41,240 Speaker 1: democracy looks like is when there is a robust contest 389 00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:45,959 Speaker 1: between competing ideas and the body politic decides to make 390 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:48,159 Speaker 1: their voice heard in what that outcome is going to be. 391 00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:52,600 Speaker 1: But my hope, and this may be something of rose 392 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:55,639 Speaker 1: colored glasses, but my hope is that it's also people 393 00:24:56,040 --> 00:24:59,439 Speaker 1: determining for themselves that it's important to be an active 394 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:02,960 Speaker 1: citizen right and to actually decide for themselves that what 395 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:06,040 Speaker 1: they're gonna do is they're going to participate in one 396 00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:08,240 Speaker 1: of the ways, one of the most important ways, not 397 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:10,720 Speaker 1: the only way, but one of the ways of making 398 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:14,440 Speaker 1: their voice heard in shaping the future and the decisions 399 00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:17,640 Speaker 1: of our country. And that means deciding to vote. And 400 00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:21,359 Speaker 1: I hope that everyone, regardless of your political belief, decides 401 00:25:21,359 --> 00:25:23,840 Speaker 1: that that is something you will continue to do throughout 402 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:28,480 Speaker 1: future elections. And as for President Trump, so far refusal 403 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:33,040 Speaker 1: to concede, Jesse says, the fact is the process continues, 404 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:37,159 Speaker 1: whether a losing candidate wants it to or not. The 405 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:39,960 Speaker 1: will of the people decides. The votes were cast, the 406 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:43,959 Speaker 1: votes are counted, the process moves forward, and those are 407 00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:48,199 Speaker 1: that's who is the next person elected as president or 408 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:51,920 Speaker 1: in any other office. So in some sense, it's immaterial. 409 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 1: The president's decision to not concede the election is immaterial 410 00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:58,680 Speaker 1: to the progress of our electoral system. And that's the 411 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:00,359 Speaker 1: way it should be, because it's not up to the 412 00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:03,679 Speaker 1: person in the office to decide what the process is. 413 00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:07,359 Speaker 1: It's up to the voters in our democracy and the 414 00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:11,359 Speaker 1: process that's laid out through our laws. But Jesse says 415 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:15,639 Speaker 1: the president's continued rhetoric is crossing a lie that we've 416 00:26:15,760 --> 00:26:20,879 Speaker 1: never seen before. It is corrosive to our democratic process 417 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:25,320 Speaker 1: and participation by voters in future elections. When a losing 418 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:30,440 Speaker 1: candidate doesn't concede the election, that's just the reality because 419 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:34,760 Speaker 1: then it makes individuals potentially not trust the results of 420 00:26:34,800 --> 00:26:36,520 Speaker 1: the system or the way that the system is set 421 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:40,280 Speaker 1: up and operates. I don't think that they get well, 422 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:43,439 Speaker 1: that's not the way that the process plays out. I 423 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:46,159 Speaker 1: think it is really disappointing, and I think it is 424 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:49,440 Speaker 1: dispiriting from someone my perspective of someone who wants to 425 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:53,600 Speaker 1: see a robust democracy not only in but in all 426 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:57,240 Speaker 1: future elections. To see um, that kind of response coming 427 00:26:57,280 --> 00:27:00,960 Speaker 1: from someone who you know is going to you know, 428 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:06,440 Speaker 1: leave kicking and screaming instead of reflecting on the process 429 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:09,399 Speaker 1: played out, and that the if the voters have spoken, 430 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:12,320 Speaker 1: there the will that they're going to accept. When I 431 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:15,520 Speaker 1: think about the fact that many top Republicans, although some 432 00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:19,600 Speaker 1: have congratulated, you know, and said we congratulate President elect Biden, 433 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:22,920 Speaker 1: many have not, I think it's again it ultimately it's 434 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:26,040 Speaker 1: immaterial to the results of the election, which will play 435 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:28,119 Speaker 1: out based off of the will of the people, the 436 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:30,920 Speaker 1: votes that are counted, and the process that goes forward. 437 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:35,560 Speaker 1: I think it is really disappointing and it is potentially 438 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:40,440 Speaker 1: a source of additional conflict among voters and our country 439 00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:44,800 Speaker 1: when at the result of a tension filled, highly partisan, 440 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:50,639 Speaker 1: really intense election that they are unwilling to quickly move 441 00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:55,840 Speaker 1: the country forward when the result is very clear those 442 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:59,280 Speaker 1: Republican elected officials were elected through a democratic process just 443 00:27:59,359 --> 00:28:02,960 Speaker 1: like the kind we had days ago that clearly has 444 00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:08,760 Speaker 1: resulted in many races being called. I wish that they would, um, 445 00:28:08,840 --> 00:28:11,920 Speaker 1: you know, take the opportunity to stand up for the process, 446 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:15,960 Speaker 1: even if the candidate that they preferred wasn't the victor, 447 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:21,359 Speaker 1: and put their country over their party. Jesse reiterates that 448 00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:25,879 Speaker 1: there was plenty of hope in the election process. I 449 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:30,640 Speaker 1: am really just floored by the response of election workers 450 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:34,560 Speaker 1: poll workers. Uh, you know, we had a whole wave 451 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:37,280 Speaker 1: of young people applying to be poll workers, so that 452 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:41,360 Speaker 1: poll workers who are historically older were able to not 453 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:46,520 Speaker 1: be at risk of potential coronavirus. Uh. You know at 454 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:49,400 Speaker 1: the polling place, we saw more volunteers in the election 455 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:52,240 Speaker 1: protection program than we've seen in any other cycle that 456 00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:55,680 Speaker 1: we've been involved in. They're just to me, it felt 457 00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:58,200 Speaker 1: like there was a wave of civic participation, not just 458 00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:01,360 Speaker 1: in voting, but in putting democrat see into action and 459 00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:04,720 Speaker 1: stepping out of your partisan self and into a democratic 460 00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:08,520 Speaker 1: self and helping to build a stronger civic society and 461 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:10,960 Speaker 1: a civic fabric where we encourage in each other, even 462 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:13,280 Speaker 1: if we don't agree on all the issues, encourage each 463 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:19,080 Speaker 1: other to participate. And speaking of strong civic participation, before 464 00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:21,760 Speaker 1: we go today, there's someone else we wanted to check 465 00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:26,760 Speaker 1: in with. I continued up until October, registerring, going to 466 00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:30,720 Speaker 1: the parole facilities, the state parole facilities. You may remember 467 00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:33,600 Speaker 1: in that Scott, the volunteer for the League of Women Voters. 468 00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:37,760 Speaker 1: She helps register return citizens in New Jersey for the 469 00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:40,520 Speaker 1: first time in a hundred and seventy six years when 470 00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:43,360 Speaker 1: the law the law it went in effect March seventeenth 471 00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:47,360 Speaker 1: that those on parole O privation could vote. She's featured 472 00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:50,280 Speaker 1: in episode two of this series. I wanted to make 473 00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:55,200 Speaker 1: sure they were all registering well. Of course, she's also 474 00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:58,560 Speaker 1: a long time poll worker. I'm what they call a 475 00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:02,520 Speaker 1: permanent worker. And what we what we had to do 476 00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:06,760 Speaker 1: is we had to go before we could the election day, 477 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:09,600 Speaker 1: you had to go to a refresher course, and they 478 00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:13,160 Speaker 1: had set up quite a few of them in different areas. 479 00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:16,360 Speaker 1: And I went to the refresher course. And what they 480 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:20,160 Speaker 1: do was they combine those like myself who have been 481 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:24,600 Speaker 1: pro worker for years, senior pro workers, and also all 482 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:27,880 Speaker 1: the new ones. And they had like old hundred new ones. 483 00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:32,080 Speaker 1: And there were various ages, but mostly younger because the 484 00:30:32,120 --> 00:30:39,720 Speaker 1: majority of pro workers are seniors, because most people don't 485 00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:42,840 Speaker 1: want to take off the day, even though we're paid 486 00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:45,920 Speaker 1: two hundred dollars for the day, but a lot of them. 487 00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:48,080 Speaker 1: You have to be there five fifteen in the morning 488 00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:51,080 Speaker 1: because the law says you must have the voting machines 489 00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:54,680 Speaker 1: ready by six am, so you have to get there 490 00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:56,880 Speaker 1: early enough to set up the machine, do the paperwork, 491 00:30:56,960 --> 00:30:59,360 Speaker 1: all that you have to do so that if someone 492 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:02,400 Speaker 1: comes in at six am, you have to have that 493 00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:05,680 Speaker 1: ready to vote, got machooting ready for them, and then 494 00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:08,360 Speaker 1: eight o'clock is the last time. So it's a very 495 00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:10,680 Speaker 1: very long day and a lot of people, you know, 496 00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:14,040 Speaker 1: you have children, whatnot. From five fifteen the morning to 497 00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:17,000 Speaker 1: eight to night. How could you do it? But for 498 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:23,040 Speaker 1: for college students, for other people, they've been begging for 499 00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:27,400 Speaker 1: some time to try to get a younger audience, a 500 00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:33,040 Speaker 1: younger participants in so that we would be able to 501 00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:37,200 Speaker 1: accommodate because as more and more of the sears retire 502 00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:41,360 Speaker 1: or you know, they pass, or they're not able to anymore, 503 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:47,280 Speaker 1: there's not enough people to replace them. And that's already 504 00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:51,240 Speaker 1: looking beyond and the changes in her state that she 505 00:31:51,320 --> 00:31:55,560 Speaker 1: hopes will continue to expand voting access. Yes, there's still 506 00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:58,480 Speaker 1: things that need to be changed and need to be 507 00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:04,320 Speaker 1: you know, worked long and whatnot, but hopefully we will 508 00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:07,680 Speaker 1: continue to see change. And what I know that they're 509 00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:10,560 Speaker 1: working on in New Jersey, but you know, it doesn't 510 00:32:10,600 --> 00:32:16,360 Speaker 1: have the priority of course compared to COVID, but those 511 00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:21,880 Speaker 1: who are incarcerated in New Jersey, they want to eliminate 512 00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:26,680 Speaker 1: that as a barrier because two states Maine in Vermont 513 00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:30,480 Speaker 1: never had it, so if you're incarcerated parolea probation you 514 00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:34,160 Speaker 1: could always vote. And they were hoping that New Jersey 515 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:36,000 Speaker 1: would have been the third, but it didn't get the 516 00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:40,600 Speaker 1: support that it needed, so I didn't do it, and 517 00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:45,320 Speaker 1: she is already organizing to help more return citizens register 518 00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:50,520 Speaker 1: for future elections. I was asked by the assistant director 519 00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:55,240 Speaker 1: of the State Parole Board, Okay, to please return to 520 00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:59,440 Speaker 1: the facilities where I had registered people on parolea probation, 521 00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:05,280 Speaker 1: and he added more to it. He gave me. He 522 00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:08,200 Speaker 1: emailed me. He asked me to visit this facility and 523 00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:11,120 Speaker 1: I said, oh, I'm sorry, I don't know where it's. 524 00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:13,800 Speaker 1: You know the address. I don't know of this place. 525 00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:16,560 Speaker 1: He said, oh, so he sent it to me and 526 00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:22,040 Speaker 1: on it about six more places. So right now in 527 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:25,239 Speaker 1: New Jersey there's over eighty three thousand people off roll 528 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:30,040 Speaker 1: A probation and if we only registered three thousand, that's 529 00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:34,240 Speaker 1: a lot of people we missed. Huh. So hopefully going 530 00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:38,560 Speaker 1: back to these facilities, I've I've emailed all the people 531 00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:42,400 Speaker 1: who said they wanted to help me. I've emailed them all, 532 00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:45,760 Speaker 1: and I'm waiting for them to respond because I'm hoping 533 00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:49,600 Speaker 1: to do it the first of December to go start 534 00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:55,640 Speaker 1: visiting facility that Thank you and that for all your 535 00:33:55,720 --> 00:34:02,000 Speaker 1: hard work. 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