Boise, Idaho Mayor Lauren McLean visits the Fix It! cast to explain how we can take concrete steps to get more women into positions of leadership, and why it's so critical that we do so.

UC Berkeley Law Professor Ian Haney Lopez drops in to the Fix It! Zoom to discuss the ugly ascendance of dog whistle politics over the past few decades, and how we can work toward a unified response against it. Learn more at Prof. Lopez's site race-class-academy.com.

Adam Liptak, the New York Times' Supreme Court reporter, joins the gents of Fix It! to share how he approaches Supreme Court reporting, and some of the challenges he and his peers have faced in covering the court over the past few years.

University of Oregon professor Mark Carey talks to Kevin about how we can discuss the impacts of climate change in a more meaningful, tangible way. See ideas discussed in the notes below: 

Susan Bladholm stops by the Fix It! Zoom room to share how she's helping alleviate automotive congestion in the great city of Portland, Oregon. Learn more the Frog Ferry here.

Josh Fryday, California's Chief Service Officer, stops by Fix It! to share more about how states can encourage (and make it easy for) citizens to get civically involved. Learn more about Josh and California' volunteer program below:

Beto Altamirano, a Forbes 30-under-30 recipient and founder of Irys, joins the show to talk about making cities smarter by fixing how community members communicate with municipalities. Learn more about Beto and Irys below:

Mayor Andy Berke of Chattanooga, TN stops by to discuss how he and his city are tackling the very difficult issue of homelessness one step at a time, and to great effect.

Olympian and 2x Gold Medalist Ashton Eaton joins the Fix It crew to chat about how our education system fails to discover latent talent -- "hidden geniuses" -- and what we can do to more quickly discover and nurture future field leaders.

California candidate for state senate Ann Ravel stops by the Fix It Zoom Room to explain why money in state politics has crept up to be such an insidious problem, and how we can get involved as voters to mitigate its effect. Links to some of the topics discussed are included below: