We’ve received a lot of messages from listeners in response to our recent episodes, especially our coverage of the recent midterm elections and our stories about dealing with life online. Host Kai Wright is joined by producer Kousha Navidar to open the listener mailbag and unpack some recent voicemails.  

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What Keeps You Voting? (10/31/2022)

Even amid a broken democracy we’re still told to “go vote!” But what do you do when voting doesn’t feel like enough?

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Notes from America airs live on Sundays at 6 p.m. ET. The podcast episodes are lightly edited from our live broadcasts.