Our host Matt Gardner talks with the Latter-day Saints in Action Board of Directors about the incredible blessings we enjoy here in our country and what a privilege it is to vote.  We reflect on the first amendment and chat about some of our favorite actionables we've had while being on the board.

This week our host Matt Gardner covers a brief history of voting in the United States and encourages everyone to vote.

Our host Matt Gardner talks with Latter-day Saints in Action book club chair Elisabeth Westwood about our next book club book: Her Quiet Revolution by Marianne Monson.  This book is a historical fiction novel about Martha Hughes Cannon's life.  Martha Hughes Cannon was the first woman elected as a state senator in the United States.

This episode our host Matt Gardner speaks with mental therapist Matt Connelly about how we can engage in politics while still maintaining our relationship with those who disagree with us.  It is critically important during election season to learn and apply these simple, timeless communication principles.

This week host Matt Gardner speaks with Ariane Dansie who has created an anti-racist group in her neighborhood in Salt Lake City.  They have held rallies and these have been instrumental in creating more unity between members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and those who are not members.  They talk about her journey and how we all can do something similar.

This week our host Matt Gardner speaks with Grace Soelberg about her experience being Black at BYU.  We talk about some of the micro aggressions and overtly racist things she's heard there as well as her experience as a Black Latter-day Saint.

This is a small tribute our host Matt Gardner has created for the notorious RBG who just passed.  May we remember her even while all around us people are clambering for her replacement and arguing over fairness.

This week our host Matt Gardner speaks with Catherine Eslinger who was previously a co-chair in the Mormon Women for Ethical Government Utah Chapter.  They talk about the plight of some refugees in Utah being evicted from their apartments after living there for years.  They talk about some of the things we can do to help refugees in our own communities.

In this episode, our host Matt Gardner talks with the communications director for Alliance for a Better Utah, Katie Matheson.  They talk about Katie's story as a singer deciding to get into politics.  The touch on some of the difficulties this election season around mail-in voting and how we can make sure our ballot gets counted.

This episode, the head of our book club, Elisabeth Westwood, and our podcast host, Matt Gardner team up to share a preview of our book club book for September: Give Us the Ballot by Ari Berman.  Join us for a look into this book as we ready ourselves for the upcoming election.