Episode 120: At a time when there is little in common between the political parties, it seems most people agree that we need better candidates running for office.

Hosts Richard Kyte and Scott Rada discuss whether a more-knowledgeable electorate would encourage better-qualified people to run for office, and if paying our politicians more is part of the answer.

Links to stories discussed during the podcast:

Lawmakers are ditching Congress at a record pace, by Stef W. Kight, Hans Nichols and Andrew Solender, Axios

"I'm Just a Bill," Schoolhouse Rock

They’re spending thousands decorating homes No one will ever go inside, by Sarah E. Needleman, The Wall Street Journal

About the hosts: Scott Rada is social media manager with Lee Enterprises, and Richard Kyte is the director of the D.B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wis. His forthcoming book, "Finding Your Third Place," will be published by Fulcrum Books.

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