Walter Olson, Senior Fellow of the Cato Institute and member of Maryland's Citizens Redistricting Commission, discusses the steps the state of Maryland is taking to ensure a fairer redistricting process, and strategies other states can borrow to improve theirs.

Mattias Polborn, Professor of Economics at Vanderbilt University, discusses the impact gerrymandering has on political polarization, and an innovative solution that involves letting both parties taking turns packing voters into districts, instead of just the one in power.

Professor Bob Talisse of Vanderbilt University discusses how politics and consumer branding have blended to the point where we live, shop, and eat in places entirely separate from those who think differently than us, and how this contributes to the polarization we see today.

After years working as a congressional aide on Capitol Hill, Caleb Paxton left DC and embarked on a project designed to celebrate what he dubbed "wholeness in politics". This project turned into Liberatus, an online and print journal featuring stories from people around the country bringing this vision through their work.

Caleb talks about the principles of wholeness in politics, and the journey that lead him there.

The adoption of bitcoin amongst institutional investors and open talk of it being a hedge against a declining dollar raises questions on how long the US Dollar will be the global reserve currency. In this episode, we speculate on a future where the dollar is replaced by a similar cryptocurrency that happens to be based on McGriddles.

The post-truth era has been defined by people inhabiting two separate factual universes. Michael Epstein, author of the new book, Bigfoot Does Not Exist, discusses how scientific method can provide a framework for solving this problem, allowing us to have fact based discussions on everything from voter fraud to climate change to (yes) bigfoot.

Jo'Nathan Kingfisher, co-chair of the Wisconsin Green Party, discusses the intersection between environmental policy, America's relationship with its indigenous people, and the outsized relationship between industry and government.

America's suburban sprawl was a symbol of newfound prosperity in World War 2, but it's lead to cities and towns burdened with the maintenance costs of unnecessary infrastructure. Chuck Marohn, founder of Strong Towns, discusses how slow, organic growth can help create more resilient, fiscally sustainable communities.

Mitch Randall of National Ranked Choice Voting discusses his organization's plan to implement ranked choice voting at the national level and bring more parties into presidential politics.

YDHTY Producer "The Big Geno", Jason Putney, interviews host, Dan Sally, and discusses his past in stand-up comedy, what the current state of comedy reveals about modern taboos, divisions in American society, and mirrors our political dialogue.