Majoring in Everything

Election Day is almost here and it's all come down to this -- voting!!

What motivates someone to show up to the polls? What kinds of outreach work to increase turnout, especially among marginalized voters? What can we all do in the next few days to make a difference?!

In this episode, we speak with political scientist Chinbo Chong, Ph.D. (Indiana) and Cate Mayer, Founder & CEO of Friends Vote Together about what we can all do to get more people to the polls!

This is an audio recording of our live-streaming YouTube show, which aired on Oct. 29, 2020. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to catch our live shows and ask questions in real time: bit.ly/askaps.

P.S. Episodes 4 & 5 are coming, I just wanted to get the voting one out fast!

"Race is a central organizing principle in American politics," is one of the many things I learned from Prof. Vincent Hutchings, Ph.D., in our conversation in this episode.

We're also joined by the incredible Chinisha Scott, an artist, activist, and candidate for office, for a discussion of the influence of race, racial attitudes, and racism on American politics, how the field of political science has studied race and politics over the last few decades, and what we can all do for racial justice in the US.

This episode is a must-listen, and one of my favorite episodes to date.

This is an audio recording of our live-streaming YouTube show, which aired on Oct. 15, 2020. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to catch our live shows and ask questions in real time: bit.ly/askaps.

Misinformation seems like the worst thing ever -- is it as bad and dangerous as it seems? What exactly is it, how do we know we are facing it and what works to correct it (anything?!)?

In this episode, we speak with political scientist Adam Berinsky, Ph.D. (MIT) and comedian & science writer Kasha Patel (NASA, DC Science Comedy) about these questions -- and what we can do about them.

This is an audio recording of our live-streaming YouTube show, which aired on Oct. 8, 2020.

Subscribe to our YouTube channel to catch us live (and submit your questions in real time) every Thursday, 7p ET, between now and Election Day: bit.ly/askaps.

If you're a fan of Tyler Whitman, you already know he's one of the kindest, wisest, and inspiring people out there. If you aren't yet a fan, (a) where have you been?! and (b) congratulations, you're about to meet your new favorite person!

I'm so grateful to Tyler for joining us for this candid conversation about his journey -- with all its twists and turns -- and for sharing his thoughts on the importance of -- and challenges around -- being true to yourself.

If you can't get enough (and I know you can't), be sure to subscribe to his fabulous new podcast, Glitter and Gay!

Follow Tyler on Instagram and Twitter; and follow The Whitman Team!

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Majoring in Everything is edited by Eric P. Stipe and is a proud member of the World's Smartest Podcast Network.

Hello friends! We've come to (finally) the final (for real) episode of season 1 of Majoring in Everything! One of the best things about having a podcast with the word "everything" in the title is that we can literally talk about it all. This episode is no exception: I (someone who is pro-choice) had a conversation with J.M. Jennings (someone who is pro-life) about abortion because I wanted to understand what on Earth is going on on the other side of this debate. I'm so grateful to Andrew Heaton (The Political Orphanage) for refereeing our conversation, and I hope to have more surprisingly civil conversations in the future with people with whom I disagree.

I feel like this kind of dialogue might make a lot of people mad, but I think it's really important (if I may say). Thank you, Jennings and Heaton for helping me feel a tiny bit better about our collective future (don't worry, we have a long way to go). Tune in if you are on either side of the debate and are open to humanizing the other side.

• Follow Heaton on Insta & Twitter at @MightyHeaton, and be sure to check our his great show, The Political Orphanage (https://politicalorphanage.libsyn.com).
• Follow Jennings on Insta at @j.m.jennings and on Twitter at @cufflinkdive!

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