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Future Hindsight is a weekly podcastthat takes big ideas in civic life and democracy and turns them into action items for everyday citizens.

Dec 26, 2024

We’re sharing an episode from our friends at Latino USA! In this episode, producer Reynaldo Leaños Jr. travels to southern Arizona where one of the first major concentrations of surveillance towers on the southern border were built, and he looks at what these towers mean today, and for the future of those crossing,...


Dec 19, 2024

We discuss how ungoverning is the equivalent of a bull in a china shop. Many institutions will be destroyed, but we don't know which ones and to what extent!

 

Nancy’s civic action toolkit recommendations are: 

  1. Don’t let unpredictability strip you of your agency

  2. Vote in local, county, and state elections

 


Dec 12, 2024

We discuss election integrity and voting machines, the amazing work of election workers, and the logistics of election audits.

 

Ben’s civic action toolkit recommendations are: 

  1. Talk to your town or county clerk and offer to help.

  2. Be a poll worker for a day!

 

Ben Adida is the Executive Director of Voting...


Dec 5, 2024

We discuss why the American electorate voted the way they did in 2024, the history of various voter suppression tactics, and how we can bounce back from a feeling of post-election civic helplessness.

 

Michael’s civic action toolkit recommendations are: 

  1. Use your platform!

  2. Do the research. Read books. Go deep on...