BrainStuff Classics: How Do Homeless Americans Vote?
BrainStuff
iHeartPodcasts
4.0 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 13 November 2022
⏱️ 9 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Not having a permanent address or access to identifying documents can make voting in U.S. elections nearly impossible. Learn more about these challenges -- and what some organizations are doing to help -- in this episode of BrainStuff.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | We're supposed to learn from our own mistakes that other people's errors can be instructive |
| 0:04.7 | too, from efforts to control the weather that went disastrously awry to the untimely death |
| 0:10.4 | of the Segway boss. History is a treasure trove, mishaps and meltdowns that can teach us |
| 0:16.0 | all. I'm Tim Halford, host of cautionary tales, the podcast that mines the greatest fiascoes |
| 0:22.2 | of the past for their most valuable lessons. Listen to cautionary tales on the iHeart Radio |
| 0:28.4 | app, our podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Every child dissolves an education, |
| 0:35.6 | yet nearly 130 million girls are excluded from the classroom worldwide. Even when girls |
| 0:41.6 | are in school, many don't receive a quality education. This isn't just a social issue, |
| 0:46.9 | it's economic. The World Bank estimates gender inequality calls the global economy |
| 0:51.9 | 163 million dollars. Help care ensure everyone can go back to school at care.org slash back to school. |
| 1:04.0 | I always had to be so good no one could ignore me. Carve my path with data and drive, |
| 1:10.0 | but some people only see who I am on paper. The paper ceiling, the limitations from |
| 1:15.4 | degree screens to stereotypes that are holding back over 70 million stars, workers skilled |
| 1:20.7 | through alternative routes, rather than a bachelor's degree. It's time for skills to speak for |
| 1:25.4 | themselves. Find resources for breaking through barriers at tetherpapersilling.org, brought to you |
| 1:31.2 | by opportunity at work and the ad council. Welcome to Brain Stuff, a production of iHeart Radio. |
| 1:40.3 | Hey, Brain Stuff, Lauren Bogobom here with a classic episode from our archive. As of this |
| 1:45.6 | publishing, the 2022 election cycle is over for most Americans. Everyone who hasn't had a race go |
| 1:52.2 | into a runoff anyway. But issues of how Americans access their right to vote are exactly what we |
| 1:59.6 | should keep talking about during the political offseason, especially how to expand access for |
| 2:05.6 | underserved and underrepresented populations. And that's why I wanted to run this particular |
| 2:11.9 | episode. It's about how voting works for unhoused people in this country. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from iHeartPodcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of iHeartPodcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

