I want to take a moment to talk about something

that I care about, a functioning democracy.

Now maybe you notice this too,

but there's been a lot of bad news

on the front page recently.

And I know it can be tempting to tune it all out,

but it's so important that we all stay engaged.

Now the good news is there are tangible ways

we can help fix things.

And here's one way, a bunch of us in the podcast community

have partnered with Represent Us,

a non-partisan organization

to spread the word about efforts to protect our election

and past laws that will make our government

truly of, by and for the people.

We're doing this because America faces urgent

inside democracy threats.

19 states past laws last year that make it hard to vote.

Election workers are quitting and droves

because of threats and harassment.

There's a coordinated campaign to put people in charge

of our election who don't even believe in democracy.

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