As we move into a contentious general election process, it's tempting to

revert to the old adage, never talk about religion or politics.

But not talking about politics ensures that our politics will continue to

evolve. Today we continue our mission to find a more

constructive approach to our country's political dialogue.

Hi everyone, thanks for joining me for an episode of Pantstube Politics. I'll

miss Sarah a lot today. So today's episode will be a little bit

different because Sarah is off with her family enjoying some camping.

We're going to take some inspiration from our listener, Lauren and Colorado.

And Lauren left us a great voice message that you'll hear in the suit.

And so I'm going to try to answer Lauren's questions today.

So I'll do the pearls as usual, the segment with Lauren, a short segment of the

heels, and then we'll end with an interview that I was able to do

with Chris Chidzick from Predictit. So our listener, Aubrey, works for

Predictit, which is an online prediction market where you can go make

investments on outcomes and political events. So elections, votes,

general happenings. And so I talked with Chris Chidzick, who is an analyst at

Predictit, a couple of weeks ago. And we're going to share that interview with

you in the end of the show today. So I think it's kind of fascinating.

It's a world that I need nothing about before talking with Chris.

And I hope you enjoy it. But first we'll start with the pearls

as usual, a couple of items to highlight from the news this week.

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