Political Bribery, Corruption, Secret Money, and Broken Elections

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

Politics, News

4.5 • 772 Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2018

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Mike talks with Josh Silver, Director and co-founder of [Represent.Us](https://represent.us/) , a nonprofit organization that brings together conservatives, progressives, and everyone in between to pass powerful anti-corruption laws that stop political bribery, end secret money, and fix our broken elections. Mike and Josh discuss why so many reformers take a left-wing approach, how big of a problem political corruption is, secret money and political speech, how to improve elections, and lots more. **Episode Links** [The 'Unrig the System' Summit](https://unrigsummit.com/) [The American Anti-Corruption Act](https://anticorruptionact.org/) [Lawmakers fighting Citizen Election Initiatives](http://lat.ms/2CsKbxb) Represent.us [on Twitter](https://twitter.com/representdotus) This episode of The Politics Guys is sponsored by **SeatGeek**, the easiest way to buy tickets to live events. Politics Guys listeners get **$20 off** their first SeatGeek purchase by downloading the SeatGeek app or going to [seatgeek.com](https://seatgeek.com/) and entering promo code **POLITICSGUY** **Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible.** If you’re interested in supporting the show, go to [politicsguys.com](http://www.politicsguys.com) and click on the Patreon or PayPal links.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:17.2	Welcome to the politics guys. I'm Michael Barronowski, a political scientist at Northern Kentucky University.
1:28.4	My guest today is Josh Silver, director and co-founder of Represent Us, a nonprofit organization that brings together conservatives,
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