Erin Geiger Smith
Experts on Expert with Dax Shepard
English - October 22, 2020 07:30 - 1 hour - 96.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 3.2K ratingsEducation Comedy experts on expert dax shepard armchair expert armchair umbrella Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Erin Geiger Smith is a freelance reporter for The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, and author of Thank You for Voting: The Past, Present, and Future of Voting. Erin joins the Armchair Expert to talk about the history of democracy, the rise of the electoral college, and how voting has evolved over time. Erin explains the ways in which voter suppression is still happening today, the systematic issues we face and how democracy works best if everybody shows up. Dax asks Erin about voter fraud and the voting statistics between different demographics. In the fact check, Dax and Monica have a debate about issues on this year’s ballot.