"Sometimes you have to kick down the door." - Dave Meslin

Guest: Dave Meslin

Music: Gentleman Reg

Dave Meslin is wonderful. In times as bleak as these, Dave offers ideas on how we can rebuild democracy and create governments that are welcoming and accessible to all. Dave inspires engagement between governments and citizens. His TED Talk about apathy has more than 1.7 million views and 90-second video about how our voting system sucks has been seen by a lot of people. People you know!

Centered around Dave's 2019 Best Selling book,Teardown: Rebuilding Democracy from the Ground Up, the conversation covers many ways on how to engage in community and government and how to deal with the roadblocks along the way. And the pencil story is unbelievable.

Music: 'To Some It Comes Easy' from Gentleman Reg's album Jet Black

Podcast Cover Art Illustration: Marlena Zuber - it's the image from Dave's book!

LINKS for Dave Meslin

Dave's Bio and about his book Teardown: Rebuilding Democracy from the Ground Up

Dave's TEDTALK

Twitter @meslin

MUSIC

Regina Gentle Bandcamp

Gentleman Reg Bandcamp

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