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More Like Us

More Like Us

By: More Equitable Democracy
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More Like Us is a candid, humor-laced conversation series that invites everyday Americans to stop patching a broken democracy and start imagining a better one. Hosted by Colin Cole, each episode features a frank, funny, and occasionally reality-checking conversation with an election expert, voting rights advocate, or culture-shaping celebrity or influencer to reimagine American democracy. Political Science Politics & Government Science Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Are Voting Rights Backsliding to the 1950s? | Ruth Greenwood

    Are Voting Rights Backsliding to the 1950s? | Ruth Greenwood
    23 Oct 2026
    The Supreme Court’s Louisiana v. Callais decision upended 40 years of voting rights law. So where do we go from here? On this episode of More Like Us, host Colin Cole sits down with Professor Ruth Greenwood, Director of the Election Law Clinic at Harvard Law School. Ruth grew up in Sydney and came to the US in 2008. She has spent about 15 years fighting partisan gerrymandering and working for minority representation. Colin and Ruth break down what Callais did to the Voting Rights Act, how proportional representation can protect minority communities without drawing districts by race, and what having more moms in Congress could change. Even for someone who calls herself an optimist, she admits this moment is a tough one. More Like Us is a production of More Equitable Democracy and Mori Strategies. For more information on More Equitable Democracy's work, please visit: https://www.equitabledemocracy.org/
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    1 hr and 2 min
  • Is Our Country Too Big for Just Two Parties? | JP Mejia

    Is Our Country Too Big for Just Two Parties? | JP Mejia
    16 Oct 2026
    Have young Americans given up on our political system? And should they? On the first episode of More Like Us, host Colin Cole sits down with JP Mejia, Executive Director at Big Country. JP was born and raised in Miami, and the Parkland shooting first pulled him into politics. He later spent years organizing in the climate movement, where he ran into a political system that wouldn’t budge. Big Country took one question on the road: “Have you given up on our political system? Why or why not?” From a college campus in Richmond to Scottsdale to outside a UFC fight in DC, the answer was nearly the same everywhere. People think the system is broken, and JP says they’re right. Learn more about Big Country More Like Us is a production of More Equitable Democracy and Mori Strategies. For more information on More Equitable Democracy's work, please visit: https://www.equitabledemocracy.org/
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    47 min
  • What If Democracy Looked More Like Us?

    What If Democracy Looked More Like Us?
    2 Oct 2026
    Fed up with the two-party duopoly? It doesn't have to be this way. Most democracies around the world have ditched winner-take-all, loser-gets-none elections for proportional representation, a system where every community gets a fair share of representation. Republicans in blue cities, Democrats in red rural towns, renters, young people, and working-class voters could all finally elect people who answer to them. (Don't worry, so could homeowners and retirees.) And after the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act in 2026, proportional representation offers communities of color a durable path to electing candidates who answer to them. On More Like Us, host Colin Cole of More Equitable Democracy sits down with election experts, voting rights advocates, community leaders, and cultural voices for candid, funny, and occasionally reality-checking conversations about what a democracy that actually represents all of us could look like, and how we get there. New episodes on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe so you don't miss the premiere. More Like Us is a production of More Equitable Democracy and Mori Strategies. For more information on More Equitable Democracy's work, please visit: https://www.equitabledemocracy.org/
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    2 min
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