In Podmass, The A.V. Club sifts through the ever-expanding world of podcasts and recommends the previous week’s best episodes. Have your own favorite? Let us know in the comments or at podmass@avclub.com.
We’re doing something a little different this week: Since tomorrow is Election Day in the U.S., and because we here at The A.V. Club think it’s important to vote, we’re recommending 15 podcast episodes to listen to while you’re waiting to vote tomorrow. They’re organized from shortest to longest, so we’ve got something to recommend no matter how long or short the line is. See you at the polls.
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Original air date: 10/25/11
What if elections were decided not by counting every vote but by drawing a single ballot out of the pool, lottery-style? It’s totally unrepresentative, but it would eliminate the need for strategic voting for a candidate seen as the lesser of two evils, or disingenuous support of primary candidates seen as less likely to win in a…
