Episode 40 marks a first for Vote Your Conscience: our first guest interview.

Kevin sits down with entrepreneur and political reformer Tom Joseph, founder of Bookminders and founder and treasurer of America’s Main Street Party, to discuss his attempt to build a new way of choosing political candidates outside the traditional two-party nominating system.

Tom explains how his experience building a business led him to approach politics like a systems problem. His proposal uses technology, local organizing committees, multiple rounds of voting, and a level playing field for candidates designed to reduce the influence of money in the nominating process.

Kevin and Tom discuss gerrymandering, why third parties have struggled to gain traction, the influence o ...