Heidi Burgess and Guy Burgess talk with Duncan Autrey about our Faltering Democracy and How to Fix It

In late September, Guy and Heidi talked at length with Duncan Autrey for his Omni-Win Podcast, focused on how to fix America's troubled democracy. He posted our conversation in both audio and video formats in two parts.

The first part, which he entitled Fighting a Crooked System can be found at https://omniwin.substack.com/p/burgesses.
The second part, which he entitled "Our Broken System is Dividing Us" is available at https://omniwin.substack.com/p/burgesses-2.

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