Dave Meslin's guest appearances

Dave Meslin

House of Crouse

Ruthless Compassion with Dr. Marcia Sirota

The Richard Crouse Show Podcast

The 905er Podcast

City and Nuuchimii

skip distance and the times keeper

Randy Bachman

Josh Blaylock

Mitch Albom

Vivek Shraya

Danny Goldberg

Shania Twain

Matt Reeves

Jason Blaine

Greg Keelor

Ken Hall

Mo Rocca

Larry Weinstein

Anthony Rose

Jen Gunter

Daniel Ingram

OwlTail

Is Canadian democracy a "prehistoric trainwreck"? Dave Meslin thinks so.  Dave heads up the non-profit organization Unlock Democracy where he fights for democratic renewal and proportional government. His bestselling book Teardown: Rebuilding Democracy from the Ground Up spells out some of the problems with Canada's electoral system, and offers practical solutions to fix it, like electoral reform.  After the worst turnout in Canadian electoral history — less than half of Ontario's eligible voters cast their ballot on June 2nd — we asked Dave to help us make sense of it all. •   •   •  Elections Ontario: elections.on.ca Canadian Press story on June 2 Ontario election: cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ont-electoral-reform-1.6480756 Dave on CBC, from October 2015: youtube.com/watch?v=laUPeXZlPEg&amp;t=31s Unlock Democracy: unlockdemocracy.ca Dave's 2010 TED talk: An Antidote to Apathy •   •   • City and Nuuchimii is independently produced and co-hosted by Maïtée Saganash and Jenn Jefferys. Reach us at citynuuchimii@gmail.com or @citynuuchimii. Click here to subscribe now.    ---   Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/citynuuchimii/message

Is Canadian democracy a "prehistoric trainwreck"? Dave Meslin thinks so.  Dave heads up the non-profit organization Unlock Democracy where he fights for democratic renewal and proportional government. His bestselling book <a href="https://www.teardown.build/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Teardown: Rebuilding Democracy from the Ground Up</a> spells out some of the problems with Canada's electoral system, and offers practical solutions to fix it, like electoral reform. After the worst turnout in Canadian electoral history — <a href="https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-records-lowest-voter-turnout-in-election-history-1.5931440" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">less than half of Ontario's eligible voters cast their ballot on June 2nd</a> — we asked Dave to help us make sense of it all. •   •   • Elections Ontario: <a href="https://www.elections.on.ca/en.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">elections.on.ca</a> Canadian Press story on June 2 Ontario election: <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ont-electoral-reform-1.6480756" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ont-electoral-reform-1.6480756</a> Dave on CBC, from October 2015: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laUPeXZlPEg&amp;t=31s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">youtube.com/watch?v=laUPeXZlPEg&amp;t=31s</a> Unlock Democracy: <a href="https://www.unlockdemocracy.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">unlockdemocracy.ca</a> Dave's 2010 TED talk: <a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/dave_meslin_the_antidote_to_apathy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">An Antidote to Apathy</a> •   •   • <a href="https://anchor.fm/citynuuchimii/subscribe" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">City and Nuuchimii</a> is independently produced and co-hosted by <a href="https://twitter.com/maiteesaganash" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Maïtée Saganash</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/JennJefferys" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Jenn Jefferys</a>. Reach us at citynuuchimii@gmail.com or <a href="https://twitter.com/citynuuchimii" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@citynuuchimii</a>. <a href="https://anchor.fm/citynuuchimii/subscribe" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to subscribe now</a>. --- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/citynuuchimii/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/citynuuchimii/message</a>

E19 — Dave Meslin

This week we're pleased to welcome Dave Meslin to the podcast. Dave was described by Andrew Coyne as ‘a force of nature - a one man think tank/pressure group who won’t stop until he sees his ideas for better democracy put into action’. He’s also been called a ‘wizard’, ‘mastermind’, ‘ultimate ideas guy’ and a ‘mad scientist’. His Ted Talk, “The Antitdote to Apathy” has nearly two million views. Dave has been the most prominent voice encouraging the adoption of ranked ballots in municipal elections, something that both Burlington and Mississauga are currently considering adopting, and which is coming to committee stage in Burlington this Thursday. His book “Teardown: Rebuilding Democracy from the Ground Up” is an entertaining look at both the massive systemic problems with how our democracies currently work, and the well established solutions that already exist, if we can only have the courage to adopt them. Joel, Roland and Dave discuss the huge potential in Ontario's medium-sized cities to act as leaders in democratic innovation and renewal, and Dave restores a little bit of Roland's faith in municipal governments' abilities to change. Later in the podcast we talk about jobs, tax and Amazon's new facility coming to Hamilton; Inside Halton's problem with statistics gets a stern dressing down, and it wouldn't be the 905er podcast without at least another quick look at schools and Covid.        Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we're pleased to welcome Dave Meslin to the podcast. Dave was described by Andrew Coyne as ‘a force of nature - a one man think tank/pressure group who won’t stop until he sees his ideas for better democracy put into action’. He’s also been called a ‘wizard’, ‘mastermind’, ‘ultimate ideas guy’ and a ‘mad scientist’. His Ted Talk, “The Antitdote to Apathy” has nearly two million views. Dave has been the most prominent voice encouraging the adoption of ranked ballots in municipal elections, something that both Burlington and Mississauga are currently considering adopting, and which is coming to committee stage in Burlington this Thursday. His book “Teardown: Rebuilding Democracy from the Ground Up” is an entertaining look at both the massive systemic problems with how our democracies currently work, and the well established solutions that already exist, if we can only have the courage to adopt them. Joel, Roland and Dave discuss the huge potential in Ontario's medium-sized cities to act as leaders in democratic innovation and renewal, and Dave restores a little bit of Roland's faith in municipal governments' abilities to change. Later in the podcast we talk about jobs, tax and Amazon's new facility coming to Hamilton; Inside Halton's problem with statistics gets a stern dressing down, and it wouldn't be the 905er podcast without at least another quick look at schools and Covid. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Episode 8: Dave Meslin - Fixing Democracy in the 905

This week on The Richard Crouse Show Podcast, Richard welcomes “Teardown: Rebuilding Democracy from the Ground Up” author Dave Meslin. From the publisher: “He has been called a “wizard,” a “mastermind,” “the ultimate ideas guy,” a “mad scientist,” and a “start-up genius.” As a social and political entrepreneur and community organiser he promotes the message: We’re stronger and smarter when we’re all involved. His latest project is a book called Teardown: Rebuilding Democracy from the Ground Up. It is a recipe for change. A cure for cynicism. A war on apathy.”

This week on The Richard Crouse Show Podcast, Richard welcomes “Teardown: Rebuilding Democracy from the Ground Up” author Dave Meslin. From the publisher: “He has been called a “wizard,” a “mastermind,” “the ultimate ideas guy,” a “mad scientist,” and a “start-up genius.” As a social and political entrepreneur and community organiser he promotes the message: We’re stronger and smarter when we’re all involved. His latest project is a book called Teardown: Rebuilding Democracy from the Ground Up. It is a recipe for change. A cure for cynicism. A war on apathy.”

Teardown author Dave Meslin

This week on The Richard Crouse Show, Richard welcomes “Teardown: Rebuilding Democracy from the Ground Up” author Dave Meslin. From the publisher: “He has been called a “wizard,” a “mastermind,” “the ultimate ideas guy,” a “mad scientist,” and a “start-up genius.” As a social and political entrepreneur and community organiser he promotes the message: We’re stronger and smarter when we’re all involved. His latest project is a book called Teardown: Rebuilding Democracy from the Ground Up. It is a recipe for change. A cure for cynicism. A war on apathy.”

"Teardown" author Dave Meslin