One thing remains true: voting in America is still needlessly hard.A year ago, we sat down with Bradley Tusk, the venture capitalist, political strategist, and one of the strongest voices for mobile voting. His TED Talk on this topic was later named one of the ten essential TED Talks of 2025.His argument: we bank on our phones, file taxes on our phones, and access our medical records on our phones. Voter fraud via mobile would be no harder to prevent than any of those things.  It’s a 15-minute listen, and today feels like the right day for it. We'll be back next week with a new episode - thanks for listening!  We Meet: Bradley Tusk, Founder &amp; CEO of Tusk Holdings  Credits:This episode of SHIFT was produced by Jennifer Strong with help from Emma Cillekens. It was mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from him and Jacob Gorski. Art by Meg Marco.

This is an encore edition of our oral history project.


        One thing remains true: voting in America is still needlessly hard.

A year ago, we sat down with Bradley Tusk, the venture capitalist, political strategist, and one of the strongest voices for mobile voting. His TED Talk on this topic was later named one of the ten essential TED Talks of 2025.

His argument: we bank on our phones, file taxes on our phones, and access our medical records on our phones. Voter fraud via mobile would be no harder to prevent than any of those things.  

It’s a 15-minute listen, and today feels like the right day for it. We'll be back next week with a new episode - thanks for listening! 

 

We Meet: 

Bradley Tusk, Founder &amp; CEO of Tusk Holdings 



Credits:

This episode of SHIFT was produced by Jennifer Strong with help from Emma Cillekens. It was mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from him and Jacob Gorski. Art by Meg Marco.
      

The Future of Voting Is on Your Phone

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