Health Hacks with Mark Hyman, M.D.
Jul 6, 2026 · 52 min · 13 segments
The government gets a bad rap. But the roads under your feet, the forecast on your phone, and the letter in your mailbox are all government too. Hosted by Professors Greg Jackson and Lindsey Cormack…
We're in Elkins, West Virginia, where college student Ella Mae Thompson is waiting for her ride.
Outside, the thermometer is hovering around freezing, and a few inches of snow still cover the ground.
In other words, it's a pretty typical winter's day around this mountainous part of the country.
But hey, it's Friday and the start of the weekend, and for Ella, this particular day promises to be anything but typical.
In fact, she's about to experience her recently guaranteed constitutional right.
Earlier this morning, the Nixon White House gave the US Senator from West Virginia, Jennings Randolph, the honor of securing the nation's first 18-year-old to register to vote.
See, ever since World War II, 18-year-olds have been of age to be drafted, and Jennings has been one of the leaders of the old enough to fight, old enough to vote debate.
Over the course of three decades, he introduced legislation to lower the voting age 11 times.
The question is, who will be first? The well-connected senator knew exactly where to find a next-generation voter, nearby Davis and Elkins College, where he had once been a member both of the faculty and board of trustees.
When the phone call came into the office, 18-year-old work-study student Ella accepted the historic invitation.
He picks Ella up, and as they drive along the icy road, the two strike up a conversation.
Ella shares that her brother, Robert, was drafted and began service the month before his 21st birthday, when he would have been eligible to vote.
Less than two years later, he was killed in action in Vietnam, only one day before he was to return home.
Specifically, the 26th Amendment Jennings had fought so long to pass had come too late for Robert.
We're in Elkins, West Virginia, where college student Ella Mae Thompson is waiting for her ride.
Outside, the thermometer is hovering around freezing, and a few inches of snow still cover the ground.
In other words, it's a pretty typical winter's day around this mountainous part of the country.
But hey, it's Friday and the start of the weekend, and for Ella, this particular day promises to be anything but typical.
In fact, she's about to experience her recently guaranteed constitutional right.
Earlier this morning, the Nixon White House gave the US Senator from West Virginia, Jennings Randolph, the honor of securing the nation's first 18-year-old to register to vote.
See, ever since World War II, 18-year-olds have been of age to be drafted, and Jennings has been one of the leaders of the old enough to fight, old enough to vote debate.
Over the course of three decades, he introduced legislation to lower the voting age 11 times.
The question is, who will be first? The well-connected senator knew exactly where to find a next-generation voter, nearby Davis and Elkins College, where he had once been a member both of the faculty and board of trustees.
When the phone call came into the office, 18-year-old work-study student Ella accepted the historic invitation.
He picks Ella up, and as they drive along the icy road, the two strike up a conversation.
Ella shares that her brother, Robert, was drafted and began service the month before his 21st birthday, when he would have been eligible to vote.
Less than two years later, he was killed in action in Vietnam, only one day before he was to return home.
Specifically, the 26th Amendment Jennings had fought so long to pass had come too late for Robert.
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