Penn’s show will have a monologue, a field piece and a guest, all interrelated to the show’s particular topic. It will track the history of the topic on hand and offer tools for voters, no matter the party affiliation.

“We thought, instead of talking about how bad something is, what if we actually track the history of that particular topic and offer tools for no matter who somebody might be voting for?”

Penn starred in the “Harold & Kumar” comedy film franchise and on TV shows like “House” and “Designated Survivor.” And, in 2009, Penn took a break from acting to take a job in former President Barack Obama’s administration, serving as an associate director in the White House Office of Public Engagement.

He’s still interested in engagement. On his new series, Penn explores how state and local government work and how young people can change it. He’ll ask questions like: How do issues like lowering the voting age get on the ballot in the first place?

Or take the issue of climate change: Instead of a loud us-versus-them debate over whether warming is happening, the series will show how both young progressives and evangelicals have found an issue that hey can work together on.

“Yelling at each other isn’t actually going to solve that issue. So let’s discuss what people are working on to solve it. We can disagree rationally on what those decisions are. But let’s get to that point. Let’s start the conversation from there instead of starting from reacting to something.”