Intro Episode (S1 E1)

Welcome to BreakYourBubble! We are an organization/podcast dedicated to fostering meaningful discussion between those of different opinions, backgrounds and beliefs. Formulated in the wake of George Floyd's murder, we believe the best way to move forward as a country and enact social change is through understanding, which can only come about through insightful and deep conversation of opposing views - deliberation is the bedrock of democracy, after all. In pursuance of this, we aim for this podcast to invite Brown undergraduate students from differing opinions to talk about important issues affecting not only the country, but Brown University as well. We think it important that as podcast and an organization, we first build a community, and we want that community to be centered around the University at which the idea was conceptualized. In this short podcast, we introduce ourselves: hosts and founders Elias Kaul, Nick Wee and Solu Obiorah, as well as our two first members and honorary guests Jack Sloane and Isabel Kronenberg. We talk about what BYB is and what we want the podcast to look like. While you will hear this in the podcast, we thought it pressing enough to include this in the intro description: BYB is inherently respectful and cognizant of diversity, and thus will do everything in its power to pursue as well as protect it. We will NOT, under any circumstance, be a platform that contains racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia or any other way of tarnishing one's identity. Our utmost property is ensuring a safe space not only for our guests of various political ideologies, but also our listeners. We hope you all enjoy and continue to come back to listen!