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UnityNow!
by Unity
UnityNow! is a podcast about Americans, from all walks of political, social, and economic life, coming together with a willingness to hear different ideas and perspectives about the most pressing challenges of our time. The UnityNow! Podcast creates media content to Highlight the Middle Ground between the two dominant parties, Focus on nuanced conversations, Discuss politically-charged subjects, Promote the Individual over Groups, Unite Americans, End the Ideological War.
Episodes
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Episode 71: Rescue the Republic with Angela McArdle
Angela McArdle is Chair of the national Libertarian Party, serves as Co-Organizer for the Rage Against The War Machine, and is a two time candidate for California’s 34th Congressional District. Angela joined forces with Bret Weinstein and Matt Tune to create "Rescue the Republic", an event...
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Episode 70: You Say You Want A Resolution? with Kara Jarzynski
Toby sits down with Kara Jarzynski, Executive Director of @Resolutionaries to discuss the Building Civic Bridges Act(BCBA). The BCBA is a bi-partisan bill recently introduced in Congress that will provide funding for programs that help get people talking again – the crucial first step toward...
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Episode 69: Free Your Mind with Todd Niesen
Toby sits down with sound and dialogue editor and our friend Todd Niesen. Todd shares his journey from depression to a low point where he and his wife decide to use a controversial treatment: Ketamine. Todd takes our audience through a Ketamine experience, what Ketamine is, and how "addictive"...
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Episode 68: Seek Out Different Tribes with Julian Adorney
Toby sits down with Julian Adorney, a writer and adventurer about his article on Quillette: " The Perils of Affective Polarization". Julian takes us through his journey in life and politics from a Polarized individual to understanding the affects it has on your well being. The two discuss what...
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Episode 67: Bipartisan Tribes with Tim Redmond
Toby sits down with Tim Redmond, a PhD in political science, an award-winning educator, and author of over one hundred articles on critical thinking and politics. Toby and Tim sit down to discuss Tim's new book “Political Tribalism in America, How Hyper Partisanship Dumbs Down Democracy and How…
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Episode 66: Making the Case for Deliberate Democracy in America with Chris Forman
Toby sits down with Chris Forman, PhD, an Author, and Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts. Toby and Chris discuss Chris' advocacy for Deliberative Democracy and how it relates to his work in physics, if at all. As Chris describes it, the way science has been used and abused in politics fuels...
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Episode 65: Spike Cohen, Championing A People Powered Future
Toby sits down with Spike Cohen, 2020 Libertarian VP candidate and Founder of You Are the Power. Toby and Spike cover a broad range of topic from Spike's entrepreneurial spirit and the need to help others to his 2020 VP Candidicy to You Are the Power, and the 2024 Election. Spike tells us why…
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Episode 64: Breaking the Cycle of Us-Versus-Them with Zachary Elwood
Toby Davis, host of UnityNow! podcast, sat down with Zachary Elwood, an unlikely, yet compelling podcaster on the challenge of political polarization. Zach is a world-leading expert on poker tells. In this wide-ranging conversation, Zach gave expert tips on understanding political differences and...
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Episode 63: All Sides with Julie Mastrine
Toby Davis is joined by Julie Mastrine; Writer and Director of Marketing and Media Bias Ratings at AllSides. AllSides™ is a media solutions company that strengthens our democratic society with balanced news, media bias ratings, diverse perspectives, and real conversation. The two discuss Julie's...
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Episode 62: The Free Speech Conspiracy with Eugene Volokh
Toby Davis is joined by Eugene Volokh to discuss his blog the Volokh Conspiracy and, along with Rumble and Locals, a challenge to New York's Law that requires Social Media Networks to publish a plan for for responding to alleged hate speech by users. Eugene wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street…
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Episode 61: Michelle Dickson with Citizen Connect
This week, UnityNow's Toby Davis sits down with Michelle Dickson of Citizen Connect, a Bridge Alliance initiative. Michelle is a Service Coordinator with Citizen Connect helping to coordinate over 500 bridge-building organizations in America. Citizen Connect is a non-partisan platform dedicated…
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Episode 60: Level the Playing Field with Eric Bronner
This week, UnityNow's Toby Davis sits down with Eric Bronner, founder of Veterans for Political Innovation. Eric graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1997 where he served eight years as a Naval Flight Officer. Eric describes how his time as board president for “Show Me Integrity”, a...
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Episode 59: On Life and Libertas
This week, UnityNow's Toby Davis sits down with Connor Boyack, founder and president of the Utah-based Libertas Institute. Throughout this free-flowing conversation, Boyack shares his experience and perspective on working towards consensus-based, common ground solutions at his think tank, and how...
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Episode 58: Finding Common Ground with Bruce Bond
UnityNow's Toby Davis sits down with Bruce Bond, CEO and Co-founder of Common Ground Committee, a nonpartisan, citizen-led nonprofit dedicated to reducing polarization. Throughout their conversation, the two explore the founding and mission of the Committee. Bruce and his Team began hosting…
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Episode 57: Mightier than the Sword with Brittany King
With so many great writers featured on previous interviews, UnityNow's Kimberly Kolb Eakin decided to get to the bottom of how they got so good at formulating and articulating their ideas. So this week, she sat down with Brittany King - now a teacher of writing at Indiana University, in addition…
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Episode 56: A Bridge... Far Enough? with Jessica Carpenter
UnityNow's Kimberly Kolb Eakin sits down with Jessica Carpenter, RCMO at BridgeUSA. Jessica, a 2021 graduate of Arizona State University, shares the story of her and BridgeUSA's journey to try to bring open and civil discourse to Generation Z, fighting against both the political apathy and the...
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Episode 55: Tangling to Untangle with Isaac Saul
This week, UnityNow’s Toby Davis sits down with Isaac Saul, editor of the Tangle political newsletter. Saul discusses his efforts to break people out of their political bubbles by covering the issues of the day through a holistic look at perspectives from left, right, and center, and an earnest...
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Episode 54: Webb 1.0: The Genesis of Unity with David Webb
This week, UnityNow's Kimberly Eakin welcomes guest David Webb, a fellow volunteer for the Unity2020 project, and a pivotal player in that organization's primary. While UnityNow was being born elsewhere on the team slack, Webb was working on revolutionary new ranked choice voting software to help...
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Episode 53: the Campus Free Expression Project
This week, UnityNow’s Toby Davis sits down with Jacqueline Merrill, head of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Campus Free Expression Project, to discuss her team’s findings on key questions of viewpoint diversity and discourse on American college campuses. How does the social media-driven political...
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Episode 52: A Novel Idea for Campus Unity
In this episode, we welcome Jefferson Shupe, author of the new YA novel, the Bathwater Brigade. Focusing on a college student’s journey through campus politics in the wake of a police shooting controversy, Bathwater Brigade explores the challenges and rewards of finding unity, and helping others...
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Episode 51: Musical Bridges with Kuf Knotz and Christine Elise
In this brief interlude from our usual political fare, UnityNow's Toby Davis sits down with rapper Kuf Knotz and harpist Christine Elise, to discuss the pair's journey towards creating one of today's most unique, and unifying, musical experiences. Our guests share their origin stories, including...
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Episode 50: Unity Now...and Then
In this very special episode, Toby Davis is joined by UnityNow’s all-star, all-volunteer crew to look back at the podcast’s journey from the humble “unofficial” pod of the Unity2020 movement to what it is today. The gang shares their favorite clips from the show’s run so far, highlighting the...
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Episode 49: Can We Still Talk About Censorship? with Heather Blakeslee and Cody Hill
In this episode, journalist Heather Blakeslee and former Facebook employee Cody Hill share their thoughts and perspectives for an important conversation on censorship. In the wake of UnityNow's own run-in with the Powers that Be, is the corporate suppression of deemed misinformation going too…
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Episode 48: Moving Forward with Blair Walsingham
UnityNow's Toby Davis sits down with Blair Walshingham, Deputy Political Director and Volunteer Coordinator of the nascent Forward Party, to ask the tough questions about the new, Andrew Yang-led effort. Where do they stand on the issues? How do they view their own weaknesses? And will they be...
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Episode 47: Can We Unite to Defeat the Mandates? with Louisa Clary & Matthew Tune
UnityNow's Toby Davis sits down with Matt Tune and Louisa Clary, founders of the Washington, D.C. Defeat the Mandates March. The two share stories of how they got to be involved with the group, and how they hope to make their January 23rd event a unifying effort, from appealing to vaccinated and...
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Episode 46: Star-Manning Will Blow Your Mind with Angel Eduardo
Host Toby Davis sits down with Angel Eduardo initially to discuss his article "How to Star-Man | Arguing from Compassion" published February 10, 2021 with the Center for Inquiry. Angel is a writer, musician, photographer, and designer based in New York City. He is a staff writer and content…
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Episode 45: Making Boilers, Changing Discourse with Patrick Petersen and Dansen Wang
In this episode, UnityNow’s Toby Davis sits down with Purdue students Dansen Wang and Patrick Petersen, members of their school’s Political Discourse Club (PDC). They discuss the challenges of running the PDC and fostering healthy conversation between members of different political tribes. Is it...
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Episode 44: Speaking the Unspeakable with Meghan Daum
Author Meghan Daum (the Problem with Everything) sits down with UnityNow's Toby Davis to discuss the difficulties of keeping up with the U.S. Politics through print, the culture shock of moving from NYC to Nebraska, and how she handles "unspeakable" topics on her podcast. Topics like the female...
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Episode 43: Giving America a 2ndLook with Stacia Wilson and Craig Carroll
Host Toby Davis sits down with Stacia Wilson and Craig Carroll to discuss the launch of 2ndLook News, a new truth-based News website dedicated to getting the story right from the concept of a trusted friend who digs into the facts about the stories that matter to you. This friend would share…
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Episode 42: Wokistan vs. The Avengers
Host Toby Davis sits down with Erec Smith, co-founder of Free Black Thought, to discuss his original path as a mild-mannered professor of rhetoric with interest in the confluence of rhetorical theory and Buddhist philosophy all the way to his time now in the fight against “The Great Awokening”....
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Episode 41: Hey Google, Define Discrimination with Desh Amila
Host Toby Davis sits down with Desh Amila to discuss "Better Left Unsaid", his latest film. The premise behind Better Left Unsaid, lies in the unconfined analysis of the often violent extremism of today’s Western political landscape. As liberal democracy becomes increasingly challenged in the…
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Episode 40: Sensemaking & Slow Media with Heather Shayne Blakeslee
Host Toby Davis sits down with Heather Shayne Blakeslee to discuss her publication Root Quarterly and Heather’s Interest in “Civics”, not “Politics”. Heather shares her journey to Editor and Publisher of her own magazine which started at a young age when she understood the separation of church…
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Episode 39: Blasphemous Business with Amna Khalid
Host Toby Davis sits down with Amna Khalid, Host of Banished , a new podcast about "about our reassessment of the many people, ideas, objects and even works of art that conflict with modern sensibilities." We discuss Amna's efforts to combat cancel culture that is escalating at an alarming rate....
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Episode 38: I'm Not a Politician, but I Play One on TV with Phil Reeves
In this episode, host Toby Davis sits down with Phil Reeves. Phil is an actor, screenwriter, former police officer, and police chaplain. He played the incoming Vice President, Andrew Doyle on the HBO series Veep, and can currently be seen on the ABC sitcom Home Economics. They talk about his time...
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Episode 37 - Where Are They Now, Unity 2020 with Eric White
Host Toby Davis sits down with Eric White, Host of the EW Podcast to catch up with the Unity2020 member and former UnityNow teammate. We reflect on Eric's time with UnityNow, the 2020 movement, talk about Eric's video editing projects, and look ahead to what's next on the EW Podcast. Connect with...
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Book Club #1: The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion is one of the foundational books of the Unity movement. As part of a new "Book Club" series of episodes, UnityNow! Podcast team members, Gabe Garber, Todd Niesen and Kimberly Kolb Eakin sat down and discussed this timely…
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Episode 36: In Pursuit of the Free Mind with Pamela Paresky
Pamela Paresky is a psychologist, speaker, author, and the founder of “Habits of a Free Mind.” In this fast-moving episode, host Gabe Garber speaks with Pamela about her involvement with the New York Times bestseller The Coddling of the American Mind, her antidote for the coddled mind, teaching…
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Episode 35: All Politics are Local in Burbank with Mayors Bob Frutos & Anja Reinke
In this episode, host Toby Davis sits down with the current Mayor of Burbank, California, Bob Frutos, and former mayor Anja Reinke. They discuss the challenges of governing a city in the midst of a pandemic, how national political division has infected local politics, and how social media has had…
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Episode 34: The Art of Healthy Conversations w/ Braver Angels (Elizabeth Chan & Breyette Covington)
Host Toby Davis sits down with Braver Angels Ambassadors Elizabeth Chan and Breyette Covington. In keeping with our mission, we bring you a discussion centered around a very difficult topic approached from opposite sides. Breyette is an adjunct professor in the School of Integrated Sciences at…
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Episode 33: Taking the Reins at Areo Magazine with Iona Italia
Host Gabe Garber sits down with Dr. Iona Italia to discuss her ascension to Directing Editor of Areo Magazine, which she describes as “a feisty little digital magazine with an international readership, providing commentary on politics, society, science, culture, and the arts.” Dr. Italia…
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Episode 32: Bring It To the Table with Julie Winokur
Host Toby Davis sits down with Julie Winokur to discuss Talking Eyes Media and her documentary “Bring It To the Table”. Julie developed an alternative media source long before Trump started labeling news stations “Fake News”. She wanted to create a non-profit media source that wasn’t beholden to...
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Episode 31: Unity in the Beehive State, Can we be more than Drones? with Jonathan Harmon
Host Alec Sorenson sits down with Jonathan Harmon, the Salt Lake County Chair for the United Utah Party. In June of 2017 the Unity Party was officially certified by the state of Utah. Starting off in 2016, a small group began to talk about what to do about the dysfunctional state of politics in...
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Episode 30: Talking About My Generation with Christopher Wells
In this episode of UnityNow!, host Gabe Garber interviews Christopher Wells. Wells came to fame through the Clubhouse App and is an avid Free Speech advocate. His unique insights, in respects to Gen Z & cancel culture, let the two explore the generational problems that the many young are…
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Episode 29: The Last Moment to Do Something with Cactus Chu
In this episode of UnityNow!, host Gabe Garber welcomes Cactus Chu, mathematician and political commentator, and host of the Meta Politics podcast, the place to learn about all things irrational in politics. Over the course of the conversation, the two discuss the power of network effects, the…
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Episode 28: Better Left Unsaid with Curt Jaimungal and Desh Amila
Host Toby Davis speaks with Curt Jaimungal and Desh Amila about their upcoming Document "Better Left Unsaid", an independent film about the "Extreme Left and Extreme Right". The film is a one of a kind visual analysis of the often violent extremism of today’s Western political landscape. Written...
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Episode 27: Love in a Hopeless Place with Sarah Darville
Host Toby Davis talks with fellow Unity2020 volunteer and musician Sarah Darville. Sarah is co-lead of the Unity music channel and hosted the weekly campfire Karaoke events after Bret Weinstein's weekly campfire events on the Articles of Unity YouTube channel. On this Live Valentine's Day…
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Episode 26: Unite Center Left & Center Right with Jerry Rose
In episode 26 of UnityNow!, host Toby Davis sits down with prospective Senator Jerry Rose in one of his earliest interviews for his 2024 campaign. Toby and Jerry discuss Jerry's future political aspirations, how he aligns with Unity principals, and new ways we can govern ourselves and each other....
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Episode 25: Desmund Shirazi and Breaking Through Fear to Model Unity
In episode 25 of UnityNow!, host Gabe Garber sits down with fellow Unity volunteer Desmund Shirazi. Desmund recently retired from the financial industry and currently sits on the board of directors at Spirit Rock Insight Meditation Center. He also hosted the Unity Campfire S’mores series,...
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Episode 24: Coaching Life's Dance with Stacia Wilson and Alec Sorensen
In episode 24, host Gabe Garber sits down with Stacia Wilson and Alec Sorensen. Stacia is a digital nomad and entrepreneur who became involved in Unity2020 as a volunteer. Her main roles were moderating the Facebook group and Outreach Lead. Alec is a Unity Now! Producer focusing on guest outreach...
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Episode 23: When Left and Right Meet in the Middle, with Toby Davis and Eric White
In episode 23 of Unity Now!, hosts Toby Davis (a Trump voter in 2016) and Eric White (a Clinton voter in 2016) meet to discuss their perspectives on a variety of political and social issues. Topics discussed include their political backgrounds, abortion, racism, how they consume information…
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UnityNow! is a podcast about Americans, from all walks of political, social, and economic life, coming together with a willingness to hear different ideas and perspectives about the most pressing challenges of our time. The UnityNow! Podcast creates media content to Highlight the Middle Ground between the two dominant parties, Focus on nuanced conversations, Discuss politically-charged subjects, Promote the Individual over Groups, Unite Americans, End the Ideological War.
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