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Bringing Back Intellectual Humility

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Introducing "A Braver Way" | Mónica Guzmán with April Lawson

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Launching "Uniting America" | John Wood Jr. with Ciaran O'Connor See More from John Wood

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Want to fight polarization? Take a vacation! | Aziz Abu Sarah with Randy Lioz

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What's Up With Elon Musk? | A Braver Angels Podcast Holiday Special

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What's your 'red line'? | Jonathan Haidt with Mónica Guzmán

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"What Liberals Miss About Conservatives"

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What Curiosity Can Teach Us | Monica Guzman with Ciaran O'Connor

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The 2022 Midterms: A Humble Debate | Ciaran O'Connor and John Wood, Jr.

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How Civil Wars Start — And How to Stop Them | Barbara Walter with Ciaran O'Connor

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A Trump Supporter Interviews a Biden Supporter

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A Catholic, a Jew, and a Protestant Walk Into a Bridge-Building Movement | Eduardo Andino & Randy Lioz with April Lawson

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A Trump Republican on the FBI's Mar-a-Lago Raid

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Generosity in America: 1 Working Person's View of Politics & Life | Annette Ritter with April Lawson Kornfield

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Keeping the Faith | John Wood Jr., Monica Guzman, April Lawson Kornfield, & Ciaran O'Connor

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Braving the Gun Divide | Mark Beckwith & Wilk Wilkinson with Ciaran O'Connor

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A Jalapeño a Day: What America Can Learn From Bridging in the Hispanic Community | Monica Guzman & Daniel Acosta-Rivas with April Lawson Kornfield

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Gen-Z & the New Center | Manu Meel with John Wood Jr.

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How Braver Angels Began, Part 2 | David Blankenhorn, Bill Doherty, & David Lapp

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What's It Like To Be Gen Z in Today's Climate? Two Zoomers Discuss | Isaac Humrich & Ope Tukuru with April Lawson Kornfield

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Will Trump Run in 2024? | Robert Gibbs & Rick Wilson with Ciaran O'Connor

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From the Depolarization Movement to the U.S. Senate? | Steven Olikara with John Wood Jr.

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Braver Politics is Live! Plus: Seeing the Unseen | Rev. Mark Beckwith with Ciaran O'Connor

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President Trump, Ukraine, & the Future of Conservatism: Reds Discuss | Steve Saltwick, Marc Ang, & Paul N. with April Kornfield

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Bridging the Divide in the North Carolina General Assembly | John Torbett & Becky Carney with Ciaran O'Connor

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The Musical Life of Coleman Hughes | with Alma Cook

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Racism, Colorism, & the Complicated Legacy of Hollywood | Joy Donnell with John Wood Jr.

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The Power of Curiosity | Mónica Guzmán with Ciaran O'Connor

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Cocaine, Black L.A. and the Story of Lorenzo Murphy | with John Wood Jr.

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Can We Talk About Class? | Annette Ritter & Len Breslow with David Lapp

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Straight Outta the Black Bourgeoisie | John Sibley Butler with John Wood Jr.

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Depolarization in the Age of Misinformation | Jonathan Rauch with David Blankenhorn & Ciaran O'Connor

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The Man Who's Seen It All | Daniel Seddiqui with Mónica Guzmán

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The Future of Depolarization | Esther Cash with Ciaran O'Connor

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A Conservative Perspective on January 6th & the 2020 Election | Peter Wood with Ciaran O'Connor

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The Meaning of January 6th | John Wood, Jr. & Ciaran O'Connor

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Building the Beloved Community in 2021 | Rev. Adam Taylor with John Wood Jr.

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How Braver Angels Began | David Blankenhorn, Bill Doherty, & David Lapp

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Can We Talk About Abortion? | April Kornfield, Alma Cook, Sage Snider, & Mónica

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Understanding the American Schism | Seth David Radwell with Ciaran O'Connor

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Grace Under (Political) Pressure? | Kirsten Powers with Mónica Guzmán

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Moving Depolarization Forward | Andrew Yang with John Wood, Jr. & Silas Kulkarni

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A BLM Leader, a Trump Supporter, & an ICU Doctor Talk Vaccines | Hawk Newsome, David Iwinski, & Dr. Tess Russell with Ciaran O'Connor

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Wait, You're Married?! How a Republican & Democrat Keep It Together | Barbara Thomas & Rick Hotchner with Mónica Guzmán

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Breaking the Social Media Prism | Christopher Bail with Ciaran O'Connor

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Mind Your Mandates | Ciaran O'Connor, John Wood, Jr., Alma Cook, & Mónica Guzmán

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Can Conservatives Trust Journalists? | Joy Mayer with Mónica Guzmán

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What Being Homeless Can Teach Us About Dignity & Overcoming Division | Morgan Brown with David Lapp

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The Power of Strangers | Joe Keohane with Ciaran O'Connor

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Why National Service in 2021? | Sri Preston Kulkarni with Luke Nathan Phillips

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Let's Blame the Media! | Mónica Guzmán, April Lawson, John Wood, Jr., & Ciaran O'Connor

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The Plight of Returning Citizens | Sheba Williams with John Wood, Jr. & Silas Kulkarni

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What Does Freedom Mean to You? | Valerie Durham with Ciaran O'Connor

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Critical Race Theory & UFOs? | John Wood, Jr., April Lawson, Ciaran O'Connor, & Mónica Guzmán

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Faith in the Public Square | Gov. Bill Haslam with Ciaran O'Connor & John Wood, Jr.

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Church, Hip-Hop, Race, & Politics | Sho Baraka with John Wood, Jr.

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A Defense of Truth | Jonathan Rauch with John Wood, Jr. & April Lawson

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Get off Your Butt & Take Action! A Special Podcast on BA Alliances | Steve Saltwick & Lynn Heady with Ciaran O'Connor

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Cancel Culture, Communication, & the Quest for Humanism | Steven Pinker with John Wood, Jr.

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Trust & the Election: Left, Right & Center | Wilfred Reilly, Shouvik Banerjee & Chris Paul with John Wood, Jr.

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Balance & Perspective on Race | John McWhorter and John Wood Jr.

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Libertarianism in America | Nick Gillespie with John Wood, Jr.

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Time, Truth & Technology | Tristan Harris with John Wood, Jr. & Ciaran O'Connor

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A Multiracial Working-Class Revolution? | Lance Nickol & Jason Clark with David Lapp

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The Psychology of Disagreement | Julia Minson with Greg Steinbrecher

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High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out | Amanda Ripley with Ciaran O'Connor & April Lawson

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Can Theatre Bridge the Divide? A Conversation with Collaboraction Theatre Company | Anthony Moseley & Dr. Marcus Robinson with Ciaran O'Connor & Alma Cook

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From Brooklyn to Boomtown: A Musician's Year in the Oilfield | Michael Patrick F. Smith with Alma Cook

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The Call to Unite | Tim Shriver with John Wood, Jr. & April Lawson

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Depolarization & Faith: How Faith Can Help Us Reach Across the Divide | Sarah Anderson with April Lawson

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Camera Angles: Valuing Diverse Perspectives | Roben Bellomo & Jim Hamel with Randy Lioz

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Tangle: Reimagining Political News | Isaac Saul with Ciaran O'Connor

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The Odyssey of Bari Weiss | with John Wood, Jr. & Ciaran O'Connor

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Antiracism in Black & White | James Lindsay with John Wood, Jr.

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Why Debate the 2020 Election? | Ciaran O'Connor, John Wood, Jr., David Blankenhorn, April Lawson, & Silas Kulkarni

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Speech, Justice and the ACLU | Rakim Brooks with John Wood, Jr.

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Should Donald Trump Be Convicted? | Lawrence Mead & William Galston with Ciaran O'Connor

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Media & the Death of Objectivity | Matt Taibbi with John Wood, Jr. & Ciaran O'Connor

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Can Red & Blue America Avoid Divorce? | Greg Smith, Sage Snider, & David Lapp

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Presenting The Reunited States | Director Ben Rekhi & Erin Leaverton with Ciaran O'Connor & John Wood, Jr.

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"What I Saw at the Capitol on January 6: Perspectives from Two Protestors"

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Calling In, Calling Out, and Where to Draw the Line

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It's Been a Hell of a Year

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Diversity, Social Justice, & Personal Responsibility | Lisa Forbes, Marilyn Hosea, Peter Bell, Thomas J. Reeves Jr., & Carlos Hernandez

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Could a Multiparty System Depolarize American Politics? | Lee Drutman, Ciaran O'Connor, & Luke Nathan Phillips

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Remembering Charlottesville through Song & Action | Becca Stevens, Susan Bro, & Alma Cook

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Social Media is Broken. Is Minds.com the Answer? | with Ciaran O'Connor and Bill Ottman

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Antiracism, Blackness and What Killed Michael Brown | Shelby Steele with John Wood, Jr.

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Braver Angels-of-Color: Experience The Student Voices of Color - High School, College, and Doctoral Studies.

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Processing the 2020 Election | with Ciaran O'Connor and John Wood, Jr.

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Envisioning Unity: John Wood, Jr. with Alma Cook, Greg Steinbrecher and Stacia Wilson

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Warriors: Specialists. Blue and Red. Woman and Man.

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To Trump or Not to Trump | Chris Paul & Mike Casentini with John Wood, Jr.

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Republicans Who Are Voting Biden | Peggy Wardlaw and Andrew Stegmaier with Silas Kulkarni

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Race, Antiracism and Growing up Biracial | Thomas Chatterton Williams and John Wood, Jr.

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Ciaran O'Connor Interviews Rick Gates, Star Witness in the Mueller Investigation

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David French on How to Prevent a Civil War

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Politics and Hollywood | Roxanne Hoge meets Lydia Cornell (with John Wood, Jr.)

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Donald Trump and the Realignment of Conservatism / Daniel McCarthy with Luke Nathan Phillips and Silas Kulkarni

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"Why I'm Supporting Trump"