A Trump-Supporting Braver Angel
Carlos Hernandez is a Latino Braver Angels leader from San Francisco who supports President Trump.
Carlos Hernandez is a Latino Braver Angels leader from San Francisco who supports President Trump.
What do we mean by “cancel culture?” And why has America struggled so mightily to contain the coronavirus? Ciaran O’Connor hosts a dynamic roundtable.
What are the forces driving the breakdown in our media system? How do media polarization, hyperpartisanship, and disinformation threaten our values and democracy? And what can we do about it??
Can gay rights activists and proponents of religious liberty build the trust and understanding needed to find common ground? Or is this divide destined to be a zero-sum fight?
Braver Angels Podcast on LGBTQ Rights and Religious Liberty Read More »
How can we move from a politics of hate to a politics of love? Ciaran O’Connor interviews Lawrence Lessig.
Braver Angels Chief Marketing Officer Ciaran O’Connor delivers a Tedx Talk on the art of depolarizing communication.
Better has become Braver. John and Ciaran introduce the Braver Angels Podcast, discuss the organization’s transformation, and debate the politics of the coronavirus.
Ciaran O’Connor interviews Alexandra (Lexie) Hudson, a writer and education policy expert, who served as an Assistant to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos in the Trump administration. Lexie recently attended
A Former Trump Official on Politics, Polarization, and a Path Forward Read More »
Ciaran and John host a lively Better Angels discussion between Hawk Newsome, the head of Black Lives Matter of Greater New York, and Greg Smith, a Trump supporter and former police
A Trump Supporter and a Black Lives Matter Activist Discuss Policing and Racial Justice Read More »
Ciaran talks to Jonathan Rauch, a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institute, about politics, polarization, and Jon’s history of bridging divides within the same-sex marriage debate.
Bridging the Divide with Jonathan Rauch: From Same-Sex Marriage to Donald Trump Read More »
Ciaran O’Connor joins Ryan Adell, Executive Director of Next Generation Politics, to interview Avalon Fenster and Ryan Arranz, a liberal and a conservative high school student, about polarization, politics, and
Better Angels’ Director of Public Engagement Ciaran O’Connor talks with John Wood, Jr. about their respective political backgrounds — Ciaran as a former Obama & Clinton staffer and John as a
A New Way of Talking Politics with Ciaran O’Connor and John Wood, Jr. Read More »