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Colleagues of the Week: Barbara Brown, Sharyn Dowd, and Dave Blanchard
Get to know Braver Angels coordinators in Georgia.
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Wait, You’re Married?! How a Republican & Democrat Keep It Together | Barbara Thomas & Rick Hotchner with Mónica Guzmán
Barbara is a lifelong liberal, and Rick is a committed conservative. As a married couple, how do they stand each other when they can’t stand each other’s politics?
Breaking the Social Media Prism | Christopher Bail with Ciaran O’Connor
Christopher Bail, author of Breaking the Social Media Prism, discusses how to combat online polarization and re-imagine social media platforms.
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Mind Your Mandates | Ciaran O’Connor, John Wood, Jr., Alma Cook, & Mónica Guzmán
In this Braver Angels roundtable, two red and blue leaders discuss the COVID-19 vaccines. How do the left and right help and hurt America’s struggle against the pandemic? Are President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandates tough love or bad medicine?
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Braver Angels featured in Good Morning America segment on crossing the political divide
Watch Bill Doherty work alongside representatives Dean Phillips (D) and Dusty Johnson (R) to promote common ground at this year’s Minnesota State Fair.
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Colleague of the Week: Elizabeth Doll
Get to know the Red co-chair of Braver Angels Kitsap County Alliance.
‘A far-left college student, swimming in a sea of reds’
Braver Angels Weekend Newsletter from August 29th, 2021.
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Can Conservatives Trust Journalists? | Joy Mayer with Mónica Guzmán
Joy Mayer is on a mission to help conservatives trust journalism. Director of the Trusting News Project, Joy chats with Mónica Guzmán about what journalists can do to win the trust of right-leaning news consumers.
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What Being Homeless Can Teach Us About Dignity & Overcoming Division | Morgan Brown with David Lapp
Morgan Brown spent much of his adult life homeless. Now an advocate for housing and mental health, Morgan shares his perspectives on trust, dignity, and grace.
Ready to undivide your family? Braver Angels’ groundbreaking new program can help
Welcome to Helping Loved Ones Divided By Politics (HLO), a groundbreaking new Braver Angels program that goes further than ever to help real relatives through real political struggles—all in real time.
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The Power of Strangers | Joe Keohane with Ciaran O’Connor
Journalist Joe Keohane chats with Ciaran O’Connor about his new book, The Power of Strangers, which explores the lost art of connecting with unfamiliar people.
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Colleagues of the Week: Marisa Gottuso and Steve Sphar
Get to know co-chairs of the Sacramento Alliance.
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Why National Service in 2021? | Sri Preston Kulkarni with Luke Nathan Phillips
Sri Preston Kulkarni chats with Luke Nathan Phillips about the work, mission, and history of AmeriCorp, discussing its potential to promote national unity.
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Colleague of the Week: Kouhyar Mostashfi
Get to know a member of Braver Angels’ board of directors Kouhyar Mostashfi
Let’s Blame the Media! | Mónica Guzmán, April Lawson, John Wood, Jr., & Ciaran O’Connor
In this Braver Angels roundtable, two red and blue leaders discuss the media. Where do the left and right step up or fall short in their approach to the Fourth Estate? Is all the partisan messaging out of line, or do the ends justify the memes?
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Colleague of the Week: Rich Midkiff
Get to know Braver Angels North Carolina co-coordinator Rich Midkiff.
The Plight of Returning Citizens | Sheba Williams with John Wood, Jr. & Silas Kulkarni
Sheba Williams talks about surviving life after incarceration, her nonprofit Nolef Turns, and the project of reintegrating the formerly incarcerated into society.
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Colleagues of the Week: Cameron Swallow and Susan Vergeront
Get to know Braver Angels co-coordinators Cameron Swallow and Susan Vergeront.
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Exiles
“We have to be fair, human beings are works in progress… It’s going to take all of us reflecting on ourselves. That doesn’t mean that we still don’t have a problem for people that are different in this country.”
What Does Freedom Mean to You? | Valerie Durham with Ciaran O’Connor
Valerie Durham, executive director of FreedomFest, chats with Ciaran O’Connor about liberty, Donald Trump, and libertarianism’s role in the unity movement.
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What I Need to Unify Right Now
Without justice, unity is tyranny. Without dialogue, unity is based in falsehood. So how can we reckon with a fractured nation? Is unity, even among friends, possible in my lifetime?
Critical Race Theory & UFOs? | John Wood, Jr., April Lawson, Ciaran O’Connor, & Mónica Guzmán
Two red and two blue Braver Angels leaders talk about critical race theory, UFO sightings, and how thrilling (or terrifying!) Fourth of July fireworks were to them as a kid.
Imposing Our Values: Piece of Cake!
There’s an inherent tension between this desire to enforce common values that we believe are important for creating a free and prosperous society and allowing individual communities within that society to choose their own values, to the exclusion of some chosen by others. So who gets to decide where this line is drawn?