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America’s Public Forum: Matt Taibbi and Isaac Saul on Media and Polarization in the 2020s

Host Organization: Braver Angels
State/Region: - National
Online US

This event is open to the media upon approval. Contact Ciaran O'Connor, ciaran@braverangels.org From a series of events bridging the worlds of ideas and depolarization, hosted by Braver Angels and friends, “America’s Public Forum.” Link for registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/apf-matt-taibbi-and-isaac-saul-on-media-and-polarization-in-the-2020s-tickets-164423612451?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch  Join Braver Angels for a very special America’s Public Forum event with Matt Taibbi and Isaac Saul, two noted journalists whose SubStack newsletters cover […]

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America’s Public Forum: Matt Taibbi and Isaac Saul on Media and Polarization in the 2020s

Host Organization: BA National - Debates / APF Program
Online US

From a series of events bridging the worlds of ideas and depolarization, hosted by Braver Angels and friends, "America's Public Forum." About this event Join Braver Angels for a very special America’s Public Forum event with Matt Taibbi and Isaac Saul, two noted journalists whose SubStack newsletters cover a wide array of political news and […]

Event Series America’s Public Forum

America’s Public Forum

Host Organization: BA National - APF
State/Region: - National

** This event is open to the media upon approval. Media contact: Ciaran O'Connor, ciaran@braverangels.org From a series of events bridging the worlds of ideas and depolarization, hosted by Braver Angels and friends, "America's Public Forum." Check back often for the subject and registration link for this week's forum.  Thank you.  

Event Series America’s Public Forum

America’s Public Forum

Host Organization: BA National - APF
State/Region: - National

** This event is open to the media upon approval. Media contact: Ciaran O'Connor, ciaran@braverangels.org From a series of events bridging the worlds of ideas and depolarization, hosted by Braver Angels and friends, "America's Public Forum." Check back often for the subject and registration link for this week's forum.  Thank you.  

America’s Public Forum: America’s Crisis of Trust in the 2020s

Host Organization: BA National - APF
State/Region: - National

** This event is open to the media upon approval. Media contact: Ciaran O'Connor, ciaran@braverangels.org Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/americas-public-forum-americas-crisis-of-trust-in-the-2020s-tickets-166869303579?aff=ebdsoporgprofile From a series of events bridging the worlds of ideas and depolarization, hosted by Braver Angels and friends, "America's Public Forum." About this event This event was previously scheduled for earlier this summer, and has been rescheduled […]

America’s Public Forum: America’s Crisis of Trust in the 2020s

Host Organization: BA National - Debates / APF Program
Online US

Intellectuals from across the political spectrum have observed for decades that, beneath the intense and polarized vitriol of American politics, a general and metastasizing crisis of trust has steadily eaten away at American institutions and whatever shared legitimacy they once held more confidently. In some ways this has led to the alienation of large segments […]

Event Series America’s Public Forum

America’s Public Forum

Host Organization: BA National - APF
State/Region: - National

** This event is open to the media upon approval. Media contact: Ciaran O'Connor, ciaran@braverangels.org From a series of events bridging the worlds of ideas and depolarization, hosted by Braver Angels and friends, "America's Public Forum." Check back often for the subject and registration link for this week's forum.  Thank you.  

Event Series America’s Public Forum

America’s Public Forum

Host Organization: BA National - APF
State/Region: - National

** This event is open to the media upon approval. Media contact: Ciaran O'Connor, ciaran@braverangels.org From a series of events bridging the worlds of ideas and depolarization, hosted by Braver Angels and friends, "America's Public Forum." Check back often for the subject and registration link for this week's forum.  Thank you.  

Event Series America’s Public Forum

America’s Public Forum

Host Organization: BA National - APF
State/Region: - National

** This event is open to the media upon approval. Media contact: Ciaran O'Connor, ciaran@braverangels.org From a series of events bridging the worlds of ideas and depolarization, hosted by Braver Angels and friends, "America's Public Forum." Check back often for the subject and registration link for this week's forum.  Thank you.  

Event Series America’s Public Forum

America’s Public Forum

Host Organization: BA National - APF
State/Region: - National

** This event is open to the media upon approval. Media contact: Ciaran O'Connor, ciaran@braverangels.org From a series of events bridging the worlds of ideas and depolarization, hosted by Braver Angels and friends, "America's Public Forum." Check back often for the subject and registration link for this week's forum.  Thank you.  

Event Series America’s Public Forum

America’s Public Forum

Host Organization: BA National - APF
State/Region: - National

** This event is open to the media upon approval. Media contact: Ciaran O'Connor, ciaran@braverangels.org From a series of events bridging the worlds of ideas and depolarization, hosted by Braver Angels and friends, "America's Public Forum." Check back often for the subject and registration link for this week's forum.  Thank you.  

Event Series America’s Public Forum

America’s Public Forum

Host Organization: BA National - APF
State/Region: - National

** This event is open to the media upon approval. Media contact: Ciaran O'Connor, ciaran@braverangels.org From a series of events bridging the worlds of ideas and depolarization, hosted by Braver Angels and friends, "America's Public Forum." Check back often for the subject and registration link for this week's forum.  Thank you.  

Event Series America’s Public Forum

America’s Public Forum

Host Organization: BA National - APF
State/Region: - National

** This event is open to the media upon approval. Media contact: Ciaran O'Connor, ciaran@braverangels.org From a series of events bridging the worlds of ideas and depolarization, hosted by Braver Angels and friends, "America's Public Forum." Check back often for the subject and registration link for this week's forum.  Thank you.  

Event Series America’s Public Forum

America’s Public Forum

Host Organization: BA National - APF
State/Region: - National

** This event is open to the media upon approval. Media contact: Ciaran O'Connor, ciaran@braverangels.org From a series of events bridging the worlds of ideas and depolarization, hosted by Braver Angels and friends, "America's Public Forum." Check back often for the subject and registration link for this week's forum.  Thank you.  

Event Series America’s Public Forum

America’s Public Forum

Host Organization: BA National - APF
State/Region: - National

** This event is open to the media upon approval. Media contact: Ciaran O'Connor, ciaran@braverangels.org From a series of events bridging the worlds of ideas and depolarization, hosted by Braver Angels and friends, "America's Public Forum." Check back often for the subject and registration link for this week's forum.  Thank you.  

Event Series America’s Public Forum

America’s Public Forum

Host Organization: BA National - APF
State/Region: - National

** This event is open to the media upon approval. Media contact: Ciaran O'Connor, ciaran@braverangels.org From a series of events bridging the worlds of ideas and depolarization, hosted by Braver Angels and friends, "America's Public Forum." Check back often for the subject and registration link for this week's forum.  Thank you.  

Event Series America’s Public Forum

America’s Public Forum

Host Organization: BA National - APF
State/Region: - National

** This event is open to the media upon approval. Media contact: Ciaran O'Connor, ciaran@braverangels.org From a series of events bridging the worlds of ideas and depolarization, hosted by Braver Angels and friends, "America's Public Forum." Check back often for the subject and registration link for this week's forum.  Thank you.  

Event Series America’s Public Forum

America’s Public Forum

Host Organization: BA National - APF
State/Region: - National

** This event is open to the media upon approval. Media contact: Ciaran O'Connor, ciaran@braverangels.org From a series of events bridging the worlds of ideas and depolarization, hosted by Braver Angels and friends, "America's Public Forum." Check back often for the subject and registration link for this week's forum.  Thank you.  

Event Series America’s Public Forum

America’s Public Forum

Host Organization: BA National - APF
State/Region: - National

** This event is open to the media upon approval. Media contact: Ciaran O'Connor, ciaran@braverangels.org From a series of events bridging the worlds of ideas and depolarization, hosted by Braver Angels and friends, "America's Public Forum." Check back often for the subject and registration link for this week's forum.  Thank you.  

Event Series America’s Public Forum

America’s Public Forum

Host Organization: BA National - APF
State/Region: - National

** This event is open to the media upon approval. Media contact: Ciaran O'Connor, ciaran@braverangels.org From a series of events bridging the worlds of ideas and depolarization, hosted by Braver Angels and friends, "America's Public Forum." Check back often for the subject and registration link for this week's forum.  Thank you.  

Event Series America’s Public Forum

America’s Public Forum

Host Organization: BA National - APF
State/Region: - National

** This event is open to the media upon approval. Media contact: Ciaran O'Connor, ciaran@braverangels.org From a series of events bridging the worlds of ideas and depolarization, hosted by Braver Angels and friends, "America's Public Forum." Check back often for the subject and registration link for this week's forum.  Thank you.  

Event Series America’s Public Forum

America’s Public Forum

Host Organization: BA National - APF
State/Region: - National

** This event is open to the media upon approval. Media contact: Ciaran O'Connor, ciaran@braverangels.org From a series of events bridging the worlds of ideas and depolarization, hosted by Braver Angels and friends, "America's Public Forum." Check back often for the subject and registration link for this week's forum.  Thank you.  

America’s Public Forum- The Age of Spectacle: How Unearned Affluence, Excessive Leisure, and Lazy Thinking Destroy Democracy

Host Organization: BA National - APF
State/Region: - National

** This event is open to the media upon approval. Media contact: Ciaran O'Connor, ciaran@braverangels.org From a series of events bridging the worlds of ideas and depolarization, hosted by Braver Angels and friends, "America's Public Forum." Why does American politics these days, in all its polarization and partisanship, feel profoundly shriller and harsher, regardless of the actual […]

Event Series America’s Public Forum

America’s Public Forum

Host Organization: BA National - APF
State/Region: - National

** This event is open to the media upon approval. Media contact: Ciaran O'Connor, ciaran@braverangels.org From a series of events bridging the worlds of ideas and depolarization, hosted by Braver Angels and friends, "America's Public Forum." Check back often for the subject and registration link for this week's forum.  Thank you.  

America’s Public Forum: Socialism, Populism, and Nationalism Since the 1990s

State/Region: - National
Online US

** This event is open to the media upon approval. Media contact: Ciaran O’Connor, ciaran@braverangels.org From a series of events bridging the worlds of ideas and depolarization, hosted by Braver Angels and friends, "America's Public Forum." Eventbrite link and registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/americas-public-forum-socialism-populism-nationalism-since-the-1990s-tickets-244775890277?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch   Twenty-seven years ago, John B. Judis and Michael Lind published their policy manifesto, “For a New Nationalism,” at […]

America’s Public Forum: Virtue, Progress, and American Institutions Today

Online US

** This event is open to the media upon approval. Media contact: Ciaran O’Connor, ciaran@braverangels.org From a series of events bridging the worlds of ideas and depolarization, hosted by Braver Angels and friends, “America’s Public Forum.” Eventbrite link and registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/americas-public-forum-virtue-progress-and-american-institutions-today-tickets-244821075427?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch  Steven Pinker has argued in books such as The Better Angels of Our Nature and Enlightenment Now that we are […]

America’s Public Forum: Compromise? Consensus? Coalition? The (Un)Quiet Arts of American Politics

Online US

** This event is open to the media upon approval. Media contact: Ciaran O’Connor, ciaran@braverangels.org From a series of events bridging the worlds of ideas and depolarization, hosted by Braver Angels and friends, “America’s Public Forum.” Eventbrite link and registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/apf-compromise-consensus-coalition-the-arts-of-american-politics-tickets-267131366107?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch About this event How do major decisions get made in the institutions of American democracy, […]

Election Integrity

Host Organization: Building Bridges Alliance
State/Region: ME
Online US

Local Focus: This is a discussion about Maine's system but anyone is welcome to join There's a lot of talk about protecting the election process and making sure every vote is counted correctly. Plan to join us as our speakers review Maine's process of access, verification, and challenges. How exactly are our votes counted and […]

Scaling Mount Polarization: Is dialogue the best way to reach the summit?

Host Organization: Braver Angels Washington, DC
State/Region: DC
Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library, Meeting Room 1 4450 Wisconsin Avenue Northwest, Washington

Local Focus: DC Scaling Mount Polarization: Is dialogue the best way to reach the summit, or is there a better way to blaze the trail (mass messaging, debates, policy change)? Location: Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library, Meeting Room 1 Time: We expect to start the actual panel closer to 6pm, and it'll last an hour or so. […]

Depolarizing Within – IN PERSON

Host Organization: Braver Angels
State/Region: DC
Friends Meeting of Washington 2111 Decatur Place Northwest, Washington

Local Focus: Washington A free workshop to help you become more aware of your "inner polarizer" and learn methods for disagreeing without contempt and ridicule About this event Polarization can be driven by how we talk with like-minded people about those on the other side. Too often, we stereotype, dismiss, or ridicule our fellow citizens […]

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