In this special episode of the Braver Angels Podcast, writer and philosopher Lexi Hudson interviews David Blankenhorn, founder and president of Braver Angels, about the state of polarization in the United States, what makes a strong civil society and his own personal journey through the heat of American division.
Braver Angles’ writers talk the cultural unrest in the wake of George Floyd’s death.
For this conversation, the Blue is Cameron Swallow—a Braver Angels moderator and bluegrass musician in Kenosha, Wisconsin, who spent 18 years teaching secondary school. The Red is Jennifer Stepp—a pianist, musical theater dabbler, and community arts advocate who also serves as a city council member in Gastonia, North Carolina. Cameron and Jennifer are both deeply connected to North Carolina, and each now plans to visit the special diner the other discusses in this conversation.
How can we move from a politics of hate to a politics of love? Ciaran O’Connor interviews Lawrence Lessig.
