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Transcending Politics Through Art | Sage Snider, Philippa Hughes, Luke Phillips and John Wood, Jr.

John Wood, Jr. is joined by Braver Angels leaders Sage Snider, Luke Phillips and special guest Philippa Hughes, founder of the Looking for America project, to talk about the Braver Angels songwriting contest, the cross-cultural artistic and convening work of Looking for America, and the power of music, art, food and culture to transcend the normal divisions of politics.

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Writers Roundtable: Self Reflection in Troubled Times

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Braver Angles’ writers talk the cultural unrest in the wake of George Floyd’s death.

The Places We Find Hope: More Selected Songs from the BA Songwriting Contest

06/29/2020 No Comments

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.

A Politics of Love

06/25/2020 No Comments

How can we move from a politics of hate to a politics of love? Ciaran O’Connor interviews Lawrence Lessig.