How Do We Fix It?

06/07/2025

Our conservative Braver Angels friend Wilk Wilkinson tells it like it is:
There’s no reason why I can’t have civil conversations with people on the blue side… We cannot get stuck in this idea that just because politically we don’t see eye-to-eye we are enemies”
Amen to that.

What do you think of people who you totally disagree with about politics? Can you listen to their point of view and have a constructive conversation? Do you dismiss the other side as evil or deplorable? In this episode we hear from  Wilk Wilkinson , a Christian conservative who voted for D

02/07/2025

We’ve made 19 podcasts about the people, projects, and ideas of Braver Angels.
Learn more about an amazing movement working all across the country to depolarize, expand curiosity, extend humility, and make politics better.
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“How Do We Fix It?” is a weekly, half-hour podcast about solving problems ranging from the geo-political to the personal. Veteran journalists Richard Davies and Jim Meigs interview the smartest minds in the field, and look for real-world solutions.

17/05/2025

Outrage entrepreneurs spark fear and conflict. Doug Teschner says “It is vital that each of us learn to better understand who they are and how we are being manipulated.”

https://open.substack.com/pub/togethernow/p/conflict-entrepreneurs-manipulate

16/05/2025

Imagine this: People from different social, geographical educational backgrounds who totally disagree about politics get along pretty well, and make progress on vital issues. ⁦‪Beth Malow #‬⁩ & Doug Teschner tell us how…
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16/05/2025

Our latest podcast on the people, projects and ideas of Braver Angels

Guests Beth Malow and Doug Teschner tell us about their work across divides in New England & forthcoming book "Beyond the Politics of Contempt: Practical Steps to Build Positive Relationships in Divided Times”

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If you’re disturbed or simply turned off by America's rigid political divisions this is the show for you. We discuss creative skills and practices that put a little hope back in your political life Doug Teschner and Beth Malow are co-authors of the forthcoming book "Beyond the Politics of

15/04/2025

Our latest podcast: We release this show at a moment of high political drama. Economics, financial markets, and America’s relations with the rest of the world are in a state of tumult. So how on earth do we talk with and listen to people on the other side? Should you even try?

Jessie Mannisto, Director of Debates at Braver Angels says “yes!”

In this episode we learn why understanding those who you disagree with is a vital first step to repairing civic relations. We need help to step back from the threat of intense conflict.

https://youtu.be/KnQY2lPwIAw?si=o1tST0qF3__7wtx6

Braver Angels Jessie Mannisto

We release this show at a moment of high political drama. Economics, financial markets, and America’s relations with the rest of the world are in a state of ...