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A Braver Way

By: Monica Guzman
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  • Done with the divisiveness in our politics and ready to do something about it? Host Monica Guzman is joined by guests from across the political spectrum to unearth tools, insights, and messy real life stories that can guide you over the divide in your everyday life. So whether you’re Red, Blue, or something entirely different, “A Braver Way” will help you hear and be heard by people who confound you.
    2023
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  • Ask me anything

    Ask me anything
    Jan 23 2024

    Mónica is joined by four friends in bridge building to answer your toughest questions about our shared mission of connecting across the political divide. Angel Eduardo, April Lawson, Manu Meel and Wilk Wilkinson get real about the challenges, opportunities, and misconceptions about our movement - are we all just a bunch of squishy centrists that brush deep concerns under the rug? And how can we possibly be expected to talk to someone who doesn’t even think we have a right to exist? These are questions with no easy answers and we tackle them head on. Finally, find out what Superman, Taylor Swift and Kirk Cousins have in common as we cap off the first season of A Braver Way.

    • Derate the Hate Podcast 

    • The Hopeful Majority Podcast 

    • Coddling of the American Mind 

    • How to Star-Man - Article by Angel Eduardo

    • Nathan J. Robinson - Biden’s election is not a mandate for centrism 

    • Daryl Davis  

    • Jeff Schoep 

    • Kirk Cousins and the Minnesota Vikings

    • Taylor Swift’s “Anti-Hero”

    • Chloé Valdary’s “Theory of Enchantment”

    • Superman (1978) film rescue of Lois Lane

    • LA becomes a hub for clown schools

    • This is the Music America Needs - Gangstagrass in the New York Times

    • Apply to attend the Braver Angels National Convention: Learn more and apply to attend here

    • Submit a question: If you’ve found yourself mulling on a concern or reflection as you’ve listened, turn it into a question and share it with us in a quick email to abraverway@braverangels.org. 

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    • Show Notes and Trascript: https://braverangels.org/a-braver-way-episode-10/ 
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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Can we fix what COVID broke? (Part 2)

    Can we fix what COVID broke? (Part 2)
    Jan 9 2024
    In Part two of this two-part story, Dr. Francis Collins, former head of the National Institutes of Health during COVID, and Travis Tripodi, a strong conservative critic of the US COVID response Dr. Collins helped shape, attempt the impossible —  sparring on everything from vaccine mandates to natural immunity freely, fully, and without losing it.  What does their collision achieve? And what does it leave hanging? April Lawson joins Mónica to break down this extraordinary conversation and figure out what it takes for the rest of us to tackle the hardest political disagreements we face… without getting burned.     

    • Study: Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine (December 31, 2020) 

    • Study: Comparing SARS-CoV-2 natural immunity to vaccine-induced immunity: reinfections versus breakthrough infections (August 25, 2021)

    • Rachel Maddow Vaccination Segment (April 9, 2021)

    • Additional Background: Derate the Hate Interview with Dr. Francis Collins

    • Additional Background: Derate the Hate Interview with Travis Tripodi

    • NIH: Vaccine Q&A with Dr Francis Collins (May 7, 2021)
    • Braver Angels Debates: Learn more and register here: https://braverangels.org/what-we-do/debates/ 
    • Submit a question: If you’ve found yourself mulling on a concern or reflection as you’ve listened, turn it into a question and share it with us in a quick email to abraverway@braverangels.org. Mónica and friends will be answering questions on an upcoming episode. 
    • Subscribe: If you like what you’ve heard, hit subscribe, and leave us a 5 star review! 
    • Share this episode: https://braverangels.org/a-braver-way-episode-8/ 
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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Can we fix what COVID broke? (Part 1)

    Can we fix what COVID broke? (Part 1)
    Jan 9 2024
    How do you talk about a monster of an issue when the two sides are so far apart? Mónica brings together two unlikely guests to find out: Dr. Francis Collins, a man who helped shape the U.S. COVID response (and was Dr. Fauci’s boss!), and Travis Tripodi, a New Hampshire resident who believes that response was deeply wrong and misguided. In Part one of this two part story, Francis and Travis describe how they weathered very different challenges during the pandemic, their radically different perspectives on what went wrong during the crisis, and the extraordinary way that their perspectives first collided last summer in Gettysburg. What makes COVID disagreements so painfully divisive in the first place? Mónica and April follow up to unpack the giant barriers that complicate these conversations, and how their experiences both during the pandemic and in its aftermath have shaped their own novel perceptions on power, truth and morality.  
    • Additional Background: Derate the Hate Interview with Dr. Francis Collin
    • Additional Background: Derate the Hate Interview with Travis Tripodi
    • NIH: Vaccine Q&A with Dr Francis Collins (May 7, 2021)
    • Braver Angels Convention Panel: A Deplorable and an Elitist Walk into a Bar
    • Submit a question: If you’ve found yourself mulling on a concern or reflection as you’ve listened, turn it into a question and share it with us in a quick email to abraverway@braverangels.org. We love hearing what our episodes are bringing up for you! 
    • Subscribe: If you like what you’ve heard, hit subscribe, and leave us a 5 star review! 
    • Share this episode: https://braverangels.org/a-braver-way-episode-8/ 
    • Follow us: Instagram | X/ twitter | TikTok | Youtube 
    • Become a member of Braver Angels at https://braverangels.org/support-us/#join
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    1 hr and 5 mins
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Fabulous! Lincoln the Bridge Builder

Awesome episode! I loved learning about Lincoln and the things he did to unite the country.

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