We’re back! To kick off our second season, we’re bringing you a totally radical — and totally possible — vision of what election years could look like if we approached them a little differently. First we hear from Utah Gov. Spencer Cox about how election campaigns could leave our communities better off, regardless of the results. Then Mónica reflects on Return Day, a unique election tradition in Delaware that’s been putting these ideals into practice since 1812.

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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

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• 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)
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