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The United States of America is at a crossroads. Do we drown in the crashing waves of never ending culture wars? Or do we bring out the best in each other by living up to the better angels of our nature? Braver Angels national ambassador John Wood Jr. brings visionary idealism to American politics through a life lived battling the forces of cynicism at the intersections of race, religion and politics. Follow John as he opens the door to the movement to unite America, challenging political an ...
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Virtue in the face of tribalism | with Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a celebrated scholar, stateswoman and activist who has championed women's rights and liberal values while opposing identity politics and religious extremism. She has been maligned for her views, and as you will hear her say here, she has made mistakes along the way. But I was honored to speak to Ayaan because she has always struc…
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Is "Wokism" a Religion? | A Conversation with John McWhorter
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Is "Wokism" a religion? The modern antiracist movement, often referred to as the Woke movement, has provoked backlash for seemingly seeking to deplatform and censor Americans with dissenting points of view, and attributing racism to wide swaths of American society. According to John McWhorter, this is because "Wokism" is less an ideology and more a…
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Class and Black America | A Conversation with Bertrand Cooper
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Is the black American experience defined by race in 2021? Or are the struggles of millions of African-Americans far more a symptom of class? Bertrand Cooper is a deeply insightful yet underappreciated voice on the intersections of race and poverty in American life. In our conversation we talk about popular culture's representation of black life, th…
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Empathizing with the Left?! Discussing Race with Dennis Prager
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Dennis Prager, (author, talk radio show host and long time thought leader among American conservatives) believes that everything the left touches it destroys. But is there nothing to empathize with on the left? That was the conversation I wound up having with Dennis particularly with respect to the subject of race. Twitter: @DennisPrager @braverang…
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A quick filler episode! I wanted to take a moment to talk about the importance of understanding what we don't know, and the limited value of understanding facts outside of experience. I also talk about my conversation with Dave Rubin, my recent appearance with economist Glenn Loury and upcoming podcast with Dennis Prager. See Glenn and I at the Man…
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Braver Angels is America' largest, grassroots, bipartisan organization in America dedicated to reviving the communal spirit of American democracy. A high-minded vision! I've been a leader of Braver Angels for going on four years now. But I wouldn't be on the front lines of this movement to unite the American people in goodwill if it wasn't for my l…
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Critiquing the Heterodox Community on Race and Reason
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I find myself on Twitter perhaps a little more than is healthy. But one thing that has been very healthy for me is interacting with Will Fullwood (mathematics teacher, host of the Contraband Wagon) Brandon Bradford (writer and consultant) and Dr. Mansa Keita (PhD computer science) as they've criticized conservatives and traditional liberals (someti…
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Should we be Pessimistic about America? A Conversation with Karen Hunter
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Karen Hunter, the host of The Karen Hunter Show on Sirius XM, is a fearless voice on the airwaves for justice and truth telling. She's lived a successful life as a journalist, author and activist; yet Karen is not optimistic about America's ability to overcome the racism she sees as operating at its core. I try to give a more hopeful view, even as …
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Are We Too Divided to Heal? A Conversation with Dave Rubin
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Dave Rubin, the host of The Rubin Report, has famously traveled from one side to the other of our political spectrum. Once a rising star on the progressive network The Young Turks, Rubin moved to the center becoming a pillar figure in the diverse, counter-cultural online movement often referred to as The Intellectual Dark Web. As that space began u…
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America is caught in the grip of the culture wars. Unity and respect look like old fashioned ideas. But some Americans are rejecting cynicism in favor of trying to reach each other from across the divides. John Wood Jr. is national ambassador for Braver Angels, America's largest grassroots organization working to heal the political divide from the …
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