How Do We Fix It?

28/12/2024

The Merriam-Webster dictionary word of the year is “polarization”.
We make podcasts about the work, people, and ideas of Braver Angels. They’re a volunteer-led citizen campaign who are pushing back every day against our rigid and extreme political divides.
New episodes drop twice a month.

“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.

24/12/2024

Here’s a one-word answer to cure toxic polarization that eats away at our relationships, our communities, our nation.
Curiosity.
Learn what a young filmmaker discovered while making “Road Trip Across a Divided America”… Braver Angels

In the fall 2024, a young British filmmaker jumped in a small car and drove across America, asking more than 200 strangers the same two questions: "How did we lose connection with our neighbors, and how do we get it back?" Many of the answers and explanations are fascinating. "I am a

14/12/2024

Here’s a one-word answer to cure toxic polarization that eats away at our relationships, our communities, our nation.
Curiosity.
Learn what a young filmmaker discovered while making “Road Trip Across a Divided America”… Braver Angels

https://www.howdowefixit.me/new-blog-3/josephsim

29/11/2024

The holiday season is here, but many people dread sitting down with their nearest and dearest— all because of politics. Here are ways to minimize conflict and maximize cooperation with parents, family, and friends.

https://www.howdowefixit.me/new-blog-3/thanksgiving2024

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The holiday season is here, but many people across the country may dread sitting down with their nearest and dearest— all because of politics.In this episode we share down-to-earth advice from two wise experts who have thought deeply and creatively about how to minimize conflict and maximize coope...

11/11/2024

Are you about what the media told you about politics during the election?
Time for us to widen our media choices.
Tangle News is a good way to begin.
Isaac Saul speaks with us about how Tangle covers a hot topic each day from left/right/center viewpoints:
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01/11/2024

It's so much easier now than I was young to only read news and opinions you agree with.
Isaac Saul told me me he set up Tangle to help people get better sense of the truth by deepening and broadening their sources of information. We had a fascinating conversation...

https://www.howdowefixit.me/new-blog-3/tangle

01/11/2024

It's so much easier now than I was young to only read news and opinions you agree with.
Isaac Saul told me me he set up Tangle News to help people get better sense of the truth by deepening and broadening their sources of information. We had such a good conversation..
https://www.howdowefixit.me/new-blog-3/tangle
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25/10/2024

We’ve just made two podcasts reporting on the remarkable Red/Blue Election Day Initiative.
“There are actually people out there who have friendships across the political divide and can even talk about politics and be on different sides.” - Elizabeth Doll Braver Angels

https://www.howdowefixit.me/new-blog-3/doll-goldberg

11/10/2024

Just out: We report on the work, ideas, and people of Braver Angels, the nationwide citizen-led campaign against political polarization.
We cover Braver Angels Election Day Initiative with Dorsey Cartwright & Roger Haynes.

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These final days before the election are tense times . Today’s toxic politics are hurtful and heart breaking for many of usMaybe we all need a hope vaccine. An injection of kindness, curiosity and understanding for those who see the world differently than we do. In our latest report on the work

07/10/2024

Next episode: our podcast interview on
Election Day Initiative with conservative Roger Haynes and
liberal Dorsey Carrtwright — red and blue sitting and standing together outside their local polling place.
Learn more…

https://braverangels.org/electionday/

28/09/2024

These smart guys disagree on politics.
Walt is a Red.
Larry is a Blue.
They’re friends and came together for the Braver Angels Trustworthy Elections Initiative.
Listen to what they agree on about electoral reform:

https://www.howdowefixit.me/new-blog-3/2024/9/27/417-braver-angels-trustworthy-elections-report-larry-mayes-and-walt-mckee
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14/09/2024

Wise and illuminating: Our two most recent ⁦‪How Do We Fix It?‬⁩ podcast episodes are with David Blankenhorn, President and co-founder of ⁦‪Braver Angels‬⁩.
Find them here: www.howdowefixit.me
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08/09/2024

“I don’t do this work in optimism. I do it in hope”, Braver Angels President David Blankenhorn tells us. “If we’re going to have any chance to fix this and save our country, this is what needs to be done.”
https://www.howdowefixit.me/new-blog-3/david-blankenhorn
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“I don’t do this work in optimism. I do it in hope”, Braver Angels President David Blankenhorn tells us. “If we’re going to have any chance to fix this and save our country, this is what needs to be done.” Soon after the tumultuous 2016 election Braver Angels sprung to life— co-founded...

04/09/2024

Exhausted by politics?
Fed up with how divided we are?
Learn more about the largest citizens-led volunteer movement that’s pushing back against polarization
⁦Braver Angels
Hear their origin story.
“How Do We Fix It?”
With David Blankenhorn.

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31/08/2024

Liberals and conservatives are talking past each other.
How can America’s experiment in liberty survive our current afflictions of vanishing social trust and escalating political rancor? We discuss with David Blankenhorn of Braver Angels
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30/08/2024

Fired up and happy to be hosting a new series of "How Do We Fix It?" solutions journalism podcasts on Braver Angels. We report on the work, ideas and people involved in America's largest citizen-led volunteer group now pushing back against political polarization. Rigid divides prevent progress on huge range of problems and opportunities.
Find our podcasts here...
www.howdowefixit.me
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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.