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Dialogue & Facilitation

Keeping It Civil
Hosted By Henry Thomson (ASU School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership)
Interviews pairing scholars and public figures with diverging views, including Jonah Goldberg and Harvey Mansfield, produced by Arizona State University’s School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership in partnership with Arizona PBS.

Dialogue & Facilitation

Left, Right & Center
Hosted By David Greene (moderator); Mo Elleithee (left); right-leaning seat currently rotating
A long-running weekly KCRW program in which panelists from the left, right, and center work through the week’s news together, moderated by David Greene, modeling structured cross-ideological discussion in a public-radio format.

Democracy & Civic Health

Future Hindsight
Hosted By Mila Atmos
Weekly interviews on civic engagement and democracy hosted by Mila Atmos, turning big ideas into concrete action steps for listeners, with recent guests including Working Families Party leader Maurice Mitchell.

Democracy & Civic Health

Politics in Question
Hosted By Lee Drutman; Julia Azari; James Wallner
Political scientists Lee Drutman, Julia Azari, and James Wallner debate structural reforms to American political institutions, from presidential nominations to Senate procedure, in a co-production of New America and R Street.

Democracy & Civic Health

An Honorable Profession
Hosted By Debbie Cox Bultan; Ryan Coonerty
Interviews with elected officials and government leaders, including Pete Buttigieg and DNC Chair Jaime Harrison, on the personal stories behind their commitment to public service, produced by the Democratic-aligned NewDEAL network and hosted by Debbie Cox Bultan and Ryan Coonerty.

Dialogue & Facilitation

Talkin’ Politics & Religion Without Killin’ Each Other
Hosted By Corey Nathan
Weekly conversations across political and religious lines hosted by Corey Nathan, modeling substantive dialogue on topics most people avoid, with guests including clergy, journalists, and elected officials.

Polarization & Politics

Outrage Overload
Hosted By David Beckemeyer
Interviews examining the outrage industry’s role in political polarization, hosted by David Beckemeyer, featuring researchers including Peter Coleman and Dannagal Young on the psychology and media dynamics driving division.

Bridge Building

Making Peace Visible
Hosted By Jamil Simon
Peacebuilding-focused interviews hosted by documentary filmmaker Jamil Simon, featuring practitioners and researchers, including negotiation expert William Ury and journalist Amanda Ripley, on rebuilding trust across political, racial, and international divides.

Dialogue & Facilitation

After the Fact: Beyond Polarization in American Politics
Hosted By Dan LeDuc (Pew Charitable Trusts)
A two-episode “Beyond Polarization” season within Pew Charitable Trusts’ broader After the Fact show, featuring Columbia’s Peter T. Coleman and Utah Governor Spencer Cox on facilitating civil dialogue and bridging divides.

Bridge Building

Let’s Find Common Ground
Hosted By Bob Shrum; Mike Murphy (current, post-merger); originally Richard Davies & Ashley Milne-Tyte
Cross-partisan interviews built around specific contested issues, pairing journalists with guests like Judy Woodruff, modeling structured disagreement in practice; the episodes spotlighted here are from the show’s original run, before a 2025 format change.

Dialogue & Facilitation

When We Disagree
Hosted By Mike (Michael) Lee, College of Charleston Civility Initiative
Academic and practitioner interviews on civil discourse and disagreement, with guests spanning professors, bridging practitioners, and elected officials, produced by the College of Charleston’s Civility Initiative.

Bridge Building

UnityNow!
Hosted By Toby Davis (early episodes, producer/co-host)
Interviews with bridge-building founders and authors, including Common Ground Committee’s Bruce Bond, AllSides’ Julie Mastrine, and Defusing American Anger author Zachary Elwood; the show is no longer publishing new episodes, but its back catalog remains a strong resource for founder-level perspectives.

Dialogue & Facilitation

People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast
Hosted By Zachary Elwood (author, Defusing American Anger)
A behavior and psychology podcast; a curated set of episodes addresses political polarization directly, featuring researchers including Jennifer McCoy, Sean Westwood, and Bill Doherty.

Democracy & Civic Health

How Do We Get Through This?
Hosted By Tim Phillips (Beyond Conflict, attribution per Apple Podcasts listing)
A completed three-episode mini-series pairing real former adversaries from major democratic transitions, including South Africa’s apartheid negotiators, Northern Ireland’s peace process participants, and Venezuelan opposition activists, on what’s at stake in democratic backsliding.

Bridge Building

How Do We Fix It?
Hosted By Richard Davies; Jim Meigs (co-host through ep. 411)
A long-running solutions-journalism interview show featuring grassroots Braver Angels volunteers and coordinators alongside think-tank figures and sitting Members of Congress.

Democracy & Civic Health

Democracy Works
Hosted By Jenna Spinelle; Christopher Beem; Michael Berkman (Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy)
Weekly conversations with political scientists, institute directors, and public figures, including Janet Napolitano and Cassidy Hutchinson, on the health of democratic institutions.

Dialogue & Facilitation

Derate the Hate
Hosted By Wilk Wilkinson (Braver Angels Director of Media Systems)
Weekly interviews with dialogue and deliberation researchers and practitioners, including Columbia’s Peter T. Coleman, Harvard’s Julia Minson, and Colorado State’s Martin Carcasson, hosted by Braver Angels’ Director of Media Systems.

Dialogue & Facilitation

A Braver Way
Hosted By Mónica Guzmán (Braver Angels)
Long-form cross-partisan conversations pairing bridging practitioners and researchers with personal cross-partisan stories, modeling how dialogue technique sounds in practice.

Dialogue & Facilitation

A Braver Way
Hosted By Mónica Guzmán (Braver Angels)
Long-form cross-partisan conversations pairing bridging practitioners and researchers with personal cross-partisan stories, modeling how dialogue technique sounds in practice.

Dialogue & Facilitation

Derate the Hate
Hosted By Wilk Wilkinson (Braver Angels Director of Media Systems)
Weekly interviews with dialogue and deliberation researchers and practitioners, including Columbia’s Peter T. Coleman, Harvard’s Julia Minson, and Colorado State’s Martin Carcasson, hosted by Braver Angels’ Director of Media Systems.

Dialogue & Facilitation

People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast
Hosted By Zachary Elwood (author, Defusing American Anger)
A behavior and psychology podcast; a curated set of episodes addresses political polarization directly, featuring researchers including Jennifer McCoy, Sean Westwood, and Bill Doherty.

Dialogue & Facilitation

When We Disagree
Hosted By Mike (Michael) Lee, College of Charleston Civility Initiative
Academic and practitioner interviews on civil discourse and disagreement, with guests spanning professors, bridging practitioners, and elected officials, produced by the College of Charleston’s Civility Initiative.

Dialogue & Facilitation

After the Fact: Beyond Polarization in American Politics
Hosted By Dan LeDuc (Pew Charitable Trusts)
A two-episode “Beyond Polarization” season within Pew Charitable Trusts’ broader After the Fact show, featuring Columbia’s Peter T. Coleman and Utah Governor Spencer Cox on facilitating civil dialogue and bridging divides.

Dialogue & Facilitation

Talkin’ Politics & Religion Without Killin’ Each Other
Hosted By Corey Nathan
Weekly conversations across political and religious lines hosted by Corey Nathan, modeling substantive dialogue on topics most people avoid, with guests including clergy, journalists, and elected officials.

Dialogue & Facilitation

Left, Right & Center
Hosted By David Greene (moderator); Mo Elleithee (left); right-leaning seat currently rotating
A long-running weekly KCRW program in which panelists from the left, right, and center work through the week’s news together, moderated by David Greene, modeling structured cross-ideological discussion in a public-radio format.

Dialogue & Facilitation

Keeping It Civil
Hosted By Henry Thomson (ASU School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership)
Interviews pairing scholars and public figures with diverging views, including Jonah Goldberg and Harvey Mansfield, produced by Arizona State University’s School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership in partnership with Arizona PBS.

Bridge Building

How Do We Fix It?
Hosted By Richard Davies; Jim Meigs (co-host through ep. 411)
A long-running solutions-journalism interview show featuring grassroots Braver Angels volunteers and coordinators alongside think-tank figures and sitting Members of Congress.

Bridge Building

UnityNow!
Hosted By Toby Davis (early episodes, producer/co-host)
Interviews with bridge-building founders and authors, including Common Ground Committee’s Bruce Bond, AllSides’ Julie Mastrine, and Defusing American Anger author Zachary Elwood; the show is no longer publishing new episodes, but its back catalog remains a strong resource for founder-level perspectives.

Bridge Building

Let’s Find Common Ground
Hosted By Bob Shrum; Mike Murphy (current, post-merger); originally Richard Davies & Ashley Milne-Tyte
Cross-partisan interviews built around specific contested issues, pairing journalists with guests like Judy Woodruff, modeling structured disagreement in practice; the episodes spotlighted here are from the show’s original run, before a 2025 format change.

Bridge Building

Making Peace Visible
Hosted By Jamil Simon
Peacebuilding-focused interviews hosted by documentary filmmaker Jamil Simon, featuring practitioners and researchers, including negotiation expert William Ury and journalist Amanda Ripley, on rebuilding trust across political, racial, and international divides.

Democracy & Civic Health

Democracy Works
Hosted By Jenna Spinelle; Christopher Beem; Michael Berkman (Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy)
Weekly conversations with political scientists, institute directors, and public figures, including Janet Napolitano and Cassidy Hutchinson, on the health of democratic institutions.

Democracy & Civic Health

How Do We Get Through This?
Hosted By Tim Phillips (Beyond Conflict, attribution per Apple Podcasts listing)
A completed three-episode mini-series pairing real former adversaries from major democratic transitions, including South Africa’s apartheid negotiators, Northern Ireland’s peace process participants, and Venezuelan opposition activists, on what’s at stake in democratic backsliding.

Democracy & Civic Health

An Honorable Profession
Hosted By Debbie Cox Bultan; Ryan Coonerty
Interviews with elected officials and government leaders, including Pete Buttigieg and DNC Chair Jaime Harrison, on the personal stories behind their commitment to public service, produced by the Democratic-aligned NewDEAL network and hosted by Debbie Cox Bultan and Ryan Coonerty.

Democracy & Civic Health

Politics in Question
Hosted By Lee Drutman; Julia Azari; James Wallner
Political scientists Lee Drutman, Julia Azari, and James Wallner debate structural reforms to American political institutions, from presidential nominations to Senate procedure, in a co-production of New America and R Street.

Democracy & Civic Health

Future Hindsight
Hosted By Mila Atmos
Weekly interviews on civic engagement and democracy hosted by Mila Atmos, turning big ideas into concrete action steps for listeners, with recent guests including Working Families Party leader Maurice Mitchell.

Polarization & Politics

Outrage Overload
Hosted By David Beckemeyer
Interviews examining the outrage industry’s role in political polarization, hosted by David Beckemeyer, featuring researchers including Peter Coleman and Dannagal Young on the psychology and media dynamics driving division.

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