Episodes
Nov. 30, 2025
Conflict Tools for a Fractured Democracy - NaPodPoMo 2025 Day 30
Day 30 —the final episode of our 30-day journey into bridging our divides . Over the last month, we’ve explored everything from navigating disinformation and polarization to building trust and transforming how we relate to on...
Nov. 29, 2025
Dialogue vs. Discourse: Understanding the Difference - NaPodPoMo 2025 Day 29
Day 29 of our 30-day challenge, bringing us near the conclusion of our deep dive into bridging our divides . We’ve talked a lot about connection, listening, and disagreement—but there’s a subtle distinction that can make or b...
Nov. 28, 2025
Rebuilding Our Shared Community Spaces - NaPodPoMo 2025 Day 28
Day 28 of our 30-day challenge, continuing our deep dive into bridging our divides . As we approach the end of this journey, we’re shifting to one of the most action-oriented challenges in the bridging movement: It’s hard to ...
Nov. 27, 2025
How to Confront Disinformation Without Pushing People Away - NaPodPoMo 2025 Day 27
Day 27 of our 30-day challenge, continuing our deep dive into bridging our divides . Earlier in the series — on Day 9 — we explored how disinformation fuels division with Kamy Akhavan. Today, we’re returning to that same chal...
Nov. 26, 2025
Rapid-Fire Answers for a Divided World - NaPodPoMo 2025 Day 26
Day 26 of our 30-day challenge exploring how to bridge our divides . For the past few weeks, we’ve featured deep, thoughtful answers to big questions from the Bridging Movement Summit — the real questions people across the co...
Nov. 25, 2025
The First Step Toward Bridging - NaPodPoMo 2025 Day 25
Day 25 of our 30-day challenge on bridging our divides . Throughout this series, we’ve explored everything from misinformation to emotional regulation to respectful disagreement. We’ve heard from experts on how to talk across...
Nov. 24, 2025
Stop Arguing. Start Understanding - NaPodPoMo 2025 Day 24
Day 24 of our 30-day challenge on bridging our divides . Earlier in this series, on Day 6 and Day 12, we explored a critical question: How do we create an environment for constructive debate — without expecting people to soft...
Nov. 23, 2025
How to Show Up on Social Media (Productively) - NaPodPoMo 2025 Day 23
Day 23 of our 30-day challenge, continuing our focus on bridging our divides . We’ve talked a lot about the problem of social media — the outrage-driven algorithms, the business model built on engagement, and how quickly onli...
Nov. 22, 2025
Beyond Talk: Bridging Through Action - NaPodPoMo 2025 Day 22
Day 22 of our 30-day challenge, continuing our deep exploration into bridging our divides . Over the past three weeks, we’ve unpacked the fundamentals of dialogue —how to really listen,how to disagree without dehumanizing,and...
Nov. 21, 2025
What Is Bridging? A Political Commentators Perspective - NaPodPoMo 2025 Day 21
Day 21 of our 30-day challenge, continuing our deep dive into bridging our divides . Throughout this series, we’ve heard from bridge-builders, psychologists, and civic leaders — people who spend every day thinking about how t...
Nov. 20, 2025
The Enemy We Imagine - NaPodPoMo 2025 Day 20
Day 20 of our 30-day challenge, where we’re answering the most urgent questions about bridging our divides — gathered from people across the country at the Bridging Movement Summit. We’ve talked a lot about the forces pushing...
Nov. 19, 2025
Finding Connection at the Dinner Table - NaPodPoMo 2025 Day 19
Day 19 of our 30-day NaPodPoMo challenge exploring how we bridge our divides . As we enter the final stretch of this month-long journey, we’re focusing on the questions that are shaping the future of the bridging movement — t...
Nov. 18, 2025
The Great Reframing - NaPodPoMo 2025 Day 18
Day 17 of our 30-day challenge exploring what it really takes to bridge our divides. In this episode, we explore a promising shift in how we navigate conflict and polarization: the great reframing . After spending more than t...
Nov. 17, 2025
How Social Media Undermines Bridging - NaPodPoMo 2025 Day 17
Day 17 of our 30-day challenge exploring what it really takes to bridge our divides . Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve dug into some of the toughest barriers to connection—disinformation, power imbalances, high-stakes con...
Nov. 16, 2025
Rethinking Civic Identity - NaPodPoMo 2025 Day 16
Day 16 of our 30-day challenge on bridging our divides. For the first half of this series, we’ve been answering your questions about how we come together across differences — tackling topics like moving from talk to action, h...
Nov. 15, 2025
The Midway Reset — Bridging Starts at Home - NaPodPoMo 2025 Day 15
Day 15 of our 30-day challenge. We’ve reached the halfway point in our deep dive into bridging divides — and today, we’re taking a short pause to reset, reflect, and reconnect. To help me do that, I’ve invited a very special ...
Nov. 14, 2025
Bridging Across Power Differences (Part 2) - NaPodPoMo 2025 Day 14
Day 14 of our 30-day challenge—our ongoing exploration into the science and practice of bridging divides. On Day 11, we spoke with Kira Hamman about one of the toughest challenges in bridging— how to build long bridges across...
Nov. 13, 2025
How Do You Bridge with a Conspiracy Believer? - NaPodPoMo 2025 Day 13
Day 13 of our 30-day challenge exploring how we bridge our divides. So far, we’ve talked about what bridging is, how to move from talk to action, and how to handle disinformation.Today, we’re taking that one step further — lo...
Nov. 12, 2025
Can You Bridge Without Moving to the Middle? - NaPodPoMo 2025 Day 12
Day 12 of our 30-day challenge exploring what it really takes to bridge our divides. Throughout this series, we’ve talked about how to disagree without being disagreeable and how to turn talk into action. On Day 6, we asked w...
Nov. 11, 2025
Bridging Across Power Differences - NaPodPoMo 2025 Day 11
Day 11 of our 30-day challenge, as we continue our deep dive into the complex world of bridging divides. So far, we’ve talked about the fundamentals of bridging—how to move from conversation to action and how to address disin...
Nov. 10, 2025
Beyond Red and Blue - NaPodPoMo 2025 Day 10
Day 10 of our 30-day NaPodPoMo challenge. Hard to believe we’re already a third of the way through our exploration of bridging our divides. So far, we’ve talked about what bridging means, how to move from talk to action, and ...
Nov. 9, 2025
Bridging Through the Fog of Disinformation - NaPodPoMo 2025 Day 9
Day nine of our 30-day NaPodPoMo challenge, exploring how we bridge our divides. We’ve talked about everything from what bridging is to how to stay grounded when conversations feel unsafe. But there’s another major obstacle w...
Nov. 8, 2025
How Do I Talk to Someone Who Doesn’t Think I Should Exist? - NaPodPoMo 2025 Day 8
Day eight of our 30-episode NaPodPoMo challenge exploring how we bridge divides. Some divides aren’t just uncomfortable — they feel personal . When someone’s beliefs seem to threaten your safety, identity, or livelihood, it’s...
Nov. 7, 2025
From Talk to Action (Part 2) - NaPodPoMo 2025 Day 7
Day seven of our 30-day NaPodPoMo journey exploring how we bridge divides. Earlier in this series, we heard from Carissa Raskin of Listen First about moving bridging work from talk to action . Today, we’re revisiting that sam...