In this week's episode Manu sits down with Kristen Soltis Anderson to discuss the changing political landscape of contemporary American politics.

Kristen's referenced Article:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/opinion/american-politics-trust-institutions.html#

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In this episode Manu sits down with Ven Meester of BridgeUSA @ the University of Wyoming. Together they discuss Ven's bridging work on camps the kumbaya critique and much more!

BridgeUSA University of Wyoming Insta:

https://www.instagram.com/bridgeuwyo/

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Have you heard of the kumbaya industrial complex? What about big civility? Well in this episode Manu lays out why bridge building is both constructive and important for a functioning democracy!

New York times article referenced:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/16/us/politics/national-divisions.html

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What is the new counterculture? In this episode of The Hopeful Majority, Manu lays out his case for why it's open discussion and dialog.

Links to info in this episode:

Milo Yiannopoulos Protests Berkeley- https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/01/us/milo-yiannopoulos-berkeley/index.html

Manu's Forbes Column- https://www.forbes.com/sites/manumeel/2025/01/21/a-new-counterculture-is-emerging-on-americas-college-campuses/

More In Common Study-

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FIRE Study- https://www.thefire.org/research-learn/academic-mind-2022-what-faculty-think-about-free-expression-and-academic-freedom

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In this episode Manu lays out his case for a little discussed opportunity that comes with President Trump's return to office!

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In this episode Manu sits down with Harvey and TJ two students from BridgeUSA's Columbia chapter to talk about a discussion on the Israel Palestine conflict their chapter held on campus.

BridgeUSA Columbia's Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/busa.columbia/

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In this episode Manu gives an Indepth explanation of the best way to outsmart the outrage industrial complex in 2025.

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0:00 Intro

1:17 2025 so far

1:35 Manu's tip for 2025

3:00 the News Cycle

3:56 Thinking Long Term

6:51 They want you plugged in

8:41 Breaking the cycle

9:45 Outro

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What's the most important word you haven't heard of? Spoiler, it's Pluralism, and in this episode, Manu guides you through a detailed explanation as to why the concept of pluralism is going to be so important in the immediate future!

Pannel with Manu and Obama: Live: See Obama speak at the Obama Foundation's 2024 Democracy Forum

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0:00 Intro

1:47 What is pluralism

3:57 Ambition

7:24 Hope

9:59 Misconceptions

15:04 Outro

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