Depolarizing America: Bridge Builders: Bringing People Together. Nathan Bomey

Let's Find Common Ground

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🗓️ 16 September 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Common Ground Committee is part of a robust and growing national movement of bridge builders, who are working to reduce incivility and toxic polarization in America today. We look in-depth at this diverse, vital coalition. Who's involved and how are they tackling racial, cultural, and political schisms that threaten American democracy? Our guest, Nathan Bomey, is a reporter for USA Today, and author of the new book, "Bridge Builders: Bringing People Together in a Polarized Age." In this interview, we hear stories about people from many walks of life who are building the structure of a new, more united America. "Despite its transformational qualities, bridge building often attracts considerable resistance," says Bomey. "In many cases, that's because bridges promise to disrupt the status quo for people who previously benefited from or preferred social isolation." This episode looks at a constructive way forward.

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0:00.0	Who are the bridge builders?
0:02.4	How is this growing movement pushing back against toxic polarization incivility
0:08.0	and the cultural and political barriers that separate us as a nation?
0:12.4	That's the subject of this episode.
0:19.6	This is Let's Find Common Ground. I'm Richard Davies.
0:23.7	And I'm Ashley Miltite.
0:26.0	We look at our diverse and vital coalition and how they're tackling racial, cultural, and political schisms.
0:33.0	Our guest, Nathan Bohmi, is a reporter for USA Today,
0:36.7	an author of the new book, Bridge Builders,
0:39.3	bringing people together in a polarized age.
0:42.4	In this interview, we hear about people from many walks of life
0:46.1	who are building the structure of a new, more united America.
0:50.4	Thanks for joining us on Let's Find Common Ground.
0:52.9	Thank you so much for having me.
0:54.5	So let's start with your book, which is called Bridge Builders.
0:57.4	Who are Bridge Builders?
0:59.3	I mean, I think Bridge Builders are people who are trying to bring people together
1:04.1	despite their differences, whether it's politics, race, religion, class, or culture.
1:09.8	They may approach it from a different perspective or a different strategy,
1:13.4	but their qualities are similar.
1:14.8	You know, they acknowledge the past.
1:16.6	They don't label people.
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