Hidden Progress: A More Hopeful Future

Let's Find Common Ground

USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future

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🗓️ 11 November 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Sometimes the future can seem dark. The pandemic drags on. Climate change is upon us. Political polarization remains toxic. When stories of division fill the headlines it’s easy to feel like the only way is down. But what if that’s not true? What if we gave less airtime to voices of doom and more to voices of hope? Our guests on this episode are Zachary Karabell and Emma Varvaloucas. Zachary is the founder of The Progress Network, Emma is its executive director. The Progress Network focuses on what’s going right with the world and amplifies voices of optimism. Zachary joins us from New York and Emma from her adopted home in Greece, where she’s gained an outsider’s perspective on the US. Emma and Zachary are also the hosts of the podcast ‘What Could Go Right?’

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0:00.5	Sometimes the future can seem dark.
0:03.8	The pandemic drags on.
0:05.9	Political polarization remains toxic.
0:09.1	When stories of division fill the headlines,
0:11.5	it's easy to feel like the only way is down.
0:15.4	But what if that's simply not true?
0:18.0	What if we gave less airtime, less space
0:21.9	to voices of doom
0:24.2	and more to voices of hope?
0:27.0	This is Let's Find Common Ground.
0:34.2	I'm Richard Davies.
0:35.8	And I'm Ashley Nontite.
0:38.0	Our guest today is Zachary Carapel and Emma Valvallucas.
0:42.0	Zachary is the founder and Emma is executive director
0:44.9	of the Progress Network, an organization that
0:47.7	focuses on what's going right with the world.
0:51.6	In this episode, Zachary and Emma
0:53.8	discuss why it's important to amplify voices of optimism
0:58.5	and the possibilities for a more hopeful future.
1:02.2	Zachary joins us from New York and Emma
1:04.8	from her adopted home of Athens, Greece.
1:08.3	Ashley kicks us off today.
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