INTERVIEW: Manu Meel on bringing college students together.
Tangle
Isaac Saul
4.8 • 672 Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Manu Meel is the CEO of Bridge USA, a nationwide movement on college campuses that aims to promote open discussion between students about political issues. Bridge is currently located on over 50 college campuses and 24 high school campuses in the U.S., with some 3,000 students engaged last semester. Today, we discuss political division, Manu’s story, and what it’s like trying to get students to talk about difficult issues together.
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| 0:46.3 | Good morning, good afternoon and good evening and welcome to the Tangle podcast, the place we get views from across the political spectrum, some independent thinking without all that hysterical nonsense you find everywhere else. I'm your host, Isaac Saul, and I am very excited about today's guest. Manu Meal is the CEO of Bridge USA, a nationwide movement on college campuses that aims to promote |
| 1:13.4 | open discussion on political issues amongst high school and college students. Bridge is currently |
| 1:19.8 | located on over 50 college campuses in the U.S. and about 24 high schools with some 3,000 students |
| 1:26.2 | who are engaged in their work last semester. |
| 1:29.6 | Manu, thank you so much for coming on the show. |
| 1:31.8 | Isaac, thanks for having me, man. |
| 1:33.7 | And I appreciate the introduction without all the hysterical nonsense. |
| 1:37.5 | So let's hope to live up for that. |
| 1:39.6 | I'm excited for the conversation. |
| 1:41.2 | Yeah, that's always my goal. |
| 1:43.4 | I love the work you guys are doing. I, |
| 1:45.4 | you know, I know there are some organizations out there that are kind of in this space, but I'd |
| 1:50.0 | love to hear a little bit about you. I mean, whenever we have guests on, I try and give them a chance |
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