I'd like to share an episode from a podcast you might really enjoy. It's our friends at Braver Angels. A Braver Way with Monica Guzman is a

podcast that's about politics, but it's so completely different from any politics show

you've heard. What I love about the show is that it

leaves you with a better understanding of your fellow Americans, even ones who, when

you hear about them on the news, totally confound you. A braver way just started their second season and their

goal is to help you face this election year without losing heart. The

episode we're sharing with you today asks the question, is it the facts that get in the way when it comes to

politics or is it our stories? Monica speaks with Baratundi Thurston, a comedian, activist,

and a PBS host who knows a lot about how the stories we tell about ourselves

can either unlock our civic power or make us forget we even have it. Here's the episode.

What do you do when the beliefs inside you come into conflict with the beliefs around you? No one was prepared for what happened.

Totally, like the energy totally shifted because I felt

something incongruent and named it. Today we are diving into that question to help

empower each of us to stand up for our own story and

make sure it can be part of a bigger one.

It's not a simple story.

It will never be a simple story, but it can exist and we can feel it and identify with it and like it can be big enough for all of us.

All that and more is just ahead. Welcome to a braver way, a show about.

Welcome to a braver way, a show about how you can disagree about politics without losing heart.

I'm Monica Guzman, your guide across the divide, and I'm here to help you hear and be heard by people who

confound you. Across this country we are proudly conservative, liberal,

independent, or just ourselves.

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