Hey listeners, it's Lindsay, an associate editor here at Tangle.

In February, I came across a new headline making the rounds.

From Forbes, it read, U.S. ranks among worst countries for national pride, new survey finds.

Then, in March, another concerning statistic started popping up.

From the Washington Post, U.S. was only country in a worldwide survey to say most fellow

citizens are bad people.

Those are scary-sounding findings, and I, as an editor at a place whose mission is to bridge divides,

wondered if the cynical framing told the whole story, or if there might be something more

hiding beneath the surface. Both studies came out of Pew, a world-renowned, nonpartisan research

center based in D.C. Today, I'm sharing a conversation with two of the reports authors.

Jonathan Evans, senior researcher at Pew, is here to elucidate the morality results,

and Laura Silver, Associate Director of Pew's Global Attitudes Research,

tells us more about what Americans have to say about national pride.

It's a fascinating discussion.

We get into the differences between Republicans and Democrats' responses to these questions,

how much partisanship plays a role in U.S. findings,

and which American quality citizens are most proud of.

Finally, you'll learn a bit more about what it's like to be a professional pollster

in the age of prediction markets.

Thanks for tuning in, and I hope you enjoy the episode.

Laura, Jonathan, welcome to the show. Thanks so much for being here.

Thanks for having us. Thanks for letting us be here.

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