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The Chris Cuomo Project

The Gen Z Activist Taking On Outrage Culture

The Chris Cuomo Project

Chris Cuomo

News, News Commentary, Politics, Government

4.6 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2025

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

Gen Z activist Manu Meel, co-founder and CEO of BridgeUSA, a student-led nonprofit that trains young people to hold civil, moderated discussions across political divides, joins Chris Cuomo to explain how his generation is fighting political polarization by turning outrage into conversation. Meel says young Americans—raised on algorithms and anger—are ready for something new, building more than 100 college chapters devoted to structured dialogue and civic engagement. Cuomo challenges whether bridge-building can survive in a social-media world that rewards rage, while Meel argues that exhaustion with constant conflict is creating an opening for empathy and debate to go viral. Together they explore how the next generation might reclaim discourse, one conversation at a time Follow and subscribe to The Chris Cuomo Project on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube for new episodes every Tuesday and Thursday: https://linktr.ee/cuomoproject Join Chris Ad-Free On Substack: http://thechriscuomoproject.substack.com Support our sponsors: http://kalshi.com/?utm_source=chriscuomo Upgrade your wardrobe and save on @trueclassic at https://trueclassic.com/CUOMO! #trueclassicpod Get firearm security redesigned and save 15% off @StopBoxUSA with code CUOMO at https://stopboxusa.com/CUOMO #stopboxpod If you’re ready to turn down the stress, and focus on the rest, head to https://drinkag1.com/CCP to get a FREE Frother with your first purchase of AGZ. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

We all know what's wrong, but I have somebody who has the solution to our political division.

0:06.6

I'm Chris Cuomo.

0:07.4

Welcome to the Chris Cuomo Project.

0:09.6

So we all know what's wrong.

0:12.1

But how do you get people away from what is amplified by the algorithms, away from the rage bait?

0:18.8

You know how?

0:20.2

You don't.

0:21.9

You're about to meet somebody named Manu Meal.

0:25.8

And not only do I believe he is an instrument of hope for the young people that we're

0:31.2

also worried about right now in this society, but he put together an organization, an

0:36.6

effort, an initiative, a dynamic called Bridge USA,

0:41.1

which doesn't negate outrage, but it uses it in a different way to hook people on something

0:50.9

that is better than division. How?

0:54.9

Why?

0:56.8

Why is it growing so much?

0:58.5

Why is there actually hope?

1:00.0

Let's see.

1:09.6

Manu, thank you very much for making time for me.

1:11.1

I told you we were going to work together.

1:15.8

Chris, thanks for having me on. I don't think you'll regret it. Hopefully, we'll see.

1:19.2

So educate me, handsome. What is the problem?

1:24.6

So I think the problem is exactly what you and I were just talking about, which is that we live in a world in which young people and people in general get their content in 15

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