<p>Just over three months into his new role as leader of Braver Angels, we hear from&nbsp;<a href="https://braverangels.org/meet-our-new-ceo-maury-giles/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CEO&nbsp;Maury Giles</a>&nbsp;about his hopes, plans and goals for America's largest volunteer-led movement working&nbsp;to&nbsp;bridge partisan divides&nbsp;and&nbsp;disagree better&nbsp;for the&nbsp;common good.</p><br><p>America has lost much of its civic muscle, and it's time to get it back, Maury tells our host, Richard Davies.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Rising&nbsp;polarization, declining trust in public&nbsp;institutions and the media, the spread of misinformation, the longest-ever government shutdown, and recent political violence are all signs that something&nbsp;is&nbsp;deeply wrong with our public square.</p><br><p>"We're trying to help people understand first and foremost that the choice you have to make is&nbsp;that&nbsp;of personal agency: To say am I going to act or react?,” Maury says.</p><br><p>"In this country we all have the ability to express a point of view and to try to work to solve things, and we don't have to rely on our elected officials to do that. But we’ve lost sight of&nbsp;our&nbsp;civic muscle.”</p><br><p>Maury Giles came to Braver Angels after a career in&nbsp;journalism, politics, market research, communications strategy, experience design, and business development. Richard asked him about the challenges and opportunities he faces as a bridge builder&nbsp;at&nbsp;a difficult time.</p><br><p>We hear about the case for&nbsp;<a href="https://braverangels.org/citizen-led-solutions/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">citizen-led solutions</a>, and why the&nbsp;true&nbsp;remedy to our civic challenges isn’t reaction, but action, with neighbors working with&nbsp;their&nbsp;neighbors across divisions and mistrust.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Over the past sixteen months, “How Do We Fix It?”&nbsp;has published more than twenty episodes about the people,&nbsp;projects and ideas of Braver Angels. Find them at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.howdowefixit.me/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">our website</a>. Like and subscribe to our shows on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about&nbsp;<a href="https://braverangels.org/announcement-on-citizen-led-solutions/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Maury’s work</a>&nbsp;and Braver Angels’ mission&nbsp;<a href="https://braverangels.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

How Do We Fix It?

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Be The People. Healing America and Restoring Civic Muscle: Maury Giles

NOV 7, 202528 MIN
How Do We Fix It?

Be The People. Healing America and Restoring Civic Muscle: Maury Giles

NOV 7, 202528 MIN

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<p>Just over three months into his new role as leader of Braver Angels, we hear from&nbsp;<a href="https://braverangels.org/meet-our-new-ceo-maury-giles/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CEO&nbsp;Maury Giles</a>&nbsp;about his hopes, plans and goals for America's largest volunteer-led movement working&nbsp;to&nbsp;bridge partisan divides&nbsp;and&nbsp;disagree better&nbsp;for the&nbsp;common good.</p><br><p>America has lost much of its civic muscle, and it's time to get it back, Maury tells our host, Richard Davies.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Rising&nbsp;polarization, declining trust in public&nbsp;institutions and the media, the spread of misinformation, the longest-ever government shutdown, and recent political violence are all signs that something&nbsp;is&nbsp;deeply wrong with our public square.</p><br><p>"We're trying to help people understand first and foremost that the choice you have to make is&nbsp;that&nbsp;of personal agency: To say am I going to act or react?,” Maury says.</p><br><p>"In this country we all have the ability to express a point of view and to try to work to solve things, and we don't have to rely on our elected officials to do that. But we’ve lost sight of&nbsp;our&nbsp;civic muscle.”</p><br><p>Maury Giles came to Braver Angels after a career in&nbsp;journalism, politics, market research, communications strategy, experience design, and business development. Richard asked him about the challenges and opportunities he faces as a bridge builder&nbsp;at&nbsp;a difficult time.</p><br><p>We hear about the case for&nbsp;<a href="https://braverangels.org/citizen-led-solutions/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">citizen-led solutions</a>, and why the&nbsp;true&nbsp;remedy to our civic challenges isn’t reaction, but action, with neighbors working with&nbsp;their&nbsp;neighbors across divisions and mistrust.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Over the past sixteen months, “How Do We Fix It?”&nbsp;has published more than twenty episodes about the people,&nbsp;projects and ideas of Braver Angels. Find them at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.howdowefixit.me/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">our website</a>. Like and subscribe to our shows on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about&nbsp;<a href="https://braverangels.org/announcement-on-citizen-led-solutions/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Maury’s work</a>&nbsp;and Braver Angels’ mission&nbsp;<a href="https://braverangels.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>