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Sanity

We"re on a quest to help you stay sane – positive, even! – in spite of today’s divisive political climate.

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00:30:40

All In Together: Rising Tides Lift All Boats

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2019/02/21

Lauren Leader is the co-founder and CEO of All In Together, a non-partisan organization on a mission to help women regardless of party affiliation fully engage in the political process. With partners like Gretchen Carlson and founding sponsors like Deloitte, Boeing and EY, All In Together helps women on both sides of the aisle maximize their impact.

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00:31:53

I Disagree With You, But I Still Respect YoU

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2019/02/14

Through lived experiences and bipartisan friendships, over the years Ericka Andersen transformed from being a very partisan person to someone who sees that few issues are black and white. She is the rare, refreshing thought leader who makes a concerted effort to read about different perspectives, and has even shifted her thinking on issues like criminal justice reform as a result. Ericka is passionate about tackling the stigma of addiction and her first book, "Leaving Cloud 9," is about her

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00:30:45

Matchmaking for Congress

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2019/01/18

In the 1980s, Jonathan Perman worked on Capitol Hill for a Republican from Illinois...he was a Democrat...and that was ok. After growing increasingly frustrated by partisan gridlock in Washington, in 2016 Perman teamed up with the Bipartisan Policy Center to create the American Congressional Exchange, a program that matches sets of Republican and Democrat Members of Congress and facilities visits to each other's districts. Combining his passions for politics and travel, the hope is to help build

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00:30:45

50 States of Mind

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2019/01/03

Ryan Bernsten, an American playwright and Oxford grad student, is in the middle of a cross-country journey covering all 50 states. Over the past few months he's attended a Trump rally the night before Election Day, chatted with mayors of big cities and teeny-tiny towns, stayed with 21 different families, and enjoyed crab cakes, ice cream, and other American delights. Our conversation focusses on Ryan's unexpected takeaways, social media vs. the real world, and the kindness of strangers from across

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00:19:24

In Better News

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2018/12/13

In the fall of 2016, former journalist Erin Ruberry set out to create a newsletter that highlights acts of kindness from Americans across the country. Her own optimism is infectious. Erin built an online space focussed on the Good joins Sanity to talk about her mission to make the internet a happier place (and to talk about the one and only Dolly Parton!).

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00:24:44

Tackling Disconnection | Joan Blades, Living Room...

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2018/12/06

As the co-founder of moveon.org, momsrising.org, and Living Room Conversations, Joan Blades is a progressive activist whose main mission these days is to bridge strengthening political. She made headlines when she hosted a Living Room Conversation with Mark Meckler, a co-founder of the Tea Party movement. In this episode, Joan talks about what she’s learned about finding common ground in a tense climate, about benefits of outdoor walking meetings, and about her bipartisan TED Talk, “Free yourself

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00:18:20

Unexpected: The Red Hen, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, and...

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2018/11/29

On June 25th, 2018 in Old Saybrook, CT, Red Hen restaurant owner Shelley Deproto started her morning with a stream of online threats targeting her restaurant. The night before, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders had been asked to leave an entirely different, unaffiliated Red Hen restaurant in Virginia. Overnight, Shelley became the focus of national media attention. Her Yelp review dropped from a 4.5 to a 2. But she refused to get political, and instead shared her positive message about

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00:21:288

Why is Thanksgiving Getting Shorter?

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2018/11/21

If you think Thanksgiving meals are getting tenser across the country, look to Dr. Keith Chen’s research for concrete proof. After experiencing increasingly partisan conversations both at work and at family gatherings, Chen was inspired to quantify and measure partisan divisions in part to start a conversation about what we can do to rectify them. By analyzing over 21 billion pings of smartphone data, Chen and his co-author, Ryne Rohla, found that in 2016, families that celebrated Thanksgiving

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00:19:24

Peace, Love & Happiness

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2018/11/15

Following the 2016 election, Sherri and Larry Athay set out to spread some peace, love and happiness in their small Connecticut town by way of a rubber duck shop. Their number one seller? The Trump Duck.

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00:17:00

Blueberries & Cherries

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2018/11/08

Following the 2016 election, Philippa Hughes realized she didn’t know a single Trump voter and set out to change that by hosting small bipartisan dinner parties – “Blueberries and Cherries” – at her home. This in part led to the creation of “A Good American,” an art show sponsored by American University School of Public Policy and The Pink Line Project that examines the immigrant experience and celebrates what it means to be an American. For Sanity’s first live episode, we traveled to Washington

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00:23:27

Our Time Will Come

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2018/11/01

A Republican advocate for immigration reform, cannabis policy, and combatting climate change, South Florida Congressman Carlos Curbelo is squarely one of the most moderate voices in the House of Representatives. In 2016, he likened Donald Trump to Hugo Chavez and proceeded to win his district by 12 points (Hilary Clinton carried the same district by 16 points). In six days, Curbelo faces his toughest reelection yet. From the discussing the importance of bipartisan friendships to taking political

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00:26:51

Bursting Media Bubbles

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2018/10/25

In 2016, Annafi Wahed quit her job in finance, moved to New Hampshire, and knocked on doors for Hillary Clinton. She'd never been involved in a campaign in her life, and the experience opened her eyes to the many divides facing the country. It inspired her to create The Flip Side, a refreshing newsletter committed to bursting media bubbles one 5-minute read at a time.

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00:06:58

Introduction

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2018/10/25

Welcome to Sanity. We''re on a quest to help you stay sane – positive, even! – in spite of today’s divisive political climate. Meet your host, Audrey Scagnelli, who spent the bulk of her career working in Republican politics before purposefully stepping back in the fall of 2016. Did you know one in three Americans lost a friend or stopped talking to a family member as a direct result of the 2016 election? Sanity is spotlighting a growing force of moderates, liberals, conservatives, and apoliticals

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