The Hopeful Majority with Manu Meel

By Manu Meel

Every Monday, Manu Meel invites you into a conversation about how we overcome our toxic politics to write the next chapter in our American story.

Because let’s face it.

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How many episodes does The Hopeful Majority with Manu Meel have?

The podcast currently has 116 episodes available.

The Hopeful Majority with Manu Meel episodes:

November 10, 2025 #111 How Music can Build Bridges, Shaka Mitchell Shares Music's power to Humanize!
Is the Power of music the missing key to effective bridge building?Is the Power of music the missing key to effective bridge building? Manu sits down with Shaka Mitchell to find out!

Shaka Mitchell is the founder of The Come Together Music Project a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that uses music to deepen existing relationships, create new ones, and bridge ideological, generational, and socio-economic divides. You can find episodes of their podcast on Spotify, iTunes, and YouTube.

Come Together Music Project:
https://www.cometogetherpodcast.com/

PODCAST INFO:

Website: thehopefulmajority.com
Spotify: spoti.fi/42GYjec
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hopeful-majority-with-manu-meel/id1690865971
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@manumeel_
Instagram: @manumeel_
Twitter: @manumeel_
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47min
November 04, 2025 #110 Five hundred subscriber QNA with the CEO of Bridge USA Manu Meel!
To Celebrate 500 YouTube subscribers Manu holds a QNA, answering all the questions YOU the viewers wanted to know!

PODCAST INFO:

Website: thehopefulmajority.com
Spotify: spoti.fi/42GYjec
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hopeful-majority-with-manu-meel/id1690865971
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@manumeel_
Instagram: @manumeel_
Twitter: @manumeel_
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13min
October 30, 2025 Chris Cuomo and Manu Sound off on Division and Outrage!
Manu Joins @chriscuomo on this podcast The Chris Cuomo project to discuss BridgeUSA, division, rage bait and the outrage industrial complex!
See the full unedited episode here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp9FCpKeMaY&t=1215s

PODCAST INFO:

Website: thehopefulmajority.com
Spotify: spoti.fi/42GYjec
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hopeful-majority-with-manu-meel/id1690865971
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@manumeel_
Instagram: @manumeel_
Twitter: @manumeel_
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49min
October 20, 2025 #109 Awaken the 200 million!
The 200 million must be awoken to end the tyranny of the ten percent!

PODCAST INFO:
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Spotify: spoti.fi/42GYjec
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
Youtube: https://bit.ly/youtube-hopefulmajority
Instagram: / manumeel_
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16min
October 13, 2025 #108 The Man Who Coined the Phrase Social Media! Douglas Rushkoff talks AI and digital nativism.
How does one be Team Human? How likely is our survival as a species? And how smart can artificial intelligence get? Manu sits down with Douglas Rushkoff to find out all of this and more!

Douglas's site:
https://rushkoff.com/

PODCAST INFO:
Website: thehopefulmajority.com
Spotify: spoti.fi/42GYjec
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
Youtube: https://bit.ly/youtube-hopefulmajority
Instagram: / manumeel_
Twitter: / manumeel_
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41min
October 06, 2025 #107 YouTube Post YouTubers! Art Chad talks viral outrage vs nuanced authentic styles of content.
In this week's episode Manu sits down with popular YouTuber and cohost of the Horseshoe Theory Podcast, Art Chad. They discuss the contemporary YouTube landscape; the effects outrage content has on the platform and how not to fall prey to it both as a creator and consumer.

PODCAST INFO:
Website: thehopefulmajority.com
Spotify: spoti.fi/42GYjec
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
Youtube: https://bit.ly/youtube-hopefulmajority
Instagram: / manumeel_
Twitter: / manumeel_
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52min
September 29, 2025 Manu Gets Uncomfy with Julie Rose! The Power of Listening in the Face of Political Violence!
Manu sits down with Julie Rose of the @Uncomfy.Podcast to discuss his work with BridgeUSA and the power of listening in the wake of the Charlie Kirk assassination.

Original video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzF1BuDGcv4&t=555s

PODCAST INFO:
Website: thehopefulmajority.com
Spotify: spoti.fi/42GYjec
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
Youtube: https://bit.ly/youtube-hopefulmajority
Instagram: / manumeel_
Twitter: / manumeel_
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20min
September 22, 2025 "We Have an Unprecedented Opportunity!" Manu's speech at the National Conference on Citizenship 2025
In this special episode, Manu gives a speech on a failure AND an opportunity in the political bridge building sphere at the 2025 National Conference on Citizenship.

National Conference on Citizenship website:
https://ncoc.org/

PODCAST INFO:
Website: thehopefulmajority.com
Spotify: spoti.fi/42GYjec
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
Youtube: https://bit.ly/youtube-hopefulmajority
Instagram: / manumeel_
Twitter: / manumeel_
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7min
September 15, 2025 #106 We Need to Talk About Charlie Kirk's Assassination
Manu speaks on where the bridging movement goes after Charlie Kirk's Assassination.

PODCAST INFO:
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Spotify: spoti.fi/42GYjec
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
Youtube: https://bit.ly/youtube-hopefulmajority
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Twitter: / manumeel_
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15min
September 08, 2025 #105 Utilizing AI to Combat Political Polarization! Deb Roy talks social media, Cortico, Algorithems
Will Artificial Intelligence only lead to destruction? Or can it be utilized to fight against Political Polarization? In this week's episode Manu sits down with Deb Roy to discuss, Deb talks methods, tools and his work with Cortico a non-profit using AI to decrease political polarization.

Cortico main site:
https://cortico.ai/

PODCAST INFO:
Website: thehopefulmajority.com
Spotify: spoti.fi/42GYjec
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
Youtube: https://bit.ly/youtube-hopefulmajority
Instagram: / manumeel_
Twitter: / manumeel_
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FAQs about The Hopeful Majority with Manu Meel:

How many episodes does The Hopeful Majority with Manu Meel have?

The podcast currently has 116 episodes available.

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