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In this episode, we welcome Jefferson Shupe, author of the new YA novel, the Bathwater Brigade. Focusing on a college student’s journey through campus politics in the wake of a police shooting controversy, Bathwater Brigade explores the challenges and rewards of finding unity, and helping others find unity, in a time of hostility and division - something that might just be related to what we do here!

Throughout his conversation with UnityNow’s Kimberly Kolb Eakin, Shupe discusses his inspirations and motivations for writing the book, how the fictional Bathwater Brigade - a campus political unity group - resembles real-world efforts, and how his book has been embraced by young adults, children, and parents in search of a positive message. Finally, the two discuss lessons to be learned about what it takes to build common ground, and why it’s so important, both from the book’s titular Brigade and from Shupe’s writing journey.

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In this brief interlude from our usual political fare, UnityNow's Toby Davis sits down with rapper Kuf Knotz and harpist Christine Elise, to discuss the pair's journey towards creating one of today's most unique, and unifying, musical experiences. Our guests share their origin stories, including Kuf's early days as an MC and Christine's life-changing Music Therapy study. The pair then discuss the ways they've defied expectations since joining forces, from performing in Alaska in the dark dead of winter, to showing up at a punk rock show and making unlikely fans out of the crowd. Finally, we bring it all back to the healing and unifying power of music - the way it brings us together and reaches us in ways the spoken word rarely can. And of course, you'll get to learn where and when you can find these awesome artists!


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In this very special episode, Toby Davis is joined by UnityNow’s all-star, all-volunteer crew to look back at the podcast’s journey from the humble “unofficial” pod of the Unity2020 movement to what it is today. The gang shares their favorite clips from the show’s run so far, highlighting the guests and the moments that made them rethink how they look at the world, that captured and articulated the spirit of the unity movement, and that made them proud of what they’d put together. Finally, they discuss what may lie in store for the future of the podcast, and how we can work to deliver the message of unity as powerfully as possible, to as great an audience as we can reach.

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In this episode, journalist Heather Blakeslee and former Facebook employee Cody Hill share their thoughts and perspectives for an important conversation on censorship. In the wake of UnityNow's own run-in with the Powers that Be, is the corporate suppression of deemed misinformation going too far? Is it a necessary tool for today’s incendiary political environment, or is it simply fanning the flames?
Moreover, what underlying actors and incentives are creating this problem to
begin with, and how much is the polarizing nature of social media to blame?
Throughout this free-flowing and nuanced conversation, Blakslee, Hill, and
UnityNow's Toby Davis explore what we can do to truly improve our situation, from investing in local journalism to rebuild the Fourth Estate, to pursuing and promoting more good faith conversations à la Braver Angels, to working to change the culture around how we have disagreements.
You’re not going to want to miss it!

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https://www.rootquarterly.com
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UnityNow's Toby Davis sits down with Blair Walshingham, Deputy Political Director and Volunteer
Coordinator of the nascent Forward Party, to ask the tough questions about the new, Andrew
Yang-led effort. Where do they stand on the issues? How do they view their own weaknesses?
And will they be making any runs in 2022? We also discuss her own journey, from growing up in
a conservative household, to winning a Democratic Congressional primary in her deep-red
district, to helping to lead the duopoly-breaking charge. All that, plus the results of her Eastern
Tennessee UBI experiment!

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UnityNow's Toby Davis sits down with Matt Tune and Louisa Clary, founders of the Washington, D.C. Defeat the Mandates March. The two share stories of how they got to be involved with the group, and how they hope to make their January 23rd event a unifying effort, from appealing to vaccinated and unvaccinated alike, to bringing in representatives from BLM and groups across the political spectrum, to their plans for deescalating if trouble should start. This free-flowing conversation also dives into the history and politics of the vaccine mandates, to understand the special interests in play, their impacts on legislation and coverage, and whether the mandates pushed by the current administration really reflect the will of the people.

Connect with Matt, Louisa, and Defeat the Mandates:
Defeat The Mandates - An American Homecoming
March on Washington: January 23

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/dchomecoming
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Host Toby Davis sits down with Angel Eduardo initially to discuss his article "How to Star-Man | Arguing from Compassion" published February 10, 2021 with the Center for Inquiry. Angel is a writer, musician, photographer, and designer based in New York City. He is a staff writer and content creator for idealist.org, as well as a columnist for the Center for Inquiry. He also serves on the Advisory Board for the Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism (FAIR). Angel discusses how he came up with the idea for "Star-manning" based on the David Bowie song "Starman", how he grew up to be an individual with critical thinking, Superman vs Jesus, George Carlin, and much more.
To begin, we start with an audio reading of the article "How to Star-Man | Arguing from Compassion" read by Gabe Garber and produced by Todd Niesen.

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Web: https://angeleduardo.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/StrangelEdweird
Center for Inquiry: https://centerforinquiry.org/blog/authors/angel-eduardo
Idealist: https://www.idealist.org

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In this episode, UnityNow’s Toby Davis sits down with Purdue students Dansen Wang and Patrick Petersen, members of their school’s Political Discourse Club (PDC). They discuss the challenges of running the PDC and fostering healthy conversation between members of different political tribes. Is it better to focus on policy positions, or look at the philosophy of dealing with various issues? How do you make sure discussions work off a shared set of facts? What are the hardest discussion topics to keep civil? And how do current undergraduates view the hot topics of the day?

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Author Meghan Daum (the Problem with Everything) sits down with UnityNow's Toby Davis to discuss the difficulties of keeping up with the U.S. Politics through print, the culture shock of moving from NYC to Nebraska, and how she handles "unspeakable" topics on her podcast. Topics like the female experience being framed, by default, as on of victimhood and oppression, how truth is rooted in biology, and "incels" or people who are involuntary celibate because they are unable to find a woman so, in turn, they engage in misogyny toward women as a response. Are these men hateful because of their gender or hateful because they are labeled hateful?

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https://meghandaum.medium.com

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Episodes drop weekly, Sunday at 9pm eastern

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Host Toby Davis sits down with Stacia Wilson and Craig Carroll to discuss the launch of 2ndLook News, a new truth-based News website dedicated to getting the story right from the concept of a trusted friend who digs into the facts about the stories that matter to you. This friend would share their findings in a non-persuasive manner with links to all the original sources so that you can double check them for yourself. Stacia and Craig both volunteered in the Unity 2020 movement and worked with the UnityNow team in different ways. We talk about the purpose and vision behind 2ndLook, why the need exists, how they plan to cut through the noise, and what’s most important for news services. From Congress to Cuba to the Military and also Data Visualization stories, 2ndLook tackles it all.

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Stacia on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OriginalStacia
Craig on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BIG_chikin

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