# Hour 1: Can Americans break the cycle of politician division? Do Americans even WANT to break the cycle?

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Podcast: [Newell Normand](https://stenobird.com/podcast/newell-normand-2482167)
Published: 2026-06-05T16:10:29+00:00
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## Resource

This hour, Newell shares his thoughts on a recent June 2026 poll conducted by Elon University that found that only 18% of self-described Democrats explicitly selected "proud" as the primary word to describe their feelings about the United States as it approaches its 250th anniversary. Then, Lucy Cordts, a licensed Clinical Social Worker and Senior Director of Behavioral Health at CrescentCare, joins the show to explain why access to mental health care is so important and how we can help break the stigma surrounding it.

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