{"podcast":{"title":"How Do We Fix It?","slug":"how-do-we-fix-it-667","podcast_index_feed_id":667,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/627e954c-aa68-4f1a-85d5-5682fdc5d0d5","website_url":"https://www.howdowefixit.me/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6100770b31fd81f125b34d81/show-cover.jpg","author":"Richard Davies@Davies Content","episode_count":454,"summary":"We report on the people projects and ideas of Braver Angels, the largest volunteer-led grassroots movement to bridge partisan divides. Braver Angels brings people together from right, left and center, and works to restore America's civic muscle through curiosity and dialogue. From politics to the personal, we're about listening with humility and courage to those we disagree with. Produced by DaviesContent. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T18:22:09.000917+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-do-we-fix-it-667"},"episode":{"title":"Be The People. Healing America and Restoring Civic Muscle: Maury Giles","slug":"be-the-people-healing-america-and-restoring-civic-muscle-maury-giles","published_at":"2025-11-07T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-do-we-fix-it-667/be-the-people-healing-america-and-restoring-civic-muscle-maury-giles","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-do-we-fix-it-667","url":"https://shows.acast.com/howdowefixit/episodes/be-the-people-healing-america-and-restoring-civic-muscle-mau","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/howdowefixit/e/690d12c9a17ebcde883f18b3/media.mp3","summary":"Just over three months into his new role as leader of Braver Angels, we hear from  CEO Maury Giles  about his hopes, plans and goals for America's largest volunteer-led movement working to bridge partisan divides and disagree better for the common good. America has lost much of its civic muscle, and it's time to get it back, Maury tells our host, Richard Davies.  Rising polarization, declining trust in public institutions and the media, the spread of misinformation, the longest-ever government shutdown, and recent political violence are all signs that something is deeply wrong with our public square. \"We're trying to help people understand first and foremost that the choice you have to make is that of personal agency: To say am I going to act or react?,” Maury says. \"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 our civic muscle.” Maury Giles came to Braver Angels after a career in 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 at a difficult time. We hear about the case for  citizen-led solutions , and why the true remedy to our civic challenges isn’t reaction, but action, with neighbors working with their neighbors across divisions and mistrust.  Over the past sixteen months, “How Do We Fix It?” has published more than twenty episodes about the people, projects and ideas of Braver Angels. Find them at  our website . Like and subscrib…","meta_description":"Just over three months into his new role as leader of Braver Angels, we hear from CEO Maury Giles about his hopes, plans and goals for Am…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1728,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/how-do-we-fix-it-667/episodes/be-the-people-healing-america-and-restoring-civic-muscle-maury-giles/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-do-we-fix-it-667/be-the-people-healing-america-and-restoring-civic-muscle-maury-giles.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}