{"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":"Reduce the Rancor Bus Tour: Braver Angels Melinda Voss and Scott Schluter","slug":"reduce-the-rancor-bus-tour-braver-angels-melinda-voss-and-scott-schluter","published_at":"2025-06-27T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-do-we-fix-it-667/reduce-the-rancor-bus-tour-braver-angels-melinda-voss-and-scott-schluter","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-do-we-fix-it-667","url":"https://shows.acast.com/howdowefixit/episodes/reduce-the-rancor-bus-tour-braver-angels-melinda-voss-and-sc","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/howdowefixit/e/685d9e427cd58072a5ffa415/media.mp3","summary":"Political speech in America is all too often dominated by hyperbole. We don’t just disagree, we find those on the other side to be offensive or even worse. All too often the language of curiosity, nuance and humility is missing from our dialog. In this episode we look at a novel way to reach across the divide. During the spring,  Minnesota Braver Angels  leaders who live in the Minneapolis-St. Paul region decided to visit six small towns in rural parts of the state. Our guests are Melinda Voss, who leans blue, and Scott Schluter who leans red.  We find out what they learned while on their nine-day  \"Reduce the Rancor\" bus tour . Melinda, Scott and other volunteers organized a series of events, including red-blue workshops, meetings with local community leaders, and conversations with people in six towns. They also did a lot of listening. “To be a Braver Angel requires a bit of humility,\" Melinda told us. \"Your side might not have all the answers, and you might be wrong, and you might have something to contribute that would be valuable.” Getting both sides together to talk instead of yelling across the partisan divide has taken on a new sense of urgency. Nowhere more so than in Minnesota, after recent  politically-motivated murders  of a Democratic state politician and her husband, and the shootings of another Democrat and his wife. The violence was  especially alarming in a state traditionally known for being “Minnesota Nice”, a term used to describe its courteous, mild-mannered, polite citizens.  Here at How Do We Fix It? we look at ways to disagree better. Rece…","meta_description":"Political speech in America is all too often dominated by hyperbole. We don’t just disagree, we find those on the other side to b…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1492,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/how-do-we-fix-it-667/episodes/reduce-the-rancor-bus-tour-braver-angels-melinda-voss-and-scott-schluter/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/reduce-the-rancor-bus-tour-braver-angels-melinda-voss-and-scott-schluter.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}