Nick Troiano, executive director of Unite America talks with Lynn Schmidt about political polarization and extremism and how modernizing partisan primaries might be the primary solution

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Best-selling children's book author Christen Jeschke discusses why the cicada broods shouldn't keep you up at night and shares the inspiration behind her book "Cicadas Don't Bug Me"

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Best-selling children's book author Christen Jeschke discusses why the cicada broods shouldn't keep you up at night and shares the inspiration behind her book "Cicadas Don't Bug Me"

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Christen-M-Jeschke/author/B093MP8F9J

Political scientist and author of "The Rural Voter. The Politics of Place and the Disuniting of America" Nicholas Jacobs joins Lynn Schmidt for some political wonkery. They discuss the misconceptions of rural voters and why we should all work to overcome the "Us versus Them" mentality.

Futurist Ari Wallach talks about his PBS docuseries "A Brief History of the Future" and how innovators and entrepreneurs are addressing the four big megatrends facing all of us.

Co-founder and president of the San Francisco Briones Society Jay Donde and Lynn Schmidt talk about the practical ways principled conservatives can engage in progressive enclaves.

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The Washington Post's national political reporter Isaac Arnsdorf talks with Lynn Schmidt about his new book "Finish What We Started. The MAGA Movement's Ground War to End Democracy" and the ways the radicalized MAGA movement has transformed Republican Party politics from the ground up.

Naomi Petel Adler and Mirjam Heutlink, survivors of Oct. 7, share their stories of enduring Hamas' terrorist attacks of their homes on Kibbutz Nahal Oz and why Hamas is responsible for the Palestinian humanitarian crisis.