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The Hopeful Majority with Manu Meel
Hosted by Manu Meel · EN
Every Monday, Manu Meel invites you into a conversation about how we overcome our toxic politics to write the next chapter in our American story.
Because let’s face it. In today's America, it is easy to divide and hard to bring people together. There are a loud few dominating the conversation while the rest of us stay quiet. This ends now.
If you’re tired of how divided and toxic our society has become, you are actually in the majority. Most of us want a society that incentivizes curiosity, listening, and navigating our differences in search of solutions. It’s time for those of us in the Hopeful Majority to be heard.
Join us every week as we build the Hopeful Majority because the time is now!
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#123 Chris Singleton is Preaching Love Not Hate After Losing Family to a Racially Motivated Shooting
Mar 1600:41:53Tap to summarizeChris Singleton is a former professional athlete drafted by the Chicago Cubs in 2017. Following the loss of his mother in a racially motivated mass shooting in 2015, Chris become an inspirational speaker and best-selling author who continues to share his message of unity and racial reconciliation, emphasizing the importance of love over hate and forgiveness. Manu sits down with Chris to discuss these concepts and learn how they can be applied to a polarized America!PODCAST INFO:Website: thehopefulmajority.comSpotify: spoti.fi/42GYjecApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hopeful-majority-with-manu-meel/id1690865971YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@manumeel_Instagram: @manumeel_Twitter: @manumeel_ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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#122 Conversation is Now the COUNTERCULTURE! Manu's Speech at Davidson College.
Mar 1000:15:47Tap to summarizeManu's speech at Davidson college, prior to a student panel deliberation on the validity of dialogue in a polarized America. FULL VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvBnk0AcIQcPODCAST INFO:Website: thehopefulmajority.comSpotify: spoti.fi/42GYjecApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hopeful-majority-with-manu-meel/id1690865971YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@manumeel_Instagram: @manumeel_Twitter: @manumeel_ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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#121 The ESCILATING Crisis of Credibility! Feat Quick Thoughts
Mar 200:44:20Tap to summarizePODCAST INFO:Website: thehopefulmajority.comSpotify: spoti.fi/42GYjecApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hopeful-majority-with-manu-meel/id1690865971YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@manumeel_Instagram: @manumeel_Twitter: @manumeel_ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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#120 Social media is BREAD AND CIRCUS! How to disrupt outrage with nuance! Feat Keirstin Westfallen
Feb 2300:47:44Tap to summarizeHow does one challenge outrage addiction in online spaces? Manu sits down with rising TikToker Keirsten Westfallen to talk strategies, her experience creating nuanced content and the state of social media in 2026.Keirsten's Socials:https://www.tiktok.com/ @keirstinfallswest https://keirstin.substack.com/PODCAST INFO:Website: thehopefulmajority.comSpotify: spoti.fi/42GYjecApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hopeful-majority-with-manu-meel/id1690865971YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@manumeel_Instagram: @manumeel_Twitter: @manumeel_ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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#119 Politically Motivated or Financially Motivated? The truth about the NFL and Bad Bunny
Feb 1700:08:18Tap to summarizeWas Bad Bunny's super bowl half time performance political or, is that just what you were duped into thinking?PODCAST INFO:Website: thehopefulmajority.comSpotify: spoti.fi/42GYjecApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hopeful-majority-with-manu-meel/id1690865971YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@manumeel_Instagram: @manumeel_Twitter: @manumeel_ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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#118 What is the MOST important question in American politics today? With PF Jung.
Feb 901:17:46Tap to summarizeWhat is the most important question in American politics today? Immigration? The Epstein files? Polarization? The role of influencers? A second constitutional congress? Or is the question of what is an American and by extension America itself? In this week's episode Manu sits down with returning guest PF Jung (Paul) to attempt to answer this question! Guest's YouTube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4iraTePkGIYUGDsOl85BCwPODCAST INFO:Website: thehopefulmajority.comSpotify: spoti.fi/42GYjecApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hopeful-majority-with-manu-meel/id1690865971YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@manumeel_Instagram: @manumeel_Twitter: @manumeel_ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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#117 What Lies Behind and Beyond MAGA, with Stephen Hawkins.
Feb 200:55:29Tap to summarizeWho's part of Trump's support base? Are they a monolith or do their intentions differ? Manu sits down the Stephen Hawkins of More in Common to discuss the report 'Beyond MAGA' and uncover the answers to these questions! Stephen's Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/stephenphawkins/Beyond MAGA Report:https://beyondmaga.us/More In Common:https://www.moreincommon.com/PODCAST INFO:Website: thehopefulmajority.comSpotify: spoti.fi/42GYjecApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hopeful-majority-with-manu-meel/id1690865971YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@manumeel_Instagram: @manumeel_Twitter: @manumeel_ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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#116 Politicians are behaving like outrage influencers, and ALL of us are enabling it!
Jan 2600:15:02Tap to summarizeEvery noticed how elected officials behave one why when the camera is on and another way off camera? Who are the new elite and how do we combat them? And how does consumer interaction feed the outrage industrial complex? In this monolog Manu sets out to provide answers to these questions!PODCAST INFO:Website: thehopefulmajority.comSpotify: spoti.fi/42GYjecApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hopeful-majority-with-manu-meel/id1690865971YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@manumeel_Instagram: @manumeel_Twitter: @manumeel_ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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#115 How Misunderstandings and Outrage Peddling Contributed to the Renee Good Shooting!
Jan 2000:19:46Tap to summarizePODCAST INFO:Website: thehopefulmajority.comSpotify: spoti.fi/42GYjecApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hopeful-majority-with-manu-meel/id1690865971YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@manumeel_Instagram: @manumeel_Twitter: @manumeel_ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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#114 Leaders of Pluralism!
Dec 2900:57:00Tap to summarizeWho's on the ground putting in the work in the bridge building world? What strategies should be pursued to reach pluralism? And are there disagreements in the bridge building sphere? For the last episode of 2025 Manu sits down with Mónica Guzmán, Eboo Patel and John Wood Jr. to discuss all of these questions.Interfaith America: https://www.interfaithamerica.org/Braver Angles: https://braverangels.org/Mónica's website:https://www.moniguzman.com/PODCAST INFO:Website: thehopefulmajority.comSpotify: spoti.fi/42GYjecApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hopeful-majority-with-manu-meel/id1690865971YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@manumeel_Instagram: @manumeel_Twitter: @manumeel_ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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