2026-27 Common Read: I Never Thought of It That Way

President's Bookshelf

Why You Can't Talk Politics with Family — and How to Fix It

Can AI Help Us Find the Books That Bridge Political Divides?

Opinion: Love is not agreement — How to cherish someone you disagree with deeply

Monica Guzman

'A Braver Way' aims to connect people across differences

5 Ways to Organize, Learn, and Celebrate Pride Month

Braver Angels announces ideologically diverse advisory council

Opinion: When the world feels wrong, how do you know what’s right?

Mónica Guzmán Relaunches A Braver Way Podcast to Bridge America’s Political Divide

‘Debate me!’ doesn’t work. Here are better ways to disagree

Episode #2518 - I Never Thought of It That Way

Dialogues to strengthen community without judgment

Why We Viscerally Resist Talking to the Other Side

Research Brief:
Fostering Civic Dialogue

You’re Not Actually Listening (Here’s How to Change That)

GCC event encourages conversations across generations

We’ve Forgotten How to Talk to Each Other ft. Mónica Guzmán

The Willingness to Hear with Mónica Guzmán

Understanding the ‘other side’

How To Conduct Difficult Conversations As A Leader

Awakening Through Fearless Conversation & Shared Humanity

Curiosity Is a Practice
(with Mónica Guzmán)

45 Best Nonfiction Books of All Time, According to Librarians

How Curiosity Will Save Us

Colleges Have Forgotten
How to Argue

Fearless Curiosity in a
Time of Outrage

#491: Curiosity Is the Antidote to Division: Monica Guzman

How To Build Communication Where There Isn't Any

Do I have to be BOTH an Activist and a Bridge-Builder?

Monica Guzman asks Americans to simply listen to each other

Why Talking Politics With Family Isn't Just Okay - It's Essential

Be Curious, Not Judgmental

This Thanksgiving, You Should Absolutely Talk About Politics

How to navigate tense table topics during holiday festivities

NH Civics Treat Talk "How Curiosity Will Save Us"

Breakthroughs:
From Discord to Dialogue

Newsgeist Ignite: Rally the Seekers

11 Books to Foster Respectful Political Conversation Regardless of Your Side

Fireside Chat with Maury Giles and Mónica Guzmán

Our national community is nearing a tipping point, and only we the people can pull us back

On Choosing to Build Bridges

Sunday Pick: How to have curious conversations in dangerously divided times

How to Connect Through Curious Conversations

Navarrette Nation Conversations | Episode 7: Monica Guzman

Curiosity as an act of courage

34 Summer Books, Movies, and Podcasts to Mend America’s Divisions

I Never Thought of it That Way

Your Views: Stand. Open. Speak.

Enlightened Conversations Across Ideological Differences with Mónica Guzmán

Why Do You Feel That Way? Elaboration Questions and Feeling Heard in Political Talk

What to Read Next:
McKinsey’s 2025 annual
book recommendations

Mónica Guzmán on Navigating Difficult Political Disagreements

The Balance of Power: The Court and President Trump

How Democrats and Republicans Misunderstand Each Other

At 50, Poynter doesn’t have a hall of fame. If it did, these 12 former students would be in it

The 2025 Summer of Democracy Reading List

Beyond Active Listening: Boost Your Leadership Through Deep Listening

Braver Angels Local Debate: Washingtonians Should Pay Higher Taxes for Basic Education? 

2025 Cushing Academy Commencement Speech

Journalist and Author Mónica Guzmán on Leading with Curiosity

I Never Thought of It That Way

Bridging Divides: Exploring Polarization in Therapy and Society - 2025  Keynote

Breaking the Cycle of Outrage Through Fearlessly Curious Conversations

I never thought of it that way

Where Bridge Building Meets Activism

How to Have Difficult Conversations

How To Talk With (& Listen To) The Other Side

In Conversation: A Curious Dialogue with Mónica Guzmán

How Curiosity Can Make Tough Conversations Manageable

Campus Conversations Start Here: FYE & Common Reads Books

BU hosts author Mónica Guzmán

Journalist Mónica Guzmán discusses ‘civil discourse’ at Binghamton University workshop

Curiosity is key for overcoming conflict and disinformation, author says

A critical lesson in having difficult conversations with people you may not agree with

An uncivil union: Can America break its addiction to violent rhetoric?

7 Tools for Engaging With "Them"

Leading with Curiosity and Bridging Divides, with Mónica Guzmán

Building a Future We Can Trust

A Braver Way Podcast - Colored Commentary Watch Event

How to Reach Across a Divide With Curiosity Instead of Hate

Best Books of 2024

Five books to help you disagree productively in 2025

Democracy Forum 2024

A Polarization Expert on What Nonprofits Need to Do — and Stop Doing

Book Review: I Never Thought of It That Way

The 16 Best Books
To Gift This Year

A cancellable feast? When politics sabotage Thanksgiving

A cancellable feast? When politics sabotage Thanksgiving

Graduate students explore America’s polarized landscape via train in this course

One Step Closer
UNUM series

In America, a braver way to talk about politics

Voices: Election Day is over. Here’s how Utahns can rebuild — one conversation at a time.

What’s Giving Us Hope Right Now?

Column: Will we ever talk to each other again?

Casual Friday with Mónica Guzmán and Joe Veyera

Author wows audience with frank talk on political differences

Bookbinding: Can Reading Groups Help Close America’s Divides?

Riot Roundup:
The Best Books We Read
July-September 2024

How to Turn Toward Each Other During Times of Divisiveness

Lifting the fog: Give children tools to be engaged community members

Episode 6 - Effective Discourse & The Public Square

The Nicest Places in America 2024

City Watch with Mónica Guzmán and Sen. Jessica Ramos

‘People Can Only Hear When They’re Heard': Navigating Divisive Conversations

Students discuss how to engage in civil discourse in divided times with author Mónica Guzmán

Q&A with Campus Reading author Mónica Guzmán

#413 Braver Angels: Guide Across The Divide. 

Author Monica Guzmán sees hope in easing polarization and changing the world

UMass Chancellor Reyes affirms support for freedom of speech, peaceful demonstration

 Could Curiosity Be The Most Important Ingredient For The American Dream? 

College leaders, faculty try to emphasize dialogue ahead of expected protests this fall

Does anyone really change their mind anymore about anything?

Pacific launches common book program to listen, learn from each other

A Sampling Of The Common Readers That Colleges Are Assigning This Year

Can Conversations Change the Way We See Someone? It Depends How You Have Them

Americans are scared … about different things. Could that somehow help us unite?

10 Reasons to Read “I Never Thought of It That Way” by Monica Guzmán

How to Talk About Politics Without Ruining Your Relationships

Common Read Experience provides students the opportunity to grow through civil dialogue

Bridging the Political Divide | The Newsfeed

As pre-election tensions get heated, are we 'cooking' up a better democracy, or 'burning' it?

'I Never Thought of it That Way' is the next Louisiana Inspired Book Club pick

Is curiosity a practice you can get better at? Advice from a true expert on asking questions

College & University Reads: Most Frequently Adopted Titles

3 Insights:
Polarization in America

Author Monica Guzman ’05 Urges Graduating Students to “Stay Sharp”

What Harvard Law profs are reading this summer

Free Speech and the Art of Difficult Conversations with Angel Eduardo and Mónica Guzmán – S2 Ep 9

5 Takeaways and Wonderings from the Opening Plenary at the Council on Foundations Conference

How To Talk Politics Without Fighting with Monica Guzman

Community Conversation
with Monica Guzman

Graduates urged to be resilient amid challenges, curious conversationalists, lifelong learners, practitioners of joy

‘Bonds of affection’ — Is unity ever possible in a divided America?

Opponents as Allies: The Thorny Proposition of a First-of-Its-Kind Foundation Gathering

SHU Reads! 2024 Selection Encourages "Fearlessly Curious Conversations"

Listen, and learn, to bridge
the political divide

​People Hear Better When They’re Heard

Unity Talks with Monica Guzman and Beth Malow, M.D., M.S.

How WA Republicans, Democrats are trying to bridge political divides

Why we need intellectual humility: A conversation with Mónica Guzmán

Want Proven Advice for Bridgebuilding?
Be Humble and Curious

Mónica Guzmán talks bridging political divides at Delta College

Bridge builder: Mónica Guzmán wants the world to celebrate being wrong

Mónica Guzmán’s guide to thriving across differences

‘Always truth in their story’: How one author talks across political divides

The Willingness to Hear
with Mónica Guzmán

Mónica Guzmán at the FYE® Conference 2024

Monica Guzman on the importance of curiosity to build relationships that bridge divides

Journalist & Podcast Host Mónica Guzmán Leads Us to "A Braver Way" to Discuss Politics

Can curiosity strengthen Midland?

Going Deep with Mónica Guzmán on Making Family Work

It Takes Two to Tango

I Never Thought of It That Way with Mónica Guzmán

Only one person running for president has a record of successfully reaching across the aisle

A New Conversation with Mónica Guzmán

Sue Lani Madsen: Rebuilding trust in elections over dinner

What Actually Mattered This Week: Xi and Biden Back Together, Groundhog Day in Gaza

Elevate NOVA Fireside Chat Discusses Social Trust
and Civic Healing

Monica Guzman of Braver Angels on the Power of Curiosity to Bridge Divides

Episode 17: A Politics of the Heart with Mónica Guzmán

Episode 85: Having Curious Conversations with Mónica Guzmán

Fed Up with How College Students are Behaving? Fund a Campus Pluralism Center

Five Bits of Wisdom from Author Mónica Guzmán

What to do when you don't know what to say — about Gaza, the Israel-Hamas War,
or anything else

The Essential Skills
for Being Human

ENN: Exclusive Interview with Mónica Guzmán

Author Mónica Guzmán urges more collective curiosity

‘Bridge builder’ Mónica Guzmán will deliver the Common Reading Lecture on Thursday

Episode 112: Fearless Curious Conversations in the Workplace with Monica Guzman

The 2023 Washington State Book Awards Finalists = Your Fall Reading List

There's always more than you can know

Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times

Maybe More Isn't Better

Transformational Tough Times

Author, Braver Angels fellow Guzmán to call for listening amid differing opinions, beliefs

How to Talk to People who you Disagree With

Guzmán calls for fact-finding, meaningful friction via conversation

10 Books to Read
Before College

2023 Annual Meeting: Closing Plenary - Disagree Better

Common Reading: I Never Thought of It That Way

Why Are We Here? Braver Angels Convention Plenary

Certainty Is a Psychological Trap and It's Time to Escape

Bridging the Political Divide

Episode 13: The Power of Curiosity with Mónica Guzmán

Talking across Differences
Season 2, Episode 8

The best interpersonal communication books

What Makes Life Good?

Can We Learn to Talk to Each Other?

Opening Session:
Crossing Divides

Ep 106: Mónica Guzmán | What happens after we find common ground?

Curiosity, Polarization, and Finding Hidden Ground
ft. Monica Guzman

​Authors to discuss political polarization at Innovia Panel

Books From Our 2023 Festival Speakers

Letters: Find mutual respect

Catch Up on Current Events with These Interesting Reads

Mónica Guzmán Named Inaugural McGurn Fellow for Media Integrity and the Fight Against Disinformation

Visiting author Monica Guzman defuses divisiveness with curiosity

Bridging Our Differences: How To Have Curious Conversations

S12 E4: Ask How, Not Why (Mónica Guzmán)

Democracy and Citizenship series shares tips for talking with your ‘polar opposite’

How Curiosity Can Save Us in Dangerously Divided Times

Bridge Building for a Successful Multiracial Democracy

Win Your Next Argument Thanks to These 7 Books

Summit Brings Online MSIM Students to Campus

Column: Americans are terrified of other Americans. How to stop the polarization

I’ve been thinking …
Braver Angels

Rewriting the narrative: Storytelling for social change

S3 E1: Building bridges in a polarized world

Episode 254: I Never Thought of It That Way

Episode 26: Part 1 of a conversation with Monica Guzman

Must-Listen: Bookish Podcast Episodes From Non-Bookish Podcasts

Why We Need Reminders
of Connectedness

Talk to the Capitol stormer

In Search of Civility

Tired, scared, and busy: why can't we all just get along?

Author Mónica Guzmán set to host lecture at UA Little Rock

The Gift of Curiosity

Curiosity is the Real Resistance

How to Make Diversity Trainings Better

Best Nonfiction
Books of 2022

Being A Bridge
Between Left & Right

Reclaiming Curiosity in Divided Times

Finding Common Ground When You Disagree: A conversation

How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times

Author Monica Guzman shares tips for communicating during divided times

Dubuque 365 review: I Never Thought Of It That Way

How Curious Conversations Can Build Bridges

Our Favorite Podcast Episodes of the Year

Ep. 38 Mónica Guzmán of Washington on Bridge-Building, Curiosity & Media

Beyond Meathead and Archie: Can Braver Angels help bridge our current divide? 

Monica Guzman on Curiosity and Conversation in Contentious Times

How To Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times

Our Favorite Books of 2022

Having the Tough Conversations

Season 4:
Can Curiosity Save Us?

Replay: Elevate Your Holiday Conversations - Live Fireside Chat

What’s your ‘red line’?
Jonathan Haidt with Mónica Guzmán

How to have curious conversations in dangerously divided times 

How To Avoid Talking Politics Over Thanksgiving Dinner, In 5 Steps

“I never thought of it that way” with Mónica Guzmán

How Republicans and Democrats differ on power

Having fearless and curious conversations in politically divided times

How to Talk to People Even If You Disagree

How To Talk Politics With Your Dad (Without Yelling)
Part 2 

How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Divided Political Times

Calming the Culture Wars in our Schools with Journalist Monica Guzman

Fearlessly Curious with Mónica Guzmán