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On March 1, 2022, The Purple Principle launched a weekly 6-part mini-series on Texas politics, identity, and polarization.
On June 7, 2022, The Purple Principle launched a 3-part mini-series on California, with guest co-host Barbara Bogaev.
The Purple Principle is a 2022 Silver Signal Awards Winner in Best Original Score & Most Inspirational Podcast
The Purple Principle is a 2021 Gold Davey Awards Winner in the category of Podcasts.
The Purple Principle is a 2022 Bronze Signal Awards Winner for Best Limited Series & Specials (News & Politics)
The Purple Principle is a 2021 Silver W3 Awards Winner in Outstanding Podcasts (General Series-Interview/Talk Show).
Season 3
Season 2 Showcase
The Centennial of W.B. Yeats’ The Second Coming (Part 2):
"It speaks to 1919, it speaks to 1939. It speaks to 1969. It speaks to 2016... and to 2020, the year of the pandemic, when things are in flux again,"— Briona Nic Dhiarmada, documentary filmmaker & Concurrent Professor of Film & Irish Studies (University of Notre Dame).
These not so United States are at their most polarized point in over 100 hundred years and possibly since the Civil War. How did we get so partisan? How could we get less partisan? And can independent-minded Americans help bridge the divide?
These are the questions underlying our exploration of deepening political and social polarization. To do so, we take a 360-degree tour, consulting experts in fields as diverse as neuroscience, media studies, and the social sciences, as well as politicians, mediators, comedians, screenwriters, and people from all walks of life dealing with partisanship in the media, at work and at home, and seemingly everywhere in between.
Are you a member of the exhausted majority concerned about the polarization of any and all issues in the U.S. and globally today? Do you worry about the gradual weakening of democratic norms and civil society? Are you a purple mediator in your own red vs. blue family, workplace, or social group?
If so, please tune into the Purple Principle, share us on social media, and tell your own purple tale through our contact form below.
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Know of a political compromise achieved in your town, city, or state? Are you a purple peacemaker in a red and blue family? Do you know of an individual or group working to bridge the partisan divide in the US today?