Claire Bishop lives in the Kansas City, Missouri area and is the Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of American Public Square, a nonpartisan not-for-profit seeking to change the tone and quality of public discourse in our country.
Our discussion covers, among other things:
*Kansas City’s many attractions, including its arts and culinary scenes
*the difference between Kansas City, in the west of Missouri, and St. Louis, in the east
*contempt, curiosity and connection
*American Public Square’s founding and programming to promote respectful, fact-based conversations about some of America’s most divisive issues
*local journalism and local politics
Claire finds hope in the many national and local movements to build better bridges in our society, including authors who have written insightful and encouraging books about America. We are humbly grateful that she included the American Tributaries podcast among these signs of hope.
You can learn more about Claire’s work by visiting www.americanpublicsquare.org and checking out the local area’s initiative to increase trust in local journalism: www.kcmediacollective.org.
For quick reference, she mentioned the following books, which provide insight into rebuilding our nation’s civic connections: (a) American Nations by Colin Woodward, (b) 50 States of Mind by Ryan Bernsten, (c) Love Your Enemies by Arthur Brooks, (d) Quiet by Susan Cain and (e) The Upswing by Robert Putnam with Shaylyn Romney Garrett.
American Tributaries is a podcast sponsored by American Tributaries, Inc., a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit based in Brooklyn, NY, and dedicated to promoting fellowship and understanding in America through this podcast and through domestic travel for U.S. high school students, practicing core values of curiosity, respect, compassion and humility, unconditionally. For more information, please visit www.AmericanTributaries.com and, on Instagram, @AmericanTributariesTravel and @AmericanTributariesPodcast.