How 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/

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Was Bad Bunny's super bowl half time performance political or, is that just what you were duped into thinking?

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What 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:

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Who'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/

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Every 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!

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Who'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/

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In this episode of The Hopeful Majority Manu gives his take on how political figures utilize outrage to gain notoriety in our discombobulated political system rife with polarization. Nick Fuentes is one of these aforementioned figures but he's not the only one, this is systemic issue not merely limited to one isolated Individual, we all have the personal agency to not allow ourselves to be taken advantage of by outrage peddlers, and we all owe it to ourselves and each other to utilize that agency more.

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