Episodes

  • #114 Leaders of Pluralism!
    Dec 29 2025

    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/


    PODCAST INFO:


    Website: thehopefulmajority.com

    Spotify: spoti.fi/42GYjec

    Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hopeful-majority-with-manu-meel/id1690865971

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@manumeel_

    Instagram: @manumeel_

    Twitter: @manumeel_

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    57 mins
  • #113 How OUTRAGE peddlers' exploit our politically polarized society!
    Dec 15 2025

    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.


    PODCAST INFO:


    Website: thehopefulmajority.com

    Spotify: spoti.fi/42GYjec

    Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hopeful-majority-with-manu-meel/id1690865971

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@manumeel_

    Instagram: @manumeel_

    Twitter: @manumeel_

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    14 mins
  • #112 EVERYONE is missing THIS about the Epstein files!
    Dec 9 2025

    Everyone seems to be talking about the Jeffrey Epstein files, however are they missing the forest for the trees?


    PODCAST INFO:


    Website: thehopefulmajority.com

    Spotify: spoti.fi/42GYjec

    Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hopeful-majority-with-manu-meel/id1690865971

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@manumeel_

    Instagram: @manumeel_

    Twitter: @manumeel_

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    10 mins
  • Political Conversations Over Turkey
    Nov 25 2025

    How do you effectively talk about politics at Thanksgiving? In this special episode Manu gives you three useful tips to try out!


    PODCAST INFO:


    Website: thehopefulmajority.com

    Spotify: spoti.fi/42GYjec

    Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hopeful-majority-with-manu-meel/id1690865971

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@manumeel_

    Instagram: @manumeel_

    Twitter: @manumeel_

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    13 mins
  • Manu's Speech to attendees of a discussion on artificial intelligence, held at Cornell University!
    Nov 18 2025

    PODCAST INFO:


    Website: thehopefulmajority.com

    Spotify: spoti.fi/42GYjec

    Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hopeful-majority-with-manu-meel/id1690865971

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@manumeel_

    Instagram: @manumeel_

    Twitter: @manumeel_

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    19 mins
  • #111 How Music can Build Bridges, Shaka Mitchell Shares Music's power to Humanize!
    Nov 10 2025

    Is the Power of music the missing key to effective bridge building?Is the Power of music the missing key to effective bridge building? Manu sits down with Shaka Mitchell to find out!


    Shaka Mitchell is the founder of The Come Together Music Project a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that uses music to deepen existing relationships, create new ones, and bridge ideological, generational, and socio-economic divides. You can find episodes of their podcast on Spotify, iTunes, and YouTube.


    Come Together Music Project:

    https://www.cometogetherpodcast.com/


    PODCAST INFO:


    Website: thehopefulmajority.com

    Spotify: spoti.fi/42GYjec

    Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hopeful-majority-with-manu-meel/id1690865971

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@manumeel_

    Instagram: @manumeel_

    Twitter: @manumeel_

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    46 mins
  • #110 Five hundred subscriber QNA with the CEO of Bridge USA Manu Meel!
    Nov 4 2025

    To Celebrate 500 YouTube subscribers Manu holds a QNA, answering all the questions YOU the viewers wanted to know!


    PODCAST INFO:


    Website: thehopefulmajority.com

    Spotify: spoti.fi/42GYjec

    Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hopeful-majority-with-manu-meel/id1690865971

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@manumeel_

    Instagram: @manumeel_

    Twitter: @manumeel_

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    12 mins
  • Chris Cuomo and Manu Sound off on Division and Outrage!
    Oct 30 2025

    Manu Joins @chriscuomo on this podcast The Chris Cuomo project to discuss BridgeUSA, division, rage bait and the outrage industrial complex!

    See the full unedited episode here:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp9FCpKeMaY&t=1215s


    PODCAST INFO:


    Website: thehopefulmajority.com

    Spotify: spoti.fi/42GYjec

    Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hopeful-majority-with-manu-meel/id1690865971

    YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@manumeel_

    Instagram: @manumeel_

    Twitter: @manumeel_

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    48 mins