John Wood Jr. – The Long Bridge Across the Partisan Divide

<p>Order Glenn's memoir, LATE ADMISSIONS: CONFESSIONS OF A BLACK CONSERVATIVE. Available here or wherever you get your books: <a href="https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393881349" target="_blank">https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393881349</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0pzya_1Gds&#38;t=68s" target="_blank">1:08</a> John’s work with Braver Angels </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0pzya_1Gds&#38;t=496s" target="_blank">8:16</a> How Braver Angels gets its business done </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0pzya_1Gds&#38;t=789s" target="_blank">13:09</a> Trying to bridge the partisan divide </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0pzya_1Gds&#38;t=1227s" target="_blank">20:27</a> Do some issues require taking sides? </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0pzya_1Gds&#38;t=1657s" target="_blank">27:37</a> Braver Angels's approach to the immigration issue </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0pzya_1Gds&#38;t=1897s" target="_blank">31:37</a> John: “Trump is more symptom than cause”</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0pzya_1Gds&#38;t=2327s" target="_blank">38:47</a> Are some political conflicts unavoidable? </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0pzya_1Gds&#38;t=2498s" target="_blank">41:38</a> John: “What we need in America is a ... spiritual transformation in our attitudes toward one another” </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0pzya_1Gds&#38;t=3030s" target="_blank">50:30</a> Braver Angels's American Hope Campaign</p><p>Recorded on July 25, 2025</p><p>Links and Readings</p><p><a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/p/braver-angels-glenn-loury-and-john-533?utm_source=publication-search" target="_blank">Glenn’s 2020 conversation with John</a></p><p><a href="https://braverangels.org/" target="_blank">Braver Angels</a></p><p><em>A Braver Way </em><a href="https://braverangels.org/a-braver-way-episode-guide/" target="_blank">podcast</a></p><p><a href="https://braverangels.org/pandemic-report/?link_id=0&#38;can_id=bc571bb5b014fb86a0afa104992abe6b&#38;source=email-the-rise-of-omicron-and-the-fall-of-trust-2&#38;email_referrer=email_1418045&#38;email_subject=does-our-approach-actually-work" target="_blank">Eliza Taylor Hawkins’s report, “Depolarizing During the Pandemic”</a></p><p><a href="https://braverangels.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/BA_2024-Trustworthy-Elections-Report-V12-WEB.pdf" target="_blank">Braver Angels’s Trustworthy Elections Report</a></p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=hT5lJpPseaE" target="_blank">John’s speech before Braver Angels’s 2023 National Convention</a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Black-Rednecks-Liberals-Thomas-Sowell/dp/1594031436" target="_blank">Thomas Sowell’s book, </a><em>Black Rednecks & White Liberals</em></p><p><a href="https://braverangels.org/americanhope/" target="_blank">Braver Angels’s American Hope Campaign</a></p> <br /><br />This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">glennloury.substack.com/subscribe</a>