# John Wood Jr

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John Wood Jr. joins Tavis Smiley

USA Today Opinion Columnist and host of The Reconstruction Project on KBLA Talk 1580AM, John Wood Jr. discusses his launch of a citizen commission on immigration to find common ground and other trending political topics.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smil…

#114 Leaders of Pluralism!

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…

On American polarization and experiences as a black conservative, with John Wood Jr.

John Wood Jr. is a leader and ambassador of the depolarization group Braver Angels. He ran for Congress in 2014 as a Republican against Maxine Waters. Topics discussed include: the history of American polarization; us-vs-them behaviors of leaders on both political sides; what drew him to conservati…

John Wood Jr. Joins Tavis Smiley

John Wood Jr., national ambassador for Braver Angels, leading figure in the American depolarization movement, and host of The Reconstruction Project on KBLA Talk 1580, joins Tavis Smiley in studio to discuss trending political topics.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podc…

Young Man Trapped in an Old Man's Body? Kind Man Trapped in a Mean Man's Party? with John Wood Jr

On this pod Dominique and John mix it up across the aisle on national and international issues. Is the Pope's job to speak up against injustice? Why are so many conservatives converting to Catholicism? What happened with for Virginia Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax? How do we find inner peace? John Woo…

How Not to Harden in Hard Times - with John Wood Jr.

In this timely episode of The Space In Between, host Leigh Morgan sits down with John Wood Jr. — a national leader in the American depolarization movement, former GOP candidate for Congress and an inspiring voice for principled bridge-building — to explore one of the most pressing tensions of our t…

Episode 1603: Can Diplomacy Save American Democracy?

Episode 1603: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to John Wood Jr, National Ambassador for Braver Angels, about the role of diplomacy, music and conversation in getting Americans of different political persuasions to begin talking to one another again John Wood Jr. started as an opinion columnist fo…

How Have You Changed?

On this episode of The Middle, we explore personal change, and ask how you've changed yourself or your mind in a big way.  That could be changing your religion, your politics, your values, your habits, or your identity. Jeremy is joined by Benoit Denizet-Lewis, author of the book You’ve Changed: T…

John Wood Jr. joins Tavis Smiley

National ambassador for Braver Angels, leading figure in the American depolarization movement, and host of The Reconstruction Project on KBLA Talk 1580, John Wood joins Tavis in studio to talk about how neutral maps could empower Black voters, the future of the Black GOP, and other trending politic…