My two all-time favorite media interviews:
- (1) This American Life, Episode 478, Lisa Pollak: “Red State Blue State” (November 2, 2012)
- (2) KUER, Andrea Smardon: “New Forum Provides Space for Utahns to Talk, Listen, and Disagree” (June 16, 2015)
Radio/Podcast Interviews:
- This Is Civity Podcast, Show #11: All Sides Dictionary, (Gina Baleria, San Francisco State University, October 2017)
- Mormon Matters (358-359): Improving Our Conversations about Important and Emotional Topics (Dan Wotherspoon, December 8, 2016)
- Thoughtful Faith #127 (Gina Colvin): Dialogues with a Conservative Friend (Gina Colvin, November 11, 2015)
- Secular Buddhist Association, Episode 197 : Mindfully Mormon (Ted Meissner, April 13, 2014)
- Radio Interview, IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today’s Voices, (Guy Rathbun broadcasting from Santa Margarita, California, July 11, 2012)
- Other radio interviews with Phil Neisser for our book (fall 2012 – spring 2013): KPFA Public Radio Interview, Berkeley, CA; WRKF Public Radio Interview, Baton Rouge, LA; Jefferson Public Radio Interview, Ashland, OR; Book Guys Interview, Toronto, Ontario
Video-based Interviews:
- Ending the Culture War: Political Dialogue: Phil Neisser and Jacob Hess
- Beyond Red/Blue Hate: Treasonous Friendships
- Appearance on local Channel 4’s “Good for Utah” segment to discuss my book, “Once Upon a Time, He wasn’t Feeling it Anymore”
Mentions:
- Mother Jones, Dashka Slater, November/December 2017 “Can We Talk? (Americans are stuck in a vicious cycle of hate and distrust, but maybe there’s a way back to civility)”
- Craftsmanship Magazine, Michael Erard, April 16, 2017, “The Architecture of Trust“
- Salt Lake Tribune, Peggy Fletcher Stack, March 5, 2017, “Opposing sides in Mormon rift unite for survey seeking deeper understanding of gay“
- Deseret News, Alison Pond, March 6, 2016, “Is there a movement to depolarize America?”
- Deseret News, Kelsey Dallas, June 23, 2017, “Nervous about your Muslim neighbors? Then invite them over for dinner“
- Deseret News, Ralph Benko, February 5, 2017, 2 hippies, 2 Hell’s Angels, one overcaffeinated babe, a bar and a gunfight
Village Square / Living Room Conversations in the news:
- Forbes, “MoveOn.org’s Co-Founder Has The Tea Party’s Co-Founder Over For…Tea” Ralph Benko (January 21, 2013)
- Aljazeera, “Breaking partisan gridlock over a cup of tea” (September 25, 2013)
- Christian Science Monitor “Civil discourse that doesn’t taste like broccoli” (July 11, 2014)
- New York Times “How Could You? 19 Questions to Ask Loved Ones Who Voted the Other Way” Michael Barbaro (November 18, 2016)
- The San Francisco Examiner “Bridging the divide one living room at a time” Sally Stephens (June 4, 2017)
- Governing Magazine, “Congressional Shooting Highlights Rise of Violence in Politics” Alan Greenblatt (June 14, 2017)
- TEDWomen 2017, Joan Blades & John Gable, “Free yourself from your filter bubbles“