The Bully Pulpit / Let’s Find Common Ground

By USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future

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**The Bully Pulpit podcast and the Let’s Find Common Ground podcast are being merged into one program. Stand by for upcoming information and new episodes in 2025.** At the USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future, we bring together top Republicans and Democrats to transcend partisan divisions and explore solutions to our most pressing national and global challenges. Join veteran strategists Bob Shrum and Mike Murphy along with other Center staff and major voices in the Bully Pulpit for fun conversations that advance civil dialogue and practical politics. When President Theodore Roosevelt coined the phrase bully pulpit, bully meant “wonderful”; and Roosevelt, according to the Oxford Dictionary, was envisioning “an outstanding opportunity to speak out on any issue.” Hear from famous people who’ve known success and setbacks, whether they worked for Donald Trump or Barack Obama, G.W. Bush or Bill Clinton, the Republican Party or the Democratic Party. The conversations go behind the curtain with elected officials, campaign staff, journalists, academics, pundits, and political operatives. Every exchange is guided by standards central to the Center’s mission: Respect each other and respect the truth. Opponents are adversaries, not enemies. And if you lose, don’t burn down the stadium. The Bully Pulpit was formerly called Election R&D. All our podcast episodes are available at https://electionrd.libsyn.com/website. The Bully Pulpit is a member of the Democracy Group network of top political podcasts about democracy, civic engagement, and civil discourse. https://www.democracygroup.org/

Episode Date
Election 2024: What Mattered Most?
Nov 26, 2024
Election 2024: The Last Lap
Nov 04, 2024
Democracy in the Middle East: A Conversation with His Royal Highness Reza Pahlavi, The Crown Prince of Iran
Oct 28, 2024
Election 2024: Where Are We Now?
Oct 25, 2024
Experiencing Hatred: True Stories to End Hate and Educate
Oct 17, 2024
Inside the East Wing: The Role of the First Lady
Oct 11, 2024
Presidential Debate: What Just Happened?
Sep 13, 2024
Trials, Debates, and the Strange 2024 Election
Sep 13, 2024
Finding Common Ground in a Divided Congress: Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R) and Abigail Spanberger (D)
Jul 11, 2024
Public Schools: Talking Across the Divide. Becky Pringle and Gisele Huff
Jun 20, 2024
Pro-Life and Pro-Choice Leaders Together in the Same Room: Reverend Anne Fowler and Francis Hogan
Jun 06, 2024
How The Media Rage Machine Divides America: Chris Stirewalt
May 23, 2024
Why Trump is Popular in Small-Town America: Salena Zito
May 09, 2024
Bipartisan Trust and Common Ground in Congress: Reps. Dusty Johnson (R) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D)
Apr 25, 2024
The Politics of Electric Vehicles: Why Have EV’s Become a Partisan Issue?
Apr 15, 2024
Climate on the Ballot: 2024
Apr 11, 2024
Curiosity, Not Compliance: Bridge Building In The Workplace: Simon Greer
Apr 11, 2024
A Lot Done; A Lot More To Do
Apr 05, 2024
2024 Election Politics: How Divided Are We Really? Kate Carney and John Geer
Mar 28, 2024
New Frontiers for Education Reform?
Mar 22, 2024
Depolarizing America: Ending Toxic Polarization. Peter Coleman
Mar 14, 2024
Racism Renounced: A Black Man Talks With White Supremacists. Daryl Davis
Feb 29, 2024
Is Everything We're Told About Independent Voters Wrong? Jackie Salit and John Opdycke
Feb 15, 2024
Ranking Reforms "The Cure for the Ills of Democracy is More Democracy"
Feb 06, 2024
Truth Decay
Feb 05, 2024
November Showdown
Feb 03, 2024
Primary Colors
Feb 03, 2024
How Curiosity Can Bridge Dangerous Divides: Mónica Guzmán
Feb 01, 2024
Election 2024 Breakdown with CPF Fellows
Jan 20, 2024
What Americans Want from Politicians— And What They're Not Getting: Sean Westwood
Jan 18, 2024
The Third Founding
Jan 04, 2024
Year-End Show: Conflict, Patriotism and Creative Ways to Find Common Ground
Dec 21, 2023
Disagree Better: Politics Across Divides. Utah Governor Spencer Cox
Dec 07, 2023
The Soul of Civility
Nov 21, 2023
Book Talk with Adam Nagourney
Nov 13, 2023
Finding Common Ground In-person— Not Over Zoom: State Reps. Mark Klicker and Alex Ramel
Nov 09, 2023
Presidential Race 2024
Nov 03, 2023
Polarization and political violence: Rachel Kleinfeld
Oct 26, 2023
Combating Antisemitism and Hatred featuring Bob Shrum, Bret Stephens, and Zev Yaroslavsky
Oct 21, 2023
Populism, Polarization, and Threats to Western Democracy: Rory Stewart
Oct 12, 2023
Trojan Family Weekend: How's Biden Doing? What about the GOP?
Oct 09, 2023
Post Covid: The Unequal State of Health in America
Oct 09, 2023
The Challenge of Fixing Congress
Sep 28, 2023
Does Polling Still Work?
Sep 26, 2023
A New Definition of Citizenship: Rights and Obligations. Richard Haass
Sep 14, 2023
How States Hold Fair Elections. Secretaries of State Michael Adams and Steve Hobbs
Aug 31, 2023
Fellows Discussion: Trump Indictments and the Politics of 2024
Aug 28, 2023
Broken Media? Restoring Trust in News Coverage. Mark Sappenfield, Story Hinckley
Aug 17, 2023
Two Friends— a Democrat and a Republican— Search Together for Common Ground. Jordan Blashek, Chris Haugh
Aug 03, 2023
Anti-Racism: Fighting Bigotry With Love. Chloé Valdary
Jul 20, 2023
A Pragmatic Republican Makes His Case: Will Hurd
Jul 06, 2023
The Big Challenge of Common Ground Politics: Tulsa, Oklahoma Mayor G.T. Bynum
Jun 22, 2023
America at a Crossroads, with Judy Woodruff
Jun 08, 2023
Patriotism: Pride, Race and Reckoning. Theodore Johnson
May 25, 2023
The Abortion Talks: They Found Respect, but not Common Ground. Frances Hogan, The Rev. Anne Fowler
May 11, 2023
The Politics of Globalization with Gordon Brown
Apr 27, 2023
The Politics of Globalization with Gordon Brown
Apr 27, 2023
Divided We Stand? What Americans Really Think About Politics
Apr 27, 2023
High Conflict vs. Good Conflict: The Vital Difference. Amanda Ripley
Apr 13, 2023
Finding Common Ground in Climate Conversations
Apr 11, 2023
Finding Common Ground on the Politics of Climate
Apr 07, 2023
Women in Politics: Martha Escutia with Fran Pavley
Apr 03, 2023
Break Out of Your Bubble to Build Friendship and Empathy
Mar 30, 2023
Conversation with Stavros Lambrinidis, European Union Ambassador to the U.S.
Mar 27, 2023
Break Out of Your Bubble: Talk to a Stranger
Mar 16, 2023
Mass Shootings and Guns: Seeking Common Ground: Patrik Jonsson and Ryan Busse
Mar 02, 2023
Stephanie Young in Conversation with Angela Rye and Brittany Packnett Cunningham
Feb 27, 2023
Conversation with Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Speaker of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Feb 17, 2023
Why Republicans are Losing Gen Z
Feb 16, 2023
Politics 2023 with CPF Fellows
Feb 03, 2023
Why Democrats Fail With Rural Voters: Chloe Maxmin
Feb 02, 2023
Why We Misunderstand Independent Voters
Jan 19, 2023
Local Common Ground: Dinner and a Fight. Simon Miontlake, Ted Wetzel, Tom Hach
Jan 05, 2023
The Search for Common Ground: 2022 Year-End Show
Dec 22, 2022
Winter Is Coming: Campaign 2024
Dec 10, 2022
The Golden State: Blue LA and the Purple Congressional Battlegrounds
Dec 09, 2022
Common Ground at Work: From Disaster to Success
Dec 08, 2022
What the Heck Just Happened?
Dec 06, 2022
Finding Common Ground: The State of Our Democracy
Dec 02, 2022
Talking with people you love, whose views you don’t. Holiday Special: Brian and Clare Ashcraft & Tania Israel
Nov 22, 2022
Special Episode: Lessons From the 2022 Midterm Elections
Nov 15, 2022
Broken Media: The Roots of Today's News Crisis. With Chris Stirewalt
Nov 10, 2022
The Obama Presidency: The Hope and The Legacy
Nov 09, 2022
Abortion and the Supreme Court: Politics Over Law? Or Law Over Politics?
Oct 28, 2022
Broken Media: Restoring Trust in News Coverage. Mark Sappenfield and Story Hinckley
Oct 27, 2022
Bridging Divides on College Campuses: Clare Ashcraft and Jackson Richter
Oct 13, 2022
How’s Biden Doing? What about the GOP?
Oct 08, 2022
Congressman Ro Khanna: “Dignity in the Digital Age: Making Tech Work for All of Us”
Sep 30, 2022
Bridging Divides at Work
Sep 29, 2022
Hispanics in the White House: From the Secret Service to the First Lady’s Office
Sep 24, 2022
Two Young Southerners Speak Up on Guns
Sep 15, 2022
Politics 2022 with CPF Fellows
Sep 03, 2022
Primaries and Polarization: Is The Whole System Broken?
Sep 01, 2022
Millennial Politicians on Finding Common Ground: Jillian Gilchrest and Devin Carney
Aug 18, 2022
Companies: Crisis and Common Ground: Davia Temin
Aug 04, 2022
Shrum and Murphy Talk with CPF Fellows Jessica Lall and Elan Carr
Jul 29, 2022
Energy, Climate, and National Security: The New Map. Daniel Yergin
Jul 21, 2022
Politics Today with Fall 2022 CPF Fellows Ira Reiner and Noelia Rodriguez
Jul 11, 2022
Climate Action: A Progressive and a Conservative Find Common Ground. Bill McKibben and Bob Inglis
Jul 07, 2022
The Crucial Role of Centrists: Will Hurd
Jun 23, 2022
Our Common Ground: What Polling Doesn't Reveal About Americans. Diane Hessan
Jun 09, 2022
"Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America's Future" with Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns
Jun 03, 2022
We're Less Divided Than We Think: Tony Woodlief
May 26, 2022
Depolarizing America: Building Consensus Step-by-Step. Kelly Johnston and Rob Fersh
May 12, 2022
How Our Accents Can Divide and Unite Us
Apr 28, 2022
The Politics of Energy and Climate Change
Apr 26, 2022
Guns: Ryan Busse Loves Them But Sees the Need for Limits on How They’re Used & Sold
Apr 14, 2022
A Conversation with Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Mar 31, 2022
Healing Conversations Across Dangerous Divides: Mónica Guzmán
Mar 31, 2022
How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times
Mar 28, 2022
Bridge Builders in Congress. Reps. Derek Kilmer (D) and William Timmons (R)
Mar 17, 2022
Former Senator Barbara Boxer and Journalist Masih Alinejad on Lifting Women's Voices
Mar 11, 2022
The Politics of Education at School Boards
Mar 04, 2022
Finding Common Ground on Re-Entry from Prison
Mar 02, 2022
Congressman Jamie Raskin Talks "Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy"
Feb 18, 2022
Protecting American Democracy— The Military's Role: Retired Brigadier General Steven Anderson
Feb 17, 2022
Is California Still A Golden State?
Feb 12, 2022
Black History Month: Achievements, Change, and Justice. Special Episode
Feb 10, 2022
How Problem Solvers Caucus Attacks Gridlock in Congress. Don Bacon & Kurt Schrader
Feb 03, 2022
The Politics of the Supreme Court: From RBG to Amy Coney Barrett
Jan 25, 2022
How The Budget Mess in Congress Hurts All of Us: Alison Acosta Winters & Emily Holubowich
Jan 20, 2022
The State of Polarization: 2022. Christa Case Bryant and Story Hinckley
Jan 06, 2022
Change Makers: People Making a Difference. Dave Scott
Dec 23, 2021
Bob Dole Remembered with Mike Pettit, Former Chief of Staff
Dec 14, 2021
Climate Action and the Global Need for Energy. Daniel Yergin
Dec 09, 2021
Ben Rhodes Talks "After the Fall: Being an American in the World We've Made"
Dec 03, 2021
2021: The Year of Politicking Dangerously - The Midterms and Politics of 2022: Predictions, Hopes, and Fears
Nov 30, 2021
2021: The Year of Politicking Dangerously - The Many Global Challenges for Biden
Nov 29, 2021
Coming Together Across Divides: Holiday Season Special Episode
Nov 24, 2021
2021: The Year of Politicking Dangerously - Insurrection, Pandemic, and Biden's Big Agenda
Nov 22, 2021
2021: The Year of Politicking Dangerously - Lawrence H. Summers One-On-One with Bob Shrum
Nov 19, 2021
Hidden Progress: A More Hopeful Future
Nov 11, 2021
5 Years After Paris: What Is Happening at the COP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference?
Nov 05, 2021
Technology in Politics: What We Don't Know and Should
Oct 29, 2021
A Climate Scientist Makes the Case for Hope with Katharine Hayhoe
Oct 28, 2021
Voting Rights and Voting Wrongs
Oct 15, 2021
How Should We Respond to the Vaccine Hesitant? With Dr. Jay Baruch
Oct 14, 2021
The Rising Impact of the Hispanic Electorate
Oct 08, 2021
Redistricting: Science, Art, and Skullduggery
Oct 01, 2021
Understanding Trump Voters and American Populism. Salena Zito
Sep 30, 2021
Depolarizing America: Bridge Builders: Bringing People Together. Nathan Bomey
Sep 16, 2021
Assessing the Campaign to Recall Gavin Newsom
Sep 03, 2021
Monuments and Marriage. The Most Personal Lessons About Race: Errol & Tina Toulon and Caroline Randall Williams
Sep 02, 2021
The Future of Los Angeles with Gloria Molina, Former LA County Supervisor and CA Assemblymember
Aug 23, 2021
American Foreign Policy: Challenges, Threats, Opportunities. Ned Temko and Scott Peterson
Aug 19, 2021
Education Reimagined with Becky Pringle and Gisele Huff
Aug 05, 2021
The Long-Term Care Crisis: Howard Gleckman, Stuart Butler and Paul Van de Water
Jul 22, 2021
How to Take Direct Action Against Hate: Daryl Davis and Ryan Lo'Ree
Jul 08, 2021
Sport, Politics, and Community Engagement with Nichol Whiteman, LA Dodgers Foundation CEO
Jun 24, 2021
Depolarizing America: #ListenFirst and America Talks. Kristin Hansen and Mizell Stewart
Jun 24, 2021
Guardrails of Democracy: Law and Reform. Rick Pildes
Jun 10, 2021
Environment and Climate Change: Can Young Americans Bridge the Gap?
May 27, 2021
A Roadmap to Effective National Security Policy with Former Congresswoman Jane Harman
May 21, 2021
President Joe Biden's First 100 Days - Racing Toward 2022 and 2024
May 13, 2021
Environment & Climate – Can Business Bridge the Gap? Stephanie Hanes & Mark Trumbull
May 13, 2021
President Joe Biden’s First 100 Days - How Strong is Trump’s Hold on the GOP?
May 10, 2021
President Joe Biden's First 100 Days - Biden Abroad
May 06, 2021
President Joe Biden's First 100 Days - How Are Joe and Mitch Doing?
May 04, 2021
Does America Need a Third Political Party? David Jolly
Apr 29, 2021
Legislative Roundtable: Climate Change in L.A.
Apr 26, 2021
Words That Work: Red States and Climate Change
Apr 24, 2021
CPF Fellows Roundtable Series: The Future of Conservative Media
Apr 20, 2021
Bridging the Rural-Urban Divide— Ashley Ahearn
Apr 15, 2021
Should We Be Aiming for Unity And Ending Toxic Polarization? A Top Expert on Conflict Resolution Weighs In
Apr 01, 2021
CPF Fellows Roundtable Series: The Progressive Future
Mar 29, 2021
Apocalypse Then and Now: Millenarian Cults to QAnon
Mar 25, 2021
Conspiracies Then and Now: Templars and the Deep State
Mar 23, 2021
Conspiracies Then and Now: Comparing the Politics and History of Conspiracy Theories from the Middles Ages to the Modern
Mar 22, 2021
Depolarizing America: Bridging Divides on Campus
Mar 18, 2021
The Politics of Care
Mar 12, 2021
Women Voters and the Future of the Democratic and Republican Parties
Mar 08, 2021
Depolarizing America: Finding Common Ground in Congress. Betsy Wright Hawkings and Tamera Luzzatto
Mar 04, 2021
The Future of California - Herb Klein Lecture
Feb 27, 2021
The 74 Million Voter Question: Are People of Color Becoming Swing Voters?
Feb 22, 2021
CPF Fellows Roundtable Series: American Democracy and Its Institutions
Feb 20, 2021
The Case for Black Lives Matter: Hawk Newsome
Feb 18, 2021
The 74 Million Voter Question: Why Did Trump Get So Many Votes?
Feb 16, 2021
Depolarizing America: Building Consensus Step-by-Step: Rob Fersh and Kelly Johnston
Feb 04, 2021
Biden 2021 and Beyond
Jan 26, 2021
Depolarizing America. What Can All of Us Do? Tania Israel
Jan 21, 2021
James Baker: The Art of Compromise. Peter Baker and Susan Glasser
Jan 07, 2021
2020 Special Moments. Our Search for Common Ground
Dec 23, 2020
In This Together: Climate Change. Bill Shireman and Trammell Crow
Dec 10, 2020
Same Family. Different Politics: Becca Kearl and Robbie Lawler
Nov 25, 2020
The Future of the Republican Party
Nov 19, 2020
Why Biden Won
Nov 16, 2020
What The Voters Told Us: Christa Case Bryant and Story Hinckley
Nov 12, 2020
Election R&D Dialogues: The Post-Election Episode
Nov 06, 2020
Election R&D Dialogues: Election Security with Special Guest Cynthia McFadden
Oct 30, 2020
Election Briefing: "Why I'm Voting For...." Philippa Hughes and John Pudner
Oct 29, 2020
Climate Change and the 2020 Election
Oct 28, 2020
Election R&D Dialogues: Final Presidential Debate Analysis with Special Guest Patrick Griffin, Republican Media Strategist
Oct 23, 2020
Seeking Common Ground in Congress: Reps. Abigail Spanberger (D) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R)
Oct 22, 2020
Election R&D Dialogues: The Debate That Never Was
Oct 19, 2020
Election R&D Dialogues: Mike Pence vs. Kamala Harris Vice Presidential Debate Analysis
Oct 09, 2020
2020 Election Briefing: U.S. Foreign Policy. Peter Ford and Howard LaFranchi
Oct 08, 2020
Election R&D Dialogues: First Biden vs. Trump Debate Analysis
Oct 01, 2020
Election R&D Dialogues: 40 Days To Go
Sep 28, 2020
Reforming politics: Civility, Compromise and Common Ground. Amy Dacey and Pearce Godwin
Sep 24, 2020
Election R&D Dialogues: Special Guest Robert Costa
Sep 17, 2020
Election Briefing: Can We Hold a Fair Election?: David Hawkins and Tristiaña Hinton
Sep 10, 2020
Election R&D Dialogues: RNC Recap
Sep 03, 2020
2020 Election Briefing: Climate Change. Eoin O’Carroll & Eva Botkin-Kowacki
Aug 27, 2020
Election R&D Dialogues: DNC Recap
Aug 25, 2020
Jordan Blashek, Chris Haugh. Two Friends: One Democrat, the Other Republican Search for Common Ground
Aug 13, 2020
Caroline Randall Williams: "My Body is a Confederate Monument."
Jul 30, 2020
Election R&D Dialogues: Special Guest John Chiang
Jul 24, 2020
Errol and Tina Toulon: Lessons From an Interracial Couple.
Jul 16, 2020
Art Acevedo and Maya Wiley. Reforming The Police.
Jul 02, 2020
Election R&D Dialogues: Special Guest Mimi Walters
Jun 30, 2020
Social Media and the Post-COVID-19 Landscape
Jun 22, 2020
The George Floyd Tragedy: Is There a Path To Positive Change?
Jun 19, 2020
Professor Ilyasa Shabazz, Dr. Brian Williams: What Racism Means to Me
Jun 18, 2020
Daryl Davis: KKKrossing the divide: A Black man talks with white supremacists
Jun 04, 2020
Special Guest Barbara Boxer
Jun 02, 2020
Admiral James Stavridis: Pulling Out of the Pandemic. Creative Strategies
May 21, 2020
Paul Light. Shared National Sacrifice: Are We Ready?
May 07, 2020
Wesley Clark. The Leadership We Need at a Time of Crisis.
May 07, 2020
Jared Bernstein & Maya MacGuineas. Saving Lives and the Economy
May 07, 2020
Introducing Let's Find Common Ground
Apr 30, 2020
The Pandemic Election
Apr 14, 2020
On to November: What Matters and Why?
Mar 13, 2020
Super Tuesday: What Happened and What's Next?
Mar 06, 2020
Congressman Will Hurd on National Security and the GOP of the Future
Feb 27, 2020
The Roots & Impact of Tribalism
Jan 28, 2020
Pollster John Della Volpe on Millennial Voters in 2020
Jan 17, 2020
Anthony Scaramucci on Trump, Democratic Candidates, and the GOP
Jan 15, 2020
Welcome To Election R&D - 2020 and Beyond
Dec 09, 2019