The Way Forward: Regenerative Conversations
Three Elders explore how to renew the world we helped mess up.
In each episode, co-hosts John Izzo and Alain Gauthier sit down with guests at the leading edge of their fields and ask one question — “What is the way forward?” — for the planet, for society, and for ourselves.
New episodes every two weeks on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts — or get them by email.
★★★★★ “A conversation for the soul… to hear these ideas at this point in time is timely and so generous a gift to humanity. Bravo.” — Apple Podcasts review
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"I've Never Asked Anyone to Be Nice" Braver Angels CEO Maury Giles on Fixing Polarization
The CEO of America's largest depolarization organization has two children who aren't speak...
The Worst U.S. Mistake in 60 Years | Barbara Slavin on Iran
Al Gore called the war with Iran "a colossal mistake... on the level of Hitler invading Ru...
Mónica Guzmán: How to Talk to People You Disagree With
What if the most important conversations we can have — about politics, faith, and family —...
Raised in Russia, Shaped by 9/11: Why Generations See America So Differently
Raised in Russia. Imprinted by 9/11. Polina Orlowski watched the towers fall from an Ameri...
New Here? Start With These
Five conversations that capture what The Way Forward is all about
The Worst U.S. Mistake in 60 Years — Barbara Slavin on Iran
A veteran Iran-watcher on war, diplomacy, and the limits of military power.
How to Talk to People You Disagree With — Mónica Guzmán
Bridging the political, faith, and family divides we've stopped talking across.
The River Remembers — Amy Bowers Cordalis
How a tribe brought the salmon back: a story of regeneration in action.
AI vs. Democracy
Only one in ten Americans say our democracy is working well. What now?
Raised in Russia, Shaped by 9/11 — Polina Orlowski
Why generations see America so differently — and what that means for the future.
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Why We Share the Same Values and Fight Anyway | Maury Giles, Braver Angels
Ten years of putting Republicans and Democrats in the same room taught Braver Angels one thing: approach with curiosity instead of contempt, and there is far more common ground than difference — even ...
1. "I've Never Asked Anyone to Be Nice" Braver Angels CEO Maury Giles on Fixing Polarization
The CEO of America's largest depolarization organization has two children who aren't speaking to each other — one conservative, one progressive. Maury Giles of Braver Angels joins The Way Forward to e...
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Life under the Sun
An excellent roundup of where we are with solar power. I live in Eastern England part of Europe and although this is an American perspective it feels relevant to me. I have 3KWh of solar panels on my roof and 5KW of battery. If I don’t have enough solar to charge the battery it recharges at night on a really cheap...
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I listened for the first time to this wonderful conversation. I’m 75 and finding the connection between spirituality and activism. I’m involved with the Poor People’s’ campaign and recommend you have an elder from that movement as a guest. We want the elimination of poverty, militarism, and for Everyone to be in, nobod...
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Refreshing and Meaningful Conversation!!!
A conversation for the soul. Thank you, thank you, thank you! I will be 50 in a couple of years and to be able to hear these ideas at this point in time is timely and so generous a gift to humanity. Bravo.