Episode Description
At our 33rd Annual Keystone Leadership Awards, we honored Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Tom Suozzi (D-NY), co-chairs of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, for their commitment to bridging divides and finding common ground in Congress. This special episode brings you that conversation, which included Keystone President and CEO Christine Scanlan, and simultaneously released on the co-chairs' own podcast, The Pod Couple.
Reps. Fitzpatrick and Suozzi dig into some of the toughest challenges facing American democracy today: gerrymandering, closed primaries, the outrage economy fueled by social media and cable news, and how foreign adversaries exploit our political divisions online. But the conversation isn't all doom and gloom — it's also a hopeful reminder that people across the aisle are still finding ways to work together, and a call to get back to the basics of collaborative governing.
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