Reimagining Us podcast

Reimagining Us

Reimagining Us is not just another conversation series—it’s a vital tool for healing divisions, designing our lives and communities for belonging, and empowering a movement of “builders.” Hosted by two distinguished leaders from the fields of psychology and equity-building, the show takes a nuanced look at the forces that fuel division and highlights actionable paths toward reconnection. As the nation navigates a post-election landscape rife with challenges, Reimagining Us offers a timely and necessary space for discovery, dialogue, and change. Throughout America, our neighborhoods and local communities find themselves at an unprecedented moment. Pundits and political leaders roil us in toxically polarized, "us vs. them" narratives. In many places, our communities are marked by mistrust, fear of or inability to engage neighbors across differences, and loneliness & isolation.   What can make us resilient? The answer is easy but profound: Each other. Our communities thrive when they are places of belonging for all. It’s time to rebuild the “we” – a bigger sense of “we” than what we see around us today. And no moment could be more critical to do this than now: Regardless who emerges victorious in November, half the country will feel left behind, or worse, betrayed.  Local communities are the life force of democracy, but belonging doesn’t just happen by default. The way for folks to begin to imagine a feasible/fair future is to begin to experience themselves as mattering, as belonging in their communities, now – in their families, their neighborhoods, their grocery stores, their town halls, in all aspects of their daily lives. And we’re not talking about being “nice” or polite. We–all of us— need to design our lives and communities for belonging, to be intentional about how we show up, and how we create spaces for others to show up—both through our interactions and the structures and systems we put in place. And we need to start at home, in our communities. HOSTS: Nichole Argo is the Founder and Executive Director of TogetherUp Institute Scott Hutcheson is the Executive Director of E Pluribus Unum Produced by Next Chapter Podcasts

Reimagining Us is not just another conversation series—it’s a vital tool for healing divisions, designing our lives and communities for belonging, and empowering a movement of “builders.” Hosted by two distinguished leaders from the fields of psychology and equity-building, the show takes a nuanced look at the forces that fuel division and highlights actionable paths toward reconnection. As the nation navigates a post-election landscape rife with challenges, Reimagining Us offers a timely and necessary space for discovery, dialogue, and change. Throughout America, our neighborhoods and local communities find themselves at an unprecedented moment. Pundits and political leaders roil us in toxically polarized, "us vs. them" narratives. In many places, our communities are marked by mistrust, fear of or inability to engage neighbors across differences, and loneliness & isolation.   What can make us resilient? The answer is easy but profound: Each other. Our communities thrive when they are places of belonging for all. It’s time to rebuild the “we” – a bigger sense of “we” than what we see around us today. And no moment could be more critical to do this than now: Regardless who emerges victorious in November, half the country will feel left behind, or worse, betrayed.  Local communities are the life force of democracy, but belonging doesn’t just happen by default. The way for folks to begin to imagine a feasible/fair future is to begin to experience themselves as mattering, as belonging in their communities, now – in their families, their neighborhoods, their grocery stores, their town halls, in all aspects of their daily lives. And we’re not talking about being “nice” or polite. We–all of us— need to design our lives and communities for belonging, to be intentional about how we show up, and how we create spaces for others to show up—both through our interactions and the structures and systems we put in place. And we need to start at home, in our communities. HOSTS: Nichole Argo is the Founder and Executive Director of TogetherUp Institute Scott Hutcheson is the Executive Director of E Pluribus Unum Produced by Next Chapter Podcasts

 

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Episode 8 - "Bright Spots: The Needham Resilience Network”

In this episode, Nichole and Scott explore how philanthropy is getting behind work to conn... more

30 Jan 2025

49 MINS

49:56

30 Jan 2025


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Episode 7 - "Transforming Our Communities"

In this episode, Nichole and Scott talk about how individual and group efforts to revitali... more

22 Jan 2025

44 MINS

44:33

22 Jan 2025


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Episode 6 - "Be The Change - Part II - Tool Chest"

Imagine that four experts on bridging divides came together to advise you on how to handle... more

14 Jan 2025

49 MINS

49:58

14 Jan 2025


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Episode 6 - "Be The Change - Part I - Key Insights”

In Part I, Nichole and Scott invite three top thought leaders to share foundational insigh... more

07 Jan 2025

30 MINS

30:27

07 Jan 2025


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Episode 5 - "Belonging: A North Star for our Communities” with john a. powell

In this episode, Nichole and Scott are joined by john a. powell, who leads them in an expl... more

24 Dec 2024

44 MINS

44:46

24 Dec 2024


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Episode 4 - “Want to be Resilient? Build Local, Build Now” with Seth Kaplan and John Paul Lederach

In this episode, Nichole and Scott begin with a startling figure from Amanda Ripley’s book... more

17 Dec 2024

43 MINS

43:48

17 Dec 2024


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Episode 3 - “Know It, Name It, Inoculate Against It” with Peter Coleman and Stephen Hawkins

In this episode of Reimagining Us, co-hosts Nichole Argo and Scott Hutcheson delve deeper ... more

10 Dec 2024

40 MINS

40:35

10 Dec 2024


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Episode 2: "Toxic Polarization and Its Antidote---Pluralism," with Daniel Stid

On this episode of Reimagining Us, co hosts Nichole Argo and Scott Hutcheson have a conver... more

03 Dec 2024

29 MINS

29:34

03 Dec 2024


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Episode 1 - Why This Podcast, Now? Bridging Divides and Rebuilding Communities

On the debut episode of Reimagining Us, Nichole and Scott share their personal stories, ex... more

26 Nov 2024

27 MINS

27:46

26 Nov 2024


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Introducing...Reimagining Us

Reimagining Us is a podcast series that "lifts the hood" to uncover what's behind our feel... more

22 Nov 2024

01 MINS

01:28

22 Nov 2024