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schurenberg.bsky.social @schurenberg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The First Amendment is more than 200 years old, but its biggest questions are far from settled. This fall, I’ll explore how history shaped today’s battles over speech and press in my online UChicago course. 8 Wednesdays starting Sept. 30. Register by Sept. 22: graham.uchicago.edu/course/revol...

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schurenberg.bsky.social @schurenberg.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

News increasingly reaches us through individual creators, not newsrooms. @rlobdell.bsky.social of News Creator Corps is helping creators pair that audience trust with journalistic discipline. The gamble: That the values of the newsroom will help, not hurt, the creators. Will they?

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schurenberg.bsky.social @schurenberg.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Not everything important is news. Every day, people build trust and solve problems together despite differences. Such relationships let communities function, but they rarely make headlines. The founders of Civity.org join today’s In Reality to explain how to put this simple observation into action.

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schurenberg.bsky.social @schurenberg.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

The stories that partisans tell are predictable: The other guys hate democracy. They ruin our culture. But the other guy has a story, too, and if you listened, you might revise your own. That’s the case Civity.org makes in this episode of In Reality. Listen. It might just change your mind.

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schurenberg.bsky.social @schurenberg.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

In a political conversation, you don’t “win” by proving the other guy wrong. You win, in the long run, by proving you can listen. These are three practical ideas from my conversation with UPenn’s Matthew Levendusky that can lower the temperature of any partisan dialogue.

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schurenberg.bsky.social @schurenberg.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

When you rail against the outrages of people on the other side of the political divide, you’re usually railing at mirages created by social media. UPenn’s Matthew Levendusky explains why polarization thrives on misperception. Listen: www.buzzsprout.com/1954519/epis...

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schurenberg.bsky.social @schurenberg.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

U Penn professor Matt Levendusky has researched a variety of ways to get past today’s bitter polarization and bring Americans together. On today’s In Reality, we discuss what he found works and what doesn’t. You’ll be surprised. Listen: www.buzzsprout.com/1954519/epis...

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schurenberg.bsky.social @schurenberg.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

What if the way to get elected was not to trash your opponent but to appeal across the aisle? Today on In Reality, Iowa Dem Rob Sand (@robsandia.bsky.social) describes his improbably competitive campaign for governor. www.in-reality.fm/politics-wit...

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schurenberg.bsky.social @schurenberg.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

She saw it first: Renee DiResta (@noupside.bsky.social) has been on the front lines against online propaganda since the beginning. In this episode of In Reality she reflects on 12 years of fighting the cynical, the corrupt and the downright crazy. Oh, now: AI!