Welcome to the Omni-Win Project Podcast.It's time to upgrade our democracy. If you're fed up with the status quo and want to catalyze political and societal change, you're in the right place. The Omni-Win Project Podcast is ready to shed light on the many opportunities we have to revolutionize our political culture. We’re all in this together, so join us in co-creating the future of democracy. “We are not the only reasonable ones out there, even though it seems like it.”Do you feel like people on the other end of the political spectrum to you are extremists? There’s a reason for that. Bill Shireman tells us how the media and politicians play us off against each other for their own benefit. Polar opposites can agree with each other, and Bill explains the process for creating consensus. Bill doesn’t shy away from the tricky topics, and he tells us how pro-life and pro-choice supporters are far more similar than we’ve been led to believe. He talks about corruption throughout our system and how we all need to work as one to make it better. After all, we’re all in this together. If you’re a problem solver, this episode is for you. Highlights in this episode:Bill tells us about the importance of the 5% that will switch their political party to choose politicians that will solve problemsDiscover how polar opposites can come together to agree on how to address an issue.Learn how the media intensely manipulates how we see each other.Rediscover the environmental wisdom of indigenous cultures.Find out how pro-life and pro-choice people aren’t as divided as they think.Uncover how our political system has been gamed to keep us divideDuncan and Bill talk about the power of deliberative democracy.If you’re a problem solver, Bill has great advice for you.About this episode’s guest:Bill Shireman is the founder of Future 500 and co-founder of In This Together. As a Republican and environmental activist, Bill may be considered a walking contradiction by some. However, he believes the left and right can learn from each other to break down our us-versus-them political culture.He brings together people from all sides of the political spectrum including capitalists, activists, conservatives, and progressives, among othersWith Trammell Crow (EarthX), Bill is the co-author of In This Together: How Republicans, Democrats, Capitalists and Activists are Uniting to Tackle Climate Change and More Links Mentioned In This Episode: https://www.fractalfriends.us/fractalfriends/bill-shireman Connect with Bill Shireman:hello@inthistogetheramerica.orghttps://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-shireman-117571/https://www.youtube.com/user/TheFuture500/videoshttps://www.instagram.com/bill.shireman/https://inthistogetheramerica.org/https://www.future500.org/bill-shireman Where Else can you find this episode? Watch On Youtube: https://youtu.be/sAqDyg0PNJYOn Substack: https://omniwin.substack.com/p/bill-shiremanEpisode Page: https://omniwinproject.com/bill-shireman Connect with Duncan: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/omniwinprojectInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/omni.winTwitter: https://twitter.com/omni_winLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/omni-win.
"Overcoming Political and Media Manipulation Together" with Bill Shireman | The Omni-Win Project Podcast - Listen or read transcript on Metacast
