A Tiny Thing That Gives Me Hope

I’ve been looking for things to pick me up lately and Act One of This American Life from last week was just that thing. In it you’re introduced to a married couple who come from opposing sides of the political divide and learn about how their discovery of the news site The Tangle helped bridge their divide by providing news stories from trusted stories from across the political spectrum. Two people interviewed in the episode who originally believed that the 2020 election was stolen were actually persuaded by some of the writing on the site that it was, indeed, not stolen. And I gotta say, if you can convince people of that…you are doing the work.

I hadn’t heard of The Tangle prior to listening to this episode, but I signed up right away. I’m so curious to see how exactly they do their coverage and approach certain topics. I think/hope that this might be the kind of news source we need more of in the world.