Episode Synopsis "Illumine America, Episode 3: Kate Schmidgall from Bittersweet Monthly, Part 1"

In our third episode, we talk to Kate Schmidgall, the founder of Bittersweet Monthly, a magazine that tries to present a "counter-narrative" to traditional ways of telling stories about social issues and social change. Bittersweet recently released a manifesto in which it commits itself to three values: refusing cynicism, defying apathy, and celebrating the good. We had such a great conversation with Kate that we decided to split into two parts. This is the first.

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