Common Ground: Tim Shriver on How to Solve Our Problems, Together

About this episode

Tim Shriver discusses his efforts to reduce political polarization in America through the Dignity Barometer.

In the Information Age, democracy faces an emerging threat in the form of political polarization. Fortunately, it is not without a solution. Chairman of Special Olympics International and Founder of UNITE, Tim Shriver, sat down with Bret to go over his efforts to turn down the temperature of American politics through the creation of the “Dignity Barometer,” an eight-point scale that aims to help Americans of opposing views work together to solve their problems by giving them an objective way to measure the “dignity” of political rhetoric. This interview first aired on Tuesday, 04/21, on Special Report. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Bret Baier

Guest: Tim Shriver

Topics covered

• political polarization
• democracy
• collaboration
• dignity in politics
• American politics
• solutions

Keywords

• political polarization
• dignity barometer
• Tim Shriver
• Bret Baier
• American politics
• collaboration
• democracy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Special Olympics International, UNITE

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