Editor's Note: This piece originally appeared on Better Angels.

Better Angels and other individuals and organizations have been working hard to depolarize American politics. But can the movement to depolarize America break into the mainstream? Or is it transforming into something that can?

John Wood, Jr. tracks the rise of this movement to heal our republic, taking us on the inside in this opening episode of The John Wood, Jr. Show:

John Wood, Jr. is a national leader for Better Angels, a former nominee for congress, former Vice-Chairman of the Republican Party of Los Angeles County, and author of the upcoming book Transcending Politics: Perspectives for a Divided Nation. He has a Center bias.

Media Bias, Polarization, Political Polarization