Podcast Appearances
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The Babylon Project
March 13, 2025
Angel Eduardo on Free Speech, Civility, and Star-Manning
Angel Eduardo from FIRE (Foundation for Individual Rights and Expressions) and FAIR (Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism)joins us to discuss topics such as the art of conversation, preserving interpersonal relationships when discussing controversial topics, the utility of freedom of speech, and star-manning.
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The Dissidents Podcast
Feb 28, 2025
We Are All Miracles: A Faith and Liberalism Series with Angel Eduardo
This week Jennifer Richmond and Angel Eduardo continue their conversation on faith and liberalism. The main question we tackle in this conversation is: do we need religion? Jennifer credits her faith to her “upward aim” and “striving” and doubts that she would approach life with such a conviction without her faith. Angel says that he can accomplish this same quest for moral “goodness” without the “baggage” of religion. Instead of “systematizing” his moral objectives to the Bible or Christian principles, Angel takes the good from innumerable stories that span history. What we both know, albeit from different perspectives, is that we are all a collection of miracles.
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Crazy Talk with Craig Mahoney
Feb 12, 2025
Episode #4 - Angel Eduardo
It’s an all-new, exciting edition of Crazy Talk, in which our hero welcomes Angel Eduardo for a conversation about the importance of free speech, the concept of “starmanning”, atheism, living a meaningful life, and Superman. Angel is a senior writer and editor for FIRE (the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression) and board president for FAIR (the Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism). -
The Podcast of Steel
Feb 3, 2025
Diving deep into Superman with Angel Eduardo
Angel Eduardo is a writer, musician, artist, designer—and a lifelong Superman fan! In this episode, we dove deep into the importance of positive role models, the power of creativity, and why Superman will always have a place in our hearts and our world. Naturally, the topic of James Gunn’s upcoming Superman movie came up (because how could it not?), and we couldn’t stop sharing our thoughts, hopes, and ideas! Angel has an incredible way with words—each answer was packed with emotion, insight, and passion. I could’ve listened to him talk for hours. -
Institute for Liberal Values
Jan 24, 2025
Don't Buy Lemons with Angel Eduardo
This week Elizabeth Spievak interviews Angel Eduardo. This interview took place in late 2024, so his views may have changed over the course of the past few months, but in update to his original talk on Liberal Approaches to Diversity and Inclusion, Angel tells us that buying into DEI was like buying a car that is a lemon. We should still buy cars, just not lemons. The best way to create the unity that was the kindest interpretation of some of the DEI movement, is not to dismiss the effort to value diversity and inclusion, but rather to learn to “star-man” our fellow citizens, embracing the best version of our humanity.
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The Lou Perez Podcast
Jan 13, 2025
¿Eso son Reebok o son Nike?
I had a great conversation with my friend and former colleague, Angel Eduardo, senior writer/editor at FIRE (The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression). We talked free speech—including Jew hate on Substack, Facebook’s return to less censorious times, and Bluesky’s lynch mobs (its only target: my bud Jesse Singal).
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The Dissidents Podcast
Dec 5, 2024
Jesus and Superman: A Liberalism and Faith Series with Angel Eduardo
In this week’s podcast, Jennifer Richmond and Angel Eduardo launch a new series on faith and liberalism. They spent some time wrestling with where to begin with such a weighty topic, when they finally landed on simply sharing their own personal faith journeys. They embark on this discussion with curiosity and humility, neither trying to convert, correct or proselytize, but simply in exploration of the origins of their common humanity and shared values.
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A Braver Way with Mónica Guzmán
Nov 19, 2024
Ask Me Anything
Two weeks after the 2024 election, left-right tensions are through the roof. In this special “Ask Me Anything” episode, a cross-partisan panel of Trump and Harris voters take on a fiery handful of YOUR toughest questions about how in the world we bridge political divides from here… just in time for the holidays. Join host Moni, April, and our special guests — Angel Eduardo, Shira Hoffer, and Travis Tripodi — as they close out this season of A Braver Way with a conversation you don’t want to miss.
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The Village Square
Nov 12, 2024
Monica Guzman: One Step Closer
As we contemplated who we might invite for this post-election UNUM gathering, we were (temporarily) flummoxed. A week after the election would we be in need of an expert in election law, a therapist or an exorcist? Could we just place all three on speed dial? Then we realized that no matter what happens during – and after – the 2024 election, there will undoubtedly be some BIG feelings about it, so our task on November 12th is utterly clear even now: we’ll need to take one step closer to each other.
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Cylinder Radio
Sep 25, 2024
Logical Reasoning & Faith with Angel Eduardo
In this episode, Will and Angel discuss Angel's lifelong journey away from faith while Will has had a lifelong journey towards it. Angel lays out all of the reasons why he develops moral codes and an understanding of consciousness & the universe outside of Religion. The intention of Will, as a believer, is to better understand the reasoning that someone (he respects) has arrived at the opposite end of such a major element of the human experience- why/how we are here & how we are called to behave.
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Straight-Ahead — The Omni-American Podcast
May 30, 2024
Free Speech and the Art of Difficult Conversations with Angel Eduardo and Mónica Guzmán
In this week’s episode, "Straight-Ahead" co-hosts Greg Thomas and Aryeh Tepper welcome writers Monica Guzman and Angel Eduardo for an extended exploration of the value of free speech and the art of engaging in difficult conversations. In particular, the discussion examines the difficulty in speaking with those on the far left who don't believe in "truth" or those in Islamist fundamentalist circles whose certainty in their truth is so absolute that no room is left for differing perspectives.
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Derate the Hate
May 15, 2024
Is a Civil "Is God Real?" Conversation Possible?
In this episode of the Derate the Hate podcast, guest host, Julian Adorney, moderates a conversation between his wife, Cassie Kimbriel, a devout Christian, and his friend, Angel Eduardo, an atheist. The main topic of discussion is the existence of God. Angel argues that belief in God is unreasonable and implausible, while Cassie believes that the complexities of the universe and personal experiences point to the existence of a higher power. The trio discuss the problem of suffering and the concept of hell.
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A Braver Way with Mónica Guzmán
Jan 23, 2024
Ask Me Anything
Mónica is joined by four friends in bridge building to answer your toughest questions about our shared mission of connecting across the political divide. Angel Eduardo, April Lawson, Manu Meel and Wilk Wilkinson get real about the challenges, opportunities, and misconceptions about our movement – are we all just a bunch of squishy centrists that brush deep concerns under the rug? And how can we possibly be expected to talk to someone who doesn’t even think we have a right to exist?
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The Equiano Project Podcast
Oct 14, 2023
Why Colourblindness Isn't Enough to Solve Racism
Angel Eduardo is a writer, musician, and visual artist based in New York City, best known for creating the rhetorical concept of star-manning. He is Senior Writer & Editor for the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) and serves on the Board of Directors for the Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism (FAIR). His work has appeared in Persuasion, Quillette, Areo Magazine, and Newsweek Opinion, among other publications.
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Derate the Hate
Sep 6, 2023
Exploring Civility: A Weakness Or Bold Necessity?
My friends, and returning DTH guests, Angel Eduardo and Julian Adorney have collaborated to write a piece for the Quillette entitled "Civility Isn't Weakness - It's How We Win". Join Julian, Angel and me as we dive into this thought provoking piece regarding the push-back to civility, and how some view it as a weakness. What does it mean to battle our own nature and truly take the high road?
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You Know I
Aug 14, 2023
The Importance of Civil Discourse with Angel Eduardo
Angel Eduardo is a writer, musician, photographer, and designer based in New York City, best-known for coining and promoting the rhetorical concept of star-manning. He works as Senior Writer & Editor for the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), and serves on the Board of Directors for the Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism (FAIR).
In this episode we talk about polarisation in the arts, cancel culture, elevating liberal values, the concept of star-manning and being compassionate while countering bad ideas.
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Roots of Reality
Jun 8, 2023
The Importance of Civil Discourse with Angel Eduardo
In this Roots of Reality Experiences episode, historian Ben Baumann talks with writer Angel Eduardo about why it is okay for people to disagree, the dangers of groupthink, and reasons for hope in times of political polarization.
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You But Better
May 25, 2023
How to Discuss Politics With Compassion
Today Seph and Lex are talking to a master of dialogue and inquiry who can help our Better Yous communicate more compassionately AND persuasively. Today we are talking to Angel Eduardo.
Angel Eduardo is a writer, musician, photographer, and designer based in New York City. He is Senior Writer & Editor for (FIRE), the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, and he is best known for creating the rhetorical concept of star-manning.
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Neuroawesome Life
Feb 25, 2023
Angel Eduardo: The place of civil discorse in anti-racism work, and some other stuff
Angel and I start off a bit light hearted, discussing how people on social media can take something out of context and make all the wrong assumtions, but we soon get deep into discussing the value of civil discourse and if it can have any real impact in a world where racist beliefs put people in danger and threaten their lives. Can compassion, paying it forward, and holding place and respect for those with whom we disagree actually make a difference?
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Forbidden Conversations with Katherine Brodsky
Feb 13, 2023
Do bad people exist?
This conversation with my latest guest on Forbidden Conversations was sparked by his insistence that he does not believe that there is such a thing as “bad people.” Naturally, we had to discuss his claim. But before we got around to it, we also end up covering an assortment of other topics. What has made me interested in Angel Eduardo in the first place is his humanistic approach towards difficult subjects and his creation of the rhetorical concept of star-manning.
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From the New World with Brian Chau
Dec 6, 2022
Angel Eduardo: Starmanning, Free Speech, and the End of Polarization
Angel Eduardo and Curtis Yarvin
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Cylinder Radio
Nov 4, 2022
How to Embody REAL Open-Mindedness with Angel Eduardo
In this episode, Will speaks with writer, musician, photographer and designer Angel Eduardo who is best-known for coining and promoting the rhetorical concept of star-manning.
During their talk, Will and Angel talk about the importance of humility and true open-mindedness. How do you developed real open-mindedness? Why do people feel so threatened when their ideas and beliefs are challenged?
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The Heart Speaks
Oct 12, 2022
Superman, Society & Spirituality with Angel Eduardo
Is the concept of God meant to be an authoritarian sky god or a deeper principle embodied in all things? What are the implications if the latter is true and not the former? Angel Eduardo thinks pop culture references like Superman might help us answer this question. Check out our convo right now!
My new episode “Superman, Society and Spirituality” with Angel Eduardo is out now!
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Brad Kershner's Show
Sep 27, 2022
Embodying Harmony on the Other Side of Racial Complexity: A Dialogue with Angel Eduardo
Brad talks with Angel Eduardo about his journey and learning on the topics of race and racism. They discuss what it means to understand and deconstruct race as a social construction, confusions about colorblindness, ways that the category of race is misused as a proxy for other things, how to embrace culture, diversity, and equity without embracing the concept of race, and ultimately, how to embody the simplicity of interpersonal harmony and release the complexity of racialized concepts and categories.
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Progress, Potential, and Possibilities Podcast
Sep 9, 2022
Angel Eduardo - Fairness, Understanding & Humanity - Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism (FAIR)
Angel Eduardo (http://angeleduardo.com/) is a writer, musician, photographer, and designer based in New York City, who serves an Advisory Board member, FAIR in the Arts Fellow, and Director of Messaging & Editorial for the Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism (FAIR - https://www.fairforall.org/), where he helps shape the organization's pro-human approach to our often contentious and divided discourse. He is also a contributor to the Center for Inquiry’s blog, where he writes on science, communication, skepticism, and morality for a column entitled Searching for Better Angels, and is best-known for coining and promoting the rhetorical concept of star-manning.
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Unwokable
Aug 23, 2022
Can DEI Be Redeemed? with Angel Eduardo
UnWokable welcomes Angel Eduardo to discuss his recent piece on fairforall.substack.com; "DEI can be a good thing, but it often isn't."
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Struggle to Understand
Jul 1, 2022
Episode 32 - Xavier Bonilla and Angel Eduardo
Today’s episode features two returning guests: Xavier Bonilla and Angel Eduardo.
This conversation is a marathon - both in length and subject matter. It was wonderful having Xavier and Angel back on to give their shared perspectives on salient topics in our seemingly never-ending cultural quagmire. I hope you enjoy our marathon conversation!
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Uncertain Things
May 9, 2022
You Are Not Your Ideas (w/ Angel Eduardo) Or, how to be less of a jackass online.
Angel Eduardo, author and co-host of the Fair Perspectives podcast, insists that we can rise above this polarized moment and have real – difficult but vitriol-free – debates with each other. Steelmaning is for beginners. We’re talking starmanning! How to do that is what we try to figure on this episode. Adaam and Angel argue about the merits of compassion versus cognitive dissonance and how best to make people more comfortable about being wrong. Meanwhile, Vanessa worries that too much open-mindedness could lead to inaction – or even apathy. She also gets a good laugh from Angel’s diatribe about the word LatinX.
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Unbiased
Apr 7, 2022
Why representation based on race is superficial - Angel Eduardo, FAIR
Angel Eduardo, Director of Messaging and Editorial at FAIR, the Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism, on why representation based on race and gender is superficial and instead how to do it right.
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Choralosophy
Apr 7, 2022
You Are Your Story with Brent Morden, Michelle Pollino, and Angel Eduardo
A New Initiative from a New Organization: FAIR in the Arts is a program from the Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism. characteristics, and how they shape our experience as humans in the world. We can’t ignore those things. But they are not the only things. We need to have a conversation about what we LEAD with in these conversations. Do we lead with the things we can’t choose about ourselves, or do lead with our common humanity. To me, it’s a question of seeing the human across from in our classrooms, our teacher’s lounges, or even on social media as complex and deeper than their appearance.
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America's Talking
Mar 7, 2022
Angel Eduardo: Transcending Race Without Erasing History
Angel Eduardo is the Director of Messaging & Editorial as well as an Advisory Board member for the Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism (FAIR), where he helps shape the organization's pro-human approach to our often contentious and divided discourse. Angel is also a columnist for the Center for Inquiry, where he writes on science, communication, skepticism, and morality.
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Break the Rules
Feb 8, 2022
Can & Should Liberalism be Saved? Ft. Angel Eduardo & Josh Lekach
A conversation on whether we're past the point of keeping together a high trust liberal society or if the human test is winnable without falling back into brutality.
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Argumentation Network of the Americas' Ethics of Argumentation Speaker Series
Feb 7, 2022
How to Star-Man | Arguing from Compassion
This is the second talk in our 2022 Interdisciplinary Online Speaker Series on the Ethics of Argumentation. In it, Angel Eduardo details his rhetorical concept of star-manning, whereby we engage not only with the strongest and most charitable version of our opponent’s argument, but also the strongest and most charitable version of our opponent.
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Unity Now!
Jan 1, 2022
Star-Manning Will Blow Your Mind, with Angel Eduardo
Host Toby Davis sits down with Angel Eduardo initially to discuss his article "How to Star-Man | Arguing from Compassion" published February 10, 2021 with the Center for Inquiry. To begin, we start with an audio reading of the article "How to Star-Man | Arguing from Compassion" read by Gabe Garber and produced by Todd Niesen.
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American Shade with Brittany King
Dec 7, 2021
CRT DEBATE Part 2: | What Really Has Us Divided?
For this discussion, it wouldn't be conducive to debate "What is CRT?" Instead, the panelists got down to brass tacks at the issue umbrellaed under the CRT conversation—which is, our divided outlook on how racism and race reflects/impacts America.
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The Babylon Project
Nov 24, 2021
Angel Eduardo: The Illusion of Race
Angel Eduardo joins us to talk about race, its illusion, and how to navigate critical race theory.
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Choralosophy
Oct 28, 2021
Are Merit-Based Standards Racist? With Angel Eduardo
In this episode, my guest Angel Eduardo takes the argument a step further and says the easy way out also erases the talents and merits of students of color. Giving voice to the often unexpressed concern of how young people might interpret hearing the implication that “the standards might be too high for you. So we are lowering them.” What types of long term impact may that have on the psyche?
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American Shade with Brittany King
Oct 13, 2021
LIVE Panel Discussion | Dave Chappelle Controversy | Censorship, Tr@nsphobia, Cancel Culture & more!
The six panelists will discuss the controversy surrounding his latest Netflix special, "The Closer." Other topics of discussion includes: freedom of speech, censorship, cancel culture, comedy restrictions & much more! The panelists are a mixture of POVs who laud and/or have critiques for Chappelle's comedy.
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The Aspiring Thinkers
Oct 9, 2021
Wokeness and Social Justice
In this episode, I invited Angel Eduardo (@StrangelEdweird), Deb (@insomnochick), and Jeff (@primalhex) to talk about Wokeness and Social Justice.
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Institute for Liberal Values & Free Black Thought
Sep 27, 2021
Authenticity: Erased & Replaced with Erec Smith, Angel Eduardo, & Zander Keig
After writing the piece Stop Calling me White for Having the Wrong Opinions in Newsweek, Angel Eduardo faced criticism from some in the black community. In response to this criticism, Erec Smith, co-founder of Free Black Thought, wrote Black People Who Oppose Critical Race Theory are Being Erased, highlighting the trend of erasing and replacing people whose authentic self doesn't comply with the dogma of the day. Zander Keig, a transsexual man, award-winning social worker and co-founder of the Institute for Liberal Values, understands the difficulty of being authentic in an ideologically driven space, and joins Erec and Angel to discuss his own challenges with authenticity.
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Derate the Hate
Sep 15, 2021
Ideas That Get Your “Of Color” Card Revoked…with Angel Eduardo
I recently read a piece by Angel published in Newsweek, “Stop calling me ‘white’ for having the wrong opinions”, which stood out to me as something that seems to happen with much greater frequency these days. It seems if people of color don’t have the “correct” ideas or opinions, they are said to be “acting white” or called “white” as a pejorative. This is not only a disgusting form of racism and bullying, but it’s a nonsensical attempt by some to keep us divided. Angel has more than a little to say about this so you’re not going to want to miss this conversation!
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Reconstructing the Dialogue
Sep 4, 2021
The Broken Race Dialogue
In this conversation, Angel, Chris, Mónica and Erec discuss the causes of, and possible solutions for our seeming inability to discuss race in the U.S. in a healthy way. We discuss the role of human curiosity, dogmatic jargon, the definitions of terms like "racism" and "woke," media narratives and much more.
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Hold My Drink
Sep 2, 2021
On Being Color-Blah
In the Hold my Drink — navigating culture with a chaser of civility—and Counterweight podcast, Episode 45, we speak with the King of Star-manning and a Warrior of Compassion, Angel Eduardo. We discuss the problems with colorblindness and how to be color-blah. We share our different views on MLK’s dream, legacy, and the challenges to America in reference to the Dream Coalition letter and discussion.
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Two for Tea with Iona Italia
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Converging Dialogues
Jul 1, 2021
Star-Manning and Superman: A Dialogue With Angel Eduardo & Guests
In this special episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Angel Eduardo about many of his recent essays on star-manning, race, and Superman. They are joined by cameos from Christopher Ferguson, Wilfred Reilly, and Stephen Clouse about these topics.
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Struggle to Understand
Jun 14, 2021
Episode 21 with Angel Eduardo
I speak with Angel Eduardo, a staff writer for idealist.org and a columnist for the Center for Inquiry, who is also a musician, photographer, and designer who lives in New York City. Angel has a Master’s Degree in Fine Arts and Creative Writing so we spend time discussing the role of arts in how we communicate and also the art of communicating, specifically using a term he coined, star-manning.
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Cut the Bull!
Jun 11, 2021
Episode 7: Angel Eduardo
In this episode, the team is joined by Angel Eduardo, writer, musician, photographer, and designer based in New York City. He is a staff writer and content creator for idealist.org.
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Hold My Drink
May 20, 2021
Lessons in Star-manning | Angel Eduardo
In this week's Hold my Drink + Counterweight podcast, we speak with Angel Eduardo, who penned the idea of star-manning. Angel shares with us how he star-mans his conversations and interactions, especially in the divisive world of social media. His motto is to reject, refute and refuse bad faith actors and hostile conversations, but never reciprocate. All discussed with a chaser of civility of course, and a hot tea (in a Superman mug), a watermelon spritzer (now I sound like my mom), and a glass of white wine.
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Walk-Ins Welcome
Angel Eduardo Believes We Should All Be Star-Manning
Angel Eduardo is a writer, musician, photographer and artist. He and Bridget discuss the discipline of being a professional artist, the moral panic around art these days, self-censorship and the fear of being cancelled, victimhood culture, exercise & discipline, Bridget's ideal super power, why mistakes are like wrapping paper, what to do when you're lost, and the ground we're losing in the equality movement.
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Embrace the Void
Apr 9, 2021
Words and Letters with Angel Eduardo Pt.2
My guest this week is Angel Eduardo (@StrangelEdweird), a writer, musician, photographer, and designer in NYC who has been published in Aero, CFI, and Newsweek. In part two we cover his articles on the power of words and his article on the Harper's Letter.
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Embrace the Void
Apr 2, 2021
Star-manning with Angel Eduardo Pt.1
My guest this week is Angel Eduardo (@StrangelEdweird), a writer, musician, photographer, and designer in NYC who has been published in Aero, CFI, and Newsweek. In part one we discuss his articles on star-manning, selfishness, and merit. In part two we cover his articles on the power of words and his article on the Harper's Letter.
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Dangerous Speech
Mar 31, 2021
Star-manning with Angel Eduardo
I spoke with Angel Eduardo about his idea of star-manning, how to have meaningful conversations, and merit vs meritocracy.
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The Unspeakable
Mar 7, 2021
Meet Angel Eduardo. The Harper’s Letter Was For Him
Angel Eduardo is a writer, musician and visual artist based in New York City. Last summer, he wrote an article that appeared in Areo Magazine called I'm a Nobody, The Harper's Letter Was For Me.
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You Might Have a Point
Mar 7, 2021
Interview with Angel Eduardo
Stephen Dause interviews Angel Eduardo, musician and freelance writer. They discuss his essays on the Harper’s Letter and on star-manning (a complement to steel-manning) and why Angel doesn’t often find the 280 character limit on Twitter to be a problem for communicating about complex topics. As with each guest, Angel answers the question about when he heard an argument that he disagreed with and thought, “you might have a point.”
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Converging Dialogues
Dec 27, 2020
Cold Takes: The Battleground of Ideas and Latino Diversity: A Dialogue with Angel Eduardo
In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Angel Eduardo about the need to focus on ideas and also about viewpoint diversity with the Latino community. They discuss the distinctions between words and ideas and the value of intentions along with context. They also talk about revisionist history with society and how individuals should be patient and more sanguine in their reactions.
They also discuss Latino diversity by starting with some background from their own Latin roots. They parse out the differences between the terms Hispanic, Latino, and Spanish. They discuss the complex nuances within the Caribbean and the regional differences within the United States for Latinos. They discuss the underlying and encompassing themes of Latin culture and how these themes disperse with acculturation among Latinos in the United States.
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Choralosophy
Nov 4, 2020
Navigating Post-Election Conversations at Thanksgiving Dinner with Angel Eduardo
As many listeners know, quality conversation is my passion. Building our resistance to vitriol and judgment in online conversation is a huge part of that. Angel Eduardo is a writer that I came across on Twitter when his article "3 Tips for Having Difficult Conversations" came across my feed. I instantly knew I had found a kindred spirit. So, if the election has you stressed, followed by the prospect of an increase in family time at Thanksgiving in which you will surely be dragged into a tough chat, then this episode is for you! Perhaps more importantly, this episode is for EVERYONE of any political background or profession that wants to put anger, and judgement in conversation behind them.
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Where We Go Next
Nov 10, 2020
7: Challenging the Ethics of ”Cancel Culture,” with Angel Eduardo
If you've ever stopped yourself from saying something that you know is pretty innocuous, then you've experienced the chilling effect of a phenomenon known as "cancel culture." But what can happen when we stand up for the ability to think freely? And how can we improve our discourse so that all of us can feel comfortable speaking - and changing - our minds? Writer and musician Angel Eduardo has experience doing both.