How do good ideas and persuasive arguments change the world? In this episode, host John Donvan speaks with TED curator Chris Anderson about how bringing people together to share new and innovative ideas will shape our collective future.

About Discourse Disrupters Series

America feels divided. Hyper-partisanship and polarization are rampant. And we've forgotten how to talk to each other. Intelligence Squared U.S. is tackling the state of American public discourse head-on. In this special interview series, our host John Donvan sits down with the sharpest minds shaping our national discourse today. From the academy to the media to the world of politics, these top thinkers are disrupting American discourse in bold new ways. And we're asking them how they do it.