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Shifting the Narrative is a limited podcast series about changing the dominant narrative around critical social and cultural issues. Over five episodes, we examine case studies where individuals worked together to change how society views the death penalty, poverty, and guns. And based on this, what lessons can we learn to apply to other campaigns?

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Trailer for Shifting the Narrative

From Will Coley | Part of the Shifting the Narrative series | 02:12

Narratives are all around us. These big meta-stories tell us who we are as a nation and the values we share. Narratives help us explain why things are the way they are. Shifting the Narrative is a new podcast series from The Opportunity Agenda, which sets out to find what it means to shift the dominant narrative around critical social and cultural issues.

Stn_podcast_square1400_small Narratives are all around us. These big meta-stories tell us who we are as a nation and the values we share. Narratives help us explain why things are the way they are. Shifting the Narrative is a new podcast series from The Opportunity Agenda, which sets out to find what it means to shift the dominant narrative around critical social and cultural issues. 

Episode 1: What is Narrative?

From Will Coley | Part of the Shifting the Narrative series | 16:01

Join us as we explore what The Opportunity Agenda means by “narrative” and how we can build our narrative power to change how Americans view important social justice issues. In this episode, you also get a preview of how Ellen Buchman experienced a shift in how she understood the struggle for marriage equality.

Stn_podcast_square1400_small Join us as we explore what The Opportunity Agenda means by “narrative” and how we can build our narrative power to change how Americans view important social justice issues. In this episode, you also get a preview of how Ellen Buchman experienced a shift in how she understood the struggle for marriage equality.

Episode 2: On Poverty - The Power of The Camera

From Will Coley | Part of the Shifting the Narrative series | 37:10

Fifty years ago, the Poor People’s Campaign took over a portion of the National Mall in Washington, DC. Their aim: change how Americans understand poverty. The campaign continues today. In this episode, we’ll connect with photographers who captured the movement at two key junctures and hear what they learned in the process about the narrative around poverty in the U.S.

Stn_podcast_square1400_small Fifty years ago, the Poor People’s Campaign took over a portion of the National Mall in Washington, DC. Their aim: change how Americans understand poverty. The campaign continues today. In this episode, we’ll connect with photographers who captured the movement at two key junctures and hear what they learned in the process about the narrative around poverty in the U.S. 

Episode 3: On Guns - Bridging the Divide on Stage

From Will Coley | Part of the Shifting the Narrative series | 31:30

Gun violence is an issue that divides many Americans. But a theater company in New York set out to build a bridge by helping people with firsthand experience with guns tell their own stories on stage. What happened was not what they expected.

Stn_podcast_square1400_small Gun violence is an issue that divides many Americans. But a theater company in New York set out to build a bridge by helping people with firsthand experience with guns tell their own stories on stage. What happened was not what they expected. 

Episode 4: On The Death Penalty - The Unexpected Messenger

From Will Coley | Part of the Shifting the Narrative series | 35:11

Over the past decade, support for the death penalty has plummeted. In this episode, we look at why this happened and how one unexpected messenger, Bill Pelke, played a big part in this change.

Stn_podcast_square1400_small Over the past decade, support for the death penalty has plummeted. In this episode, we look at why this happened and how one unexpected messenger, Bill Pelke, played a big part in this change. 

Episode 5: Conclusion - What We’ve Learned

From Will Coley | Part of the Shifting the Narrative series | 15:01

Over the past few episodes, we introduced you to the idea of what Shifting the Narrative is and what it looks like in gun sense, the war on poverty, and the death penalty. To wrap-up the season, we bring together narrative experts to help break down the major takeaways from the series and what they mean in our day-to-day narrative battles.

Stn_podcast_square1400_small Over the past few episodes, we introduced you to the idea of what Shifting the Narrative is and what it looks like in gun sense, the war on poverty, and the death penalty. To wrap-up the season, we bring together narrative experts to help break down the major takeaways from the series and what they mean in our day-to-day narrative battles.