America Unfiltered and What It Means to Be American
America Unfiltered and What It Means to Be American  
Podcast: Dealing with Feeling
Published On: Fri Jan 23 2026
Description: Filmmakers Horacio Marquinez and Kirill Myltsev join Dr. Marc Brackett on Dealing with Feeling for a special bonus episode about their documentary America Unfiltered. They drove across the United States collecting voices that rarely get centered. What they found was not just a story about politics. It was a story about pain, belonging, empathy, and what happens when we stop listening to each other. In this conversation What it took to film across a divided country Why listening without judgment changes the entire room The emotional toll of witnessing January 6 firsthand What they learned from living and working in close quarters for months Why empathy is harder than it looks and still worth it Watch America Unfiltered: Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detai... Watch it on Tubi: https://tubitv.com/movies/100038622/a... Watch it on Hoopla: https://www.hoopladigital.com/movie/a... About the guests Horacio Marquinez and Kirill Myltsev are filmmakers and the creators of America Unfiltered. Connect with Marc Brackett:  Website: https://marcbrackett.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/marc.brackett X: https://x.com/drmarcbrackett Meta: https://facebook.com/drmarcbrackett LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/drmarcbrackett Dr. Marc Brackett's Books Permission to Feel Dealing with Feeling Explore Marc Brackett's work at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, where he serves as founding director, and learn more about RULER—an evidence-based, systemic approach to SEL developed at Yale that supports leaders, educators, students, and families in building emotional intelligence and creating healthier school climates. A special thank you to the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence for supporting this webcast. I also want to thank Oji Life Lab for their generous support. Visit https://ojilifelab.com and use promo code DEALINGWITHFEELINGS to save 25%.