ABOUT
Synthesis Media is a non-profit production studio devoted to expanding hearts and minds.
We create media, experiences, and tools that help people build bridges, hold paradox, and seek synthesis — improving public sense-making in an increasingly complex world.
Using creative storytelling and novel dialogue formats, we present diverse perspectives on contentious issues, and then show how they can be integrated into a more comprehensive view. We speak to the growing population of “politically homeless” — people who don’t align with any one tribe, and instead are hungry for post-tribal nuance.
Our current productions are: Faces of X — a series of short videos that integrate different perspectives on complex social issues, and The Anti-Debate, a new format for debate where participants build off each other’s insights, so that greater complexity can emerge.
Humbly, Synthesis Media seeks to transform our viewpoint diversity from a source of weakness to a source of strength.
LEADERSHIP
Synthesis Media is led by award-winning producer and storyteller, Stephanie Lepp.
Stephanie is the former Executive Director at the Institute for Cultural Evolution, a non-profit think tank addressing political polarization at its cultural source. Before that, she was the Executive Producer at the Center for Humane Technology, the organization at the heart of the Netflix documentary, The Social Dilemma. Today, she leads Synthesis Media — a non-profit production studio devoted to expanding hearts and minds.
Stephanie’s work has been supported by institutions like Sundance and Mozilla, and exhibited throughout the United States and Europe. She speaks regularly on topics such as: sense-making, synthesis thinking, and truth. Her 2025 TED talk explores the power of integrating different perspectives.
Be in touch with Stephanie on X: @stephlepp
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