Stephanie Lepp is an award-winning producer and storyteller whose work strives to expand hearts and minds. She is the former Executive Director of the Institute for Cultural Evolution, a non-profit think tank that addresses political polarization at its cultural roots. Prior to that, Stephanie Lepp served as Executive Producer at the Center for Humane Technology, the organization at the heart of the Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma.

Today, Stephanie Lepp leads Synthesis Media, a non-profit production studio devoted to expanding hearts and minds. Her work has been covered by outlets such as NPR and MIT Technology Review, supported by institutions including Sundance and Mozilla, and exhibited throughout the United States and Europe.

Stephanie Lepp won two Webby Awards for Deep Reckonings, a series of explicitly marked deepfake videos imagining morally courageous versions of public figures (deepreckonings.com). Her latest production is Faces of X, a series of short videos that integrate different perspectives on complex social issues such as AI, free speech, and race (facesofx.com). Currently in production is The Anti-Debate, a new debate format in which participants build on one another’s insights so greater complexity can emerge (anti-debate.org).

In her 2025 TED Talk, Stephanie Lepp explores the power of integrating different perspectives into a larger picture (go.ted.com/hecklepp). She speaks regularly on topics including sense-making, synthesis thinking, and truth.

To explore her work further, listeners can find Stephanie Lepp’s interviews on Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps (https://bit.ly/3Ydks4k), The Jim Rutt Show (jimruttshow.com/stephanie-lepp), and KALW’s Inflection Point (bit.ly/3jGcAEg).

Stephanie Lepp can be found on X at @stephlepp.