Original Air Date 9-11-2018
Strategies to, and reasons why we need to, have better political conversations. As the first GOP debate signals the beginning of a new election cycle with the country divided as ever, we could always use a refresher on better ways to communicate.
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SHOW NOTES
Ch. 1: Robb Willer: How to have better political conversations - @TEDTalks - Air Date 2-9-17
Robb Willer studies the forces that unite and divide us. As a social psychologist, he researches how moral values -- typically a source of division -- can also be used to bring people together.
Ch. 2: Understanding the backfire effect Part 1 - You are not so smart - Air Date 2-10-17
Stephan Lewandowsky takes us step-by-step through The Debunking Handbook, a guide he and John Cook wrote for avoiding the backfire effect when confronting vaccine and climate change deniers.
Ch. 3: THE MIDTERMS MINUTE: California’s Battleground Races! - Best of the Left Activism
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Ch. 4: Van Jones: Exposing Liberal Hypocrisy and Conservative Close-Mindedness - Big Think - Air Date 11-23-17
The amount of political disagreement in the nation is matched only by righteous indignation. But in order to disagree without disrespecting each other, we need to look hard at our own positions, and Van Jones does just that.
Ch. 5: Understanding the backfire effect Part 2: Replacing the leg of a table - You are not so smart - Air Date 2-10-17
Explaining the key takeaway regarding the backfire effect. Always replace a faulty idea with a valid one. Never debunk a claim only to leave a void.
Ch. 6: In This Life - How to argue with those we oppose - Progressive Faith Sermons w @RevDrRay - Air Date 7-15-18
Explaining why saying the things you may want to say to your political adversaries is more likely to exacerbate the problems in our political divide further, making you part of the problem.
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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#1603 Clarence Thomas and the Highest Court in the Land with the Lowest Standards of Ethics
#1535 We Don't Do Accountability (Trump and GOP Crimes That Go Unpunished) (Repost)
Bonus Sample #285 The Christians and the Pagans
#1602 What Happens in Israel and Gaza Doesn't Stay in Israel and Gaza
#1601 Christian Nationalism is not Christianity, it is Fascism
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#1532 Accelerationism is the Brick on the Gas Pedal of the Runaway Car of Society (Repost)
#1533 How Theocracies Begin and End (Rise of the Far-Right + Demanding Women's Rights in Iran) (Repost)
#1600 Housing Cannot be a Fundamental Human Right and a Commodity at the Same Time
#1599 Taming the Beast: AI Regulation Before Human Relegation
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#1598 Kiss of Death: Henry Kissinger's Bloody Legacy of Indifference
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#1597 The rise of fascism around the world driven by economic insecurity
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#1519 International Fascist Movement on the Move (Throwback)
#1595 Pushing for Medicare For All in the Laboratories of Democracy
#1594 Testing New Climate Solutions: Geothermal and Geo-Engineering
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