We have a problem with local connection and national trust, says Soerat. We as a society need to learn how to connect and disagree in order to share who we really are, he adds. This requires showing upi relationships are harder. They take a lot time, and like theyare going to messy, and i cod get vulnerable. It's both tha hard thing and what everybody in the nation and the world who are feeling alone are craving.
Most Americans support climate action, but you wouldn’t know it from Congress or the courts – or from most of the media. People on both the left and the right experience the same devastating floods, the same life-threatening heatwaves and the same catastrophic wildfires. Yet individuals tend to socialize within insulated political tribes, operate in completely different information bubbles and see the problems and solutions through different lenses. How can we learn to bridge ideological divides, develop trust, and find the common ground needed to rebuild respectful civil discourse?
Guests:
Chloe Maxmin, Maine State Senator
Joan Blades, Co-founder, LivingRoomConversations.org
John Gable, Co-founder, AllSides.com
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