Thousands of americans record their views on emigration, abortion and gun control. Then thousands of Americans are given the opportunity to listen to those recordings. And so what did they find? All that after this break s and now a word from our sponsor, better help. Are we supposed to be the people we were before coved? I don't know. I don't think i think something happened there. We all went through thing war, still going through it. There's a lot of expectations now to go back to being something, and i don't think we will. If you're feeling weird about that, then hey, let's start a club. You can learn new language,
New research suggests people on opposite sides of wedge issues want to listen to each other. We are each eager to hear differing opinions and understand opposing views, and when we do it can change our minds (at least a little), but only when we aren't triggered by the psychological phenomenon of reactance - one of several ideas we explore in this episode.
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