The Importance of Deep Canvassing

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I spent more time with them than anybody else over the course of my project that I went out there and did three canvases with them, visited like seven times. So happy that you've got a chapter about deep canvassing. Even now when I go back to that side of the country, I make sure I pop in and I either have lunch or something with a dayfly shirt. And those are all people that are very important and I'm connected to them.

This is the third episode in a three-part series about how to have difficult conversations with people who see the world differently, how to have better debates about contentious issues, and how to ethically and scientifically persuade one another about things that matter – in short, this is a three-part series about How Minds Change (which is also the title of my new book).

There seems to be a movement afoot, a new wave of nonfiction about how to reduce all this argumentative madness and epistemic chaos. I want to boost everyone’s signal on this issue, so I thought it would be nice to collaborate instead of compete, since that’s part of what we are all proselytizing with these books.

So this episode’s guest is Anand Giridharadas, the author of The Persuaders – a book about activists, politicians, educators, and everyday citizens who are on the ground working to change minds, bridge divisions, and fight for democracy.

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