The Importance of Harmony in Podcasting

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We put out a call for questions to ask you in this episode to all the listeners of the podcast. And we had a couple of questions that I thought sat really interestingly together on this topic. One listener, Annie, noticed that you tend towards agreeing with your guests,. But another listener, Joseph, said that you seem to have a healthy sense of skepticism. Do you feel a tension there or a trade off?

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Is it possible to be both agreeable and skeptical in conversations? How can you give feedback and challenge people constructively without triggering their automatic self-defense mechanisms? More generally, how can you challenge people intellectually without riling them up emotionally? What skills are needed to be able to have detailed, productive conversations across a wide range of topics? How can you push through plateaus in the process of self-improvement? What are podcasts as a medium good for?

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