Introduction

Jacob Teaney is an assistant professor of marketing at Kellogg. He studies the psychology of persuasion, and he blamed this divide on one simple thing. People don't talk to people they disagree with,. Thanksgiving dinners are anywhere from 20 to 50 minutes shorter when the guest list includes people with mixed versus the same political beliefs. We'll get a little glimpse into Teaney's lived experience with these types of discussions; we hear from his dad.