Is There a Dialogue Within Us?

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People linger over meals longer here than they do in the United States. And if you go into a meal with a friend without an agenda and you let it go where it can go, it can be exhilarating. It's not like that wasn't an agenda, you know we didn't know what we were going to talk about. But it was feeling safe enough to share something that's in your head that can just swirl around for some feedback.

In our highly polarized times, everyone seems obsessed with the truth: what is it, who has it, and which side's got it all wrong. What we don't seem to care about, says journalist Monica Guzman, is the truth behind perspectives other than our own. Listen as Guzman and host Russ Roberts discuss Guzman's book I Never Thought of It That Way, a call to get interested in the people behind the positions, and the experiences, hopes, and fears that lead to their beliefs. Guzman and Roberts also discuss the role of great questions in sparking meaningful conversations, and how we can not only get along with, but even learn from, those with whom we ardently disagree.