A group of people in Seattle, which tends to vote very much in a blue way to Oregon to a county where it was the polar opposite. It was a red county. We wanted to help people understand, but man, Seattle's full of blue people and even the red people don't tend to speak up much and they're not terribly welcome. One of the most powerful moments was when a farmer named Darren Padgett said you know if you knew what it took to get that sandwich on your plate. You know just looking at everyone in the city you could hear pin drop.
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.