I'm curious to know like not the content of the email but you know this is one of many political emails. What I want to know is what causes someone in this case you in particular to have received that email and think I need to send this on. So if I can play back and make sure I understand you right are you saying you're sending that email to all of us and you know family and some friends as well because it's a way of you wanting to show here's what some people are thinking or is this what you think? Yes I think it's more here's a perspective from a different source and from usually I'm sending it from the opposite side.
Today we’re going to see if one American family can flip the usual, tortured and tedious script for arguing about politics and do something more interesting. Jenn and Todd Brandel sit down with their dad, Bruce, to see if they can come to a better understanding about what has shaped their different political views. Mónica Guzmán, senior fellow for public practice at Braver Angels and author of I Never Thought Of It That Way: How To Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times, is back to provide some insightful post-game analysis. In this second episode of our special two-part series, she breaks down what went well, what got a little messy, and what we can all apply to our own conversations with loved ones.
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