How do you handle conversations with conservatives when they express opinions that are antithetical to your own beliefs, or even offensive? That's such a good question, and it's something that took me a long time to find my own answer. i think i've found a lot of space in myself to have conversations with people where we can agree to disagree, and we can have very civil, kind incitful conversations," she says.
Most Americans support climate action, but you wouldn’t know it from Congress or the courts – or from most of the media. People on both the left and the right experience the same devastating floods, the same life-threatening heatwaves and the same catastrophic wildfires. Yet individuals tend to socialize within insulated political tribes, operate in completely different information bubbles and see the problems and solutions through different lenses. How can we learn to bridge ideological divides, develop trust, and find the common ground needed to rebuild respectful civil discourse?
Guests:
Chloe Maxmin, Maine State Senator
Joan Blades, Co-founder, LivingRoomConversations.org
John Gable, Co-founder, AllSides.com
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