#1530 The Pillars of Polarization and Persuasion
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 7 December 2022
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Air Date 12/6/2022
Today, we take a look at some of the factors driving hyper-partisanship in the US right now along with multiple arguments to not give up on the power of persuasion.
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SHOW NOTES
Ch. 1: What If We Don't Need To 'Fix' Polarization? - The NPR Politics Podcast - Air Date 3-20-21
NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben interviews Lilliana Mason, associate professor of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland, about her book Uncivil Agreement.
Ch. 2: Getting Past Polarization: Anand Giridharadas - Ideas - Air Date 11-23-22
The extremes are extreme in U.S. politics. But Anand Giridharadas and some other progressives are convinced that there are uncompromising approaches that can move up to 60 percent of voters to value democracy and human rights.
Is your family, community, or even your country more divided than ever? Today’s guest Robb Willer is here to share some compelling insights on how we might bridge the ideological divide and offer some intuitive advice on ways to be more persuasive.
Ch. 4: Can persuasion bridge the political divide? - Front Burner - Air Date 11-25-22
In his book, Giridharadas speaks with experts on reaching people — organizers, activists, politicians, cognitive scientists, and even a cult deprogrammer — and takes a critical look at his fellow American progressives.
Ch. 5: Why We're So Polarized - The Truth of the Matter - Air Date 10-25-21
Johns Hopkins University professor Dr. Lillianna Mason joins the podcast for a discussion of political polarization in the U.S. and how politics have become central to the identities of many Americans across racial, religious and cultural lines.
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A Stanford professor explains how the deliberative polling model can get people to listen to one another and even compromise on some of society’s most complex policy issues.
FINAL COMMENTS
Ch. 7: Final comments on hyper-partisanship in the ballot box
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| 0:27.4 | Now, welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of Left Podcast, in which we shall take |
| 0:32.3 | a look at some of the factors driving hyperpertisanship in the US right now, along with multiple |
| 0:38.4 | arguments to not give up on the power of persuasion. |
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