3 ideas for communicating across the political divide | Isaac Saul

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🗓️ 12 July 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

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How does language shape our politics? Journalist Isaac Saul explores how subtle word choices can inhibit productive dialogue about significant issues — and shows how small (but important) changes can help us all have better conversations with people who think differently than us.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective.
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0:15.0	I'm your host, Elise Hugh.
0:16.0	Today a closer examination of the language that comes up in political debates
0:22.0	the CEO of Tangle News, Isaac Saul, noticed that our word
0:26.8	choices can divide us and he shares what he's learned about communicating more
0:31.3	neutrally in order to bridge divides.
0:34.1	That's coming up after a short sponsor break.
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0:48.9	And now our TED Talk of the day.
0:51.6	I'm going to start by telling you the same piece of information
0:54.7	twice but I'm going to say it in two different ways. Here's the first way.
0:59.2	1,000 illegal aliens were arrested by US Border Patrol
1:04.0	after crossing the southern border on Monday.
1:07.3	Here's the second way.
1:09.2	1,000 undocumented immigrants
1:11.4	turned themselves in to US Border Patrol
1:13.7	after crossing the southern border on Monday.
1:17.0	You may be able to see the difference between these statements.
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