Conservative Editor Brings a Fresh Perspective to Newsweek

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🗓️ 2 August 2021

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

It can be very difficult to find common ground in America today. Bitter partisanship feels like the new normal as liberals and conservatives struggle to find even a single topic they agree on. Josh Hammer, opinion editor and host of "The Debate" podcast for Newsweek, decided to do something about it. "Newsweek's idea here is that we are going to be the home for [tough] discussions, and we're not going to shy away from the dicey issues. We're going to talk about reparations for slavery, critical race theory, qualified immunity, to defund the police, whatever. We will not avoid the hard-charging stuff here," says Hammer. Hammer joins this bonus episode of the Daily Signal podcast to discuss how Americans can find the middle ground in an increasingly divided society. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey all, Doug Blair here.
0:08.2	What you're about to hear is a special bonus episode of the Daily Signal Podcast from
0:12.4	our time at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit.
0:16.1	On today's episode, we hear from Josh Hammer, opinion editor and host of the debate podcast
0:21.0	for Newsweek.
0:22.0	He joins us to discuss how Americans can find the middle ground in an increasingly divided
0:26.6	society.
0:27.6	This interview was recorded live at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit, so please
0:32.2	pardon any excess noise.
0:45.1	We are joined today on the Daily Signal Podcast by Josh Hammer.
0:48.7	He is the opinion editor and host of the debate podcast for Newsweek, a research fellow
0:52.8	at the Abdenberg Foundation, as well as Council and Policy Advisor for the Internet Accountability
0:57.1	Project.
0:58.1	Josh, thanks so much for joining the show.
0:59.1	Happy to do it anytime.
1:00.1	Excellent.
1:01.1	So, let's start out with your work with Newsweek.
1:03.6	You write on a wide variety of conservative topics, strongly conservative in your perspective
1:08.9	when you write, but you also co-host a podcast called The Division of Faith, where you host
1:12.7	debates between politically disparate people and you attempt to find a middle ground where
1:17.8	people start to find the agree.
1:20.3	Where did the idea for this podcast first come from and how do you navigate these discussions
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