E171. Mónica Guzmán Wants You To Question Your Opinions

Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy

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🗓️ 10 March 2022

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Mónica Guzmán stops in to discuss her new book, I Never Thought of It That Way: How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times . She and Bridget discuss how whenever there are lots of people who stand on opposite sides of an issue that division has a reason for being there and we should strive to understand it, why belonging is the number one concern for most people, the tension between understanding and judgment, and why we should all just start with the baseline assumption of, "I'm probably wrong." They also cover finding common ground with people on a personal level, how severing ties amongst family members has a societal cost, how changing our mind about something big is almost like a death, therefore it can take a long time for our opinions to change about something big, learning how to be wrong, and small steps that people can take in their everyday lives to start having their own fearlessly curious conversations.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Walkins Welcome with me, Bridget Pettasy, on Podcast One, where
0:06.1	everyone is welcome.
0:08.5	This is Walkins Welcome with Bridget Pettasy, I'm Bridget Pettasy, and you are welcome.
0:25.9	If you know the drill, please subscribe, rate, comment, share, reach out, tell your friends,
0:30.7	send smoke signals, whatever.
0:32.4	We love your feedback and we want to hear from you.
0:35.0	I'm Dave Deppman, also known as Dr. Gette.
0:38.2	I've got a new podcast called The Big Idea, and every week I talk to inventors and visionaries
0:44.1	who made it big in their respective industries.
0:47.0	We'll tackle weekly trending tech, provide insight tips for your success, and go deep dives
0:52.5	on the latest and greatest innovations.
0:54.3	And I know you're going to love this part, I'll also have plenty of free giveaways.
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1:01.0	So listen to and follow The Big Idea with me, Dr. Gette.
1:05.5	On Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podcast One, and wherever you get your podcast.
1:11.5	I'm excited to have Monica Guzman on, she is a bridge builder journalist and entrepreneur
1:17.4	who lives for great conversations, sparked by curious questions.
1:21.4	Monica is the director of digital and storytelling at Braver Angels, the nation's largest cross-partisan
1:26.6	grassroots organization working to depolarize America, host of the live interview series
1:32.1	at Crosscut and co-founder of the award-winning Seattle Newsletter, The Ever Gray.
1:37.5	Monica and I have a conversation I've had many times on this podcast, only with every
1:42.7	person I speak to, there's just such a different perspective and I absolutely adore Monica.
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