Go To on Political Cease-Fires

Kelly Corrigan Wonders

Kelly Corrigan Show

Society & Culture

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🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

What if politicians could just agree to stop being so awful to each other? Amanda Ripley (bestselling author and co-founder of ⁠Good Conflict⁠, a media and training company that helps people reimagine conflict) thinks it's possible and she's got examples to prove it. This week's Go To digs into her idea for voluntary non-aggression pacts - basically giving politicians permission to step back from the brink without looking weak. Turns out, most people caught up in these conflicts are actually tired of fighting but don't know how to stop. We'll look at how we can reward the good behavior when we see it and why we need to be ready with real solutions before things get even worse. Sometimes the obvious answer is hiding in plain sight. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:36.1	This short segment is called a go-to. It refers back to this crazy thing we used to do at the end of our sorority meetings in college, if you can believe that. It was called for the good of the order. And it was a way to share something that had emerged over the course of the week, which really was a bit of learning or thinking or feeling that was to everyone's
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1:01.2	Every Friday, we release a go-to, and we encourage you to share it with friends around the
1:05.7	country.
1:06.7	We know that people use it as a way to stay in touch with their best friends across the country
1:11.5	and, of course, far-flung family members, wherever they might be.
1:16.6	And as for your local nearest and dearest, consider it fodder for discussion over the course of the weekend.
1:22.5	This is Kelly Corrigan Wonders in our weekly segment called GoTo.
1:38.9	This week's go-to is from a very popular guest on this podcast, Amanda Ripley.
1:41.2	She's a journalist and New York Times best-selling author.
1:43.8	She's the co-founder of something called Good Conflict. And she published a
1:45.5	piece for a substack called Persuasion, which is a community that believes that a free society is worth
1:51.6	fighting for. And then she cross-posted it to her own substack, which is called Unravelled. And it's a
1:57.3	newsletter about human behavior, conflict, journalism, and change.
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