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The Assignment with Audie Cornish

How Political Divides Are Destroying Families

The Assignment with Audie Cornish

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News Commentary, News, Politics

4.6844 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump’s reelection has some people putting politics over family. Audie talks with psychologist Joshua Coleman about the forces driving family estrangements over political differences, how generational differences can play a part in broken family ties, and what to do if you find yourself on either side of an estrangement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:29.9

You being busy is like sort of sad. It kind of is sad. It's true. It is true. I don't want you to be busy. I want your phone not to ring.

0:41.0

I'm with you, particularly at this age, but in general, yeah, I wish this problem would go away.

0:47.5

Joshua Coleman is a psychologist with a very specific therapy focus, people who cut ties with their family.

0:55.3

Now, it's work he fell into when he found himself estranged from his daughter.

0:59.3

It was many years ago.

1:00.6

He was divorced, remarried, new children were born.

1:04.5

And when his daughter hit her 20s,

1:06.1

she found the courage to tell him how she felt about it all.

1:09.8

And she cut him off. So you've had that

1:12.8

experience of being like, no, no, no, no, no, no. Explanation, explanation, explanation, right?

1:18.3

So, like, you've been there. You know how visceral that can feel. Yeah, it's really

1:24.1

I mean, I hope I can swear on your show. You can, it's okay.

1:29.0

I've never put a warning on for a psychologist, but now's the time.

1:35.7

It's a problem that used to be mostly driven by money.

1:39.3

Think family fights over wills or broken relationships over divorces and blended families like Coleman's.

1:47.0

And it still is. But a growing number of people are hitting the block button, either online

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