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A conversation today about how to address... to TED Talks Daily, I'm your host, Elise Hugh.

A conversation today about how to address polarization

and something at its root from two people of very different

and sometimes opposing backgrounds.

Law Professor Samar Ali and public affairs strategist Clint Brewer talk with Ted's curator

Chloe Shasha Brooks about their prescription to address deepening divides in America and around the globe after the break.

So we are here to talk about the growing crisis of polarization and the decline of pluralism both in the United States and

around the world and what we might be able to do about it collectively to address it.

So your friendship and working relationship are actually a very cool model for this. You two come from very

different backgrounds and you met 10 years ago when you were both working for the

governor of Tennessee. That time as colleagues kicked off your frenemyship,

your words, not mine,

stemming from the reality that many of your beliefs are not shared.

You've had periods of time when your arguments led to no contact

between you for months and other times when you've supported each other on a daily basis.

But despite all these ups and downs, you've consistently come back together, not only in your friendship,

but also as working collaborators, to figure out a way to build a more pluralistic society

and reduce societal polarization.

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