How To! | Talk Politics With Your Dad (Without Yelling) Pt 2 - Encore
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🗓️ 31 December 2024
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Today we're going to see if one American family can flip the usual, tortured and tedious script for arguing about politics and do something more interesting. Jenn and Todd Brandel sit down with their dad, Bruce, to see if they can come to a better understanding about what has shaped their different political views. Mónica Guzmán, senior fellow for public practice at Braver Angels and author of I Never Thought Of It That Way: How To Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times, is back to provide some insightful post-game analysis. In this second episode of our special two-part series, she breaks down what went well, what got a little messy, and what we can all apply to our own conversations with loved ones.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, how to listeners, this is Carvel Wallace. We're off again this week, so we're bringing you the second in our two-part series on how to talk politics with your parents without yelling. And this week, Jen and her brother attempted to flip the script with their dad by figuring out what shaped their different beliefs. It's a fascinating listen with a lot of lessons for how to navigate our current political |
| 0:22.8 | moment. |
| 0:23.7 | So I'm going to turn the mic back over to our former host, Amanda Ripley, and we'll see you |
| 0:27.6 | back here next year with a fresh new episode. |
| 0:30.7 | Happy holidays. |
| 0:33.7 | Testing one, two. |
| 0:35.9 | Okay. |
| 0:36.9 | It is Jen here, two. Okay. It is Jen here. |
| 0:39.7 | And I am a little nervous about tomorrow. |
| 0:44.4 | But, you know, it's going to be what it's going to be. |
| 0:47.3 | My dad did spend the night tonight at my brother's house too, so he's upstairs. |
| 0:52.5 | They're all watching football or something. |
| 0:55.2 | So, yeah, we'll all be waking up in the morning kind of, hopefully not getting ready for battle, |
| 1:01.3 | but I don't know, getting ready for something, something different than what we've done before. |
| 1:07.7 | Welcome to how to. I'm Amanda Ripley. |
| 1:15.4 | All right, Todd, maybe come a little bit closer because I'm kind of pointed toward me. |
| 1:17.4 | Today is the day we've been waiting for. |
| 1:27.7 | We're going to see if one American family can flip the usual, tortured, tedious script for arguing about politics and do something way more interesting. |
| 1:31.5 | Like the goals here are not to make anyone look stupid. |
| 1:35.6 | The goals are not to win an argument or change someone to... This isn't a debate team exercise. |
| 1:37.1 | This is not a debate team exercise. |
| 1:39.1 | That's a good point. It's not a debate. |
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