Quick Take: Reaching the Unreachable

The Michael Steele Podcast

The Bulwark

Politics, Government, History, News

4.8 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Best-selling author Anand Giridharadas joins The Michael Steele Podcast to discuss his new book, "The Persuaders: At the Front Lines of the Fight for Hearts, Minds, and Democracy." The pair discuss how you go about changing minds in today's polarized world, the tactics that do and don't work, and the makings of a winning pro-democracy movement.

Check out the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Persuaders-Front-Lines-Hearts-Democracy-ebook/dp/B09QPH4LTX

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0:00.0	Hey, Michael Steel Podcast listeners, Michael Steel here with another quick take from the
0:12.5	Michael Steel Podcast.
0:14.3	Check out what's going on right now.
0:17.1	Welcome back everybody.
0:18.9	We are keeping it live and keeping it real here at the Michael Steel Podcast and so glad
0:24.2	you could be a part of the conversation with us today.
0:27.3	We are getting into the book, The Persuaders at the Frontlines of the Fight for Hearts,
0:32.9	Minds and Democracy.
0:35.8	It is authored by Anad Girodadas who is a best-selling author, MSNBC Political Analyst and
0:43.4	a Buddy.
0:44.9	You know, quote, between immigrants contribute to our culture, we're all the better for
0:50.6	having them here.
0:52.3	And quote, we should put babies in cages.
0:57.6	There is no in between, Shankar Orsar.
0:59.9	Give me the name again.
1:00.9	I can want to say.
1:01.9	Shankar, sorry.
1:02.9	Thank you.
1:03.9	Thank you.
1:04.9	That's an on and off switch.
1:05.8	What we actually see for persuadables is that they toggle between competing views of
1:10.4	the way the world works and whatever they hear repeatedly becomes common sense in what
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