Season 2, Episode 30: Exit the Echo Chamber

Pantsuit Politics

Lemonada Media

News, Politics, Society & Culture, News Commentary

4.5 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2016

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

We're excited to launch our #exittheechochamber seven day challenge. For the next seven days, we're asking you to look beyond your own perspective by: Day 1 - Taking a selfie explaining why you want to exit the echo chamber Day 2 - Read three articles from news sources you don't usually read Day 3 - Have a conversation in real life with someone who voted differently than you Day 4 - Send a letter or email to someone you've disagreed with politically Day 5 - Compliment the other side Day 6 - Draw an empathy map for someone in another political party Day 7 - Take action Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Keep it nuanced. That's all we've ever asked of you.
0:03.5	Until now, it's time to exit the echo chamber.
0:06.9	This is Sarah from the left and Beth from the right.
0:10.1	You're listening to Panty Politics.
0:12.3	No shouting, no insults, plenty of nuance.
0:27.0	I'm so excited, Beth.
0:28.8	I'm excited too. It's our little community project.
0:31.3	I think it's going to be great.
0:32.3	It's going to be wonderful.
0:33.2	So our mission statement is that we're not really trying to
0:38.4	confer anybody with exit the echo chamber.
0:41.4	Exiting the echo chamber is all about you and not so much
0:45.1	about other people because we are the only ones we can control.
0:49.2	It's also not about necessarily changing your mind on anything.
0:53.5	Like if you exit the echo chamber and feel enriched in your
0:58.2	positions, but not different, that's okay to you.
1:01.0	Like the goal isn't change or rightness on anyone's part.
1:05.9	Right. So let's walk through the days really quickly.
1:09.3	Does that sound good, Beth?
1:10.4	That's great.
1:11.4	Okay. So today, Friday, we're going to post a Panty Politics selfie.
1:19.0	So our thought process and we'll be posting our own own selfies
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