The First Conversation

The Necessary Conversation

Education, Self-improvement, Government, News, Politics

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🗓️ 17 August 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Mary Lou and her son, Chad, haven't really spoken since Trump was elected. Now, in the most divided time in recent American history, can they sustain a one-hour conversation about current political events without getting mad? Can they keep Chad's dad, Bob, from yelling the background long enough to hear each other? If you have a question for anyone on the show, record it in a 1 minute or under audio or video clip and send it to: thenecessaryconversationpod@gmail.com

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0:00.0	America is deeply divided. There are only two sides to every issue and there is no interest in finding common ground, not even with members of your own family.
0:13.0	But as the 2024 presidential election looms on the horizon, there has never been a more important time to have the necessary conversation.
0:23.7	Hello, I'm Chad Colchin. And I am Mary Lou Colchin. Mary Lou Colchin is my mom. So this
0:32.0	podcast is supposed to be a conversation between me and my mom, who are politically completely opposed,
0:39.2	because I think that this relationship exists in a lot of families in America.
0:42.5	Certainly the division, as we stated in the opening,
0:45.7	is more extreme than it's ever been.
0:48.4	So you and I haven't really had a conversation about anything for an hour
0:52.6	since Trump was elected, let alone politics.
0:56.6	Correct.
1:01.0	Correct. Okay. So A, do you think we are going to be able to even do this? And B, why do you think
1:07.9	Trump getting elected has put us in this situation?
1:13.3	I also have a sister, your daughter.
1:15.5	A similar relationship exists between you and her.
1:18.9	Because he's the first president.
1:21.9	Okay.
1:23.7	Okay.
1:24.7	That's my dad screaming in the background.
1:26.8	This is supposed to be a...
1:27.9	Trump is the first president who didn't go down the tubes for the deep state. Okay. Okay. So,
1:36.1	oh, Jesus. And that's the loose of power. And that's why they hate it. Okay. Go ahead. All right. So this is a podcast
1:41.9	between you and me, Mom. So I'm asking you that question. Why do you think Trump getting elected, and maybe it was Obama too, has driven this wedge between our family and between the rest of the country where people don't even want to talk to somebody on the other side of this perceived line?
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