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Pod Save the People

The Power of a True Apology (with Nora McInerny)

Pod Save the People

Crooked Media

Society & Culture, News, Politics

4.78.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2019

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

DeRay, Clint, Brittany and Sam discuss the history of school busing, language used among athletic leagues, two recent Supreme Court decisions, and how bias is overlooked within the NYPD. Nora McInerny joins DeRay to talk about her podcast, “Terrible, Thanks for Asking,” her new book, and what she has learned about grief and joy.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, this is Drey.

0:02.3

Welcome to Potsy of the People.

0:03.5

And this week we have the news with me,

0:04.6

Brittany Clinton, Sam, as usual.

0:06.0

And then I'm joined by Nora McInerney,

0:07.7

who hosts the podcast, Terrible.

0:09.4

Thanks for asking.

0:11.0

The thing that I'm reminded of nearly every time

0:15.0

I do an interview is the way that we try to rank, suffering,

0:21.8

and how it is our natural inclination to try to fix it.

0:27.1

So the advice for this week is about apologies.

0:29.2

When we apologize, we acknowledge what we did that was either

0:34.8

received or experienced in a negative way.

0:38.8

But we do it in a way that is about our actions.

0:41.9

So I apologize to a friend this week in my first response

0:46.4

was going to be, apologize for how you received that.

0:49.3

And I'm apologize that you felt that way.

0:51.3

But that actually takes all the responsibility off of what I did

0:54.7

and actually puts a responsibility on the way

0:57.3

that they were approximate to what I did.

0:59.5

So what I said was I apologize for coming off as self-righteous.

1:03.4

And I apologize for not hearing you in the way

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