• How can we cure our social blindness?

  • Dec 19 2023
  • Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
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How can we cure our social blindness?

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  • Mónica welcomes David Brooks, author and New York Times columnist, to break down an essential and endangered skill  for talking politics  - hearing deeply and being deeply heard. David shares a bounty of tips and stories from throughout his career, including a public discussion where he says he failed both at understanding another person and at making sure he could be understood. Then April joins Mónica to ask what it all means for liberals and conservatives, and we hear from a man who runs a Pennsylvania barbershop where debating diverse viewpoints is on the house.     
    • "How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen" by David Brooks

    • At this barbershop in Chambersburg, Pa., red, blue and other come together…

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