#27 Monica Guzman, author and Braver Angels leader, 2-9-23, Part 2: OTOH Episode 27

In this 2nd episode of a conversation with journalist, national Braver Angels leader, and best-selling author Monica Guzman, April & Glen explore with Monica her assertion that "people underrepresented in our lives are overrepresented in our imagination" and how that requires us to  get to know more people who differ from us. She points out how talking with those others helps us to check our darker visions with the realities we find when we talk with curiosity with others. Monica identifies politics and journalism as two key institutions that may be mostly responsible for our current polarization but that they can also be our best hope for helping solve those problems. They can change by learning and incorporating the best new ideas of our current people and culture. Seeing many opportunities for discovering common ground across our various groups, Monica tells stories of how others have grown closer via their discovery of unexpected common ground. She describes the "temperamental revolution" required of all of us, especially politicians whose yelling in public discourse is often an audition for media appearances. Finally, she talks about her hopes for our country and culture and asserts that "there is no one not worth talking to."

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