Thanksgiving Special: Disagreeing Better With Those You Love. Mónica Guzmán

About this episode

This episode discusses how to navigate political disagreements with loved ones during Thanksgiving, featuring insights from Mónica Guzmán.

Many people say Thanksgiving is their favorite holiday: No cards to be sent. No presents to be purchased. A pause with family and close friends before the year-end holiday rush.  Thanksgiving is about gratitude, but it can also be a time of anxiety, and even dread. What do you say to family members, friends and neighbors who vote for a candidate or political party you despise? How do you react when they launch into a rant or say something that you find offensive? We share tips about how to disagree better with those you love. Our guest is Braver Angels National Advisor  Mónica Guzmán , author of the book “ I Never Thought of It That Way : How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times”. Móni is the liberal leaning, loving daughter of conservative parents. She’s had a lot of personal experience of connecting with people not like her. We hear several examples in this episode. Despite rigid political polarization among elites, everyday Americans may have much more in common than many of us believe.  A new Gallup poll  finds that more than four-in-five adults endorse compromise and reject political violence.  Research for More…

People in this episode

Guest: Mónica Guzmán

Topics covered

• Thanksgiving
• political discourse
• family dynamics
• communication
• polarization

Keywords

• disagree better
• political party
• gratitude
• anxiety
• fearlessly curious conversations

Mentioned in this episode

Products: I Never Thought of It That Way

Books & works: I Never Thought of It That Way : How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times”

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