99 | Context, Courage, and the Cost of Speaking Up

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges of speaking up in a polarized online environment, focusing on context, courage, and respectful disagreement.

The temperature online feels louder, sharper, and less forgiving by the day. So we decided to do the uncomfortable thing: talk honestly about context, courage, and how to disagree without dehumanizing each other. We trace the spiral from viral clips to moral panic, the way empathy gets weaponized as a political pose, and why whataboutism is the fastest way to kill a real conversation. Along the way, we admit our own fears about posting, the hives and shaky hands that come with saying somethin...

People in this episode

Hosts: Leah, Christine

Topics covered

• context
• courage
• communication
• disagreement
• empathy
• moral panic

Keywords

• context
• courage
• disagreement
• empathy
• whataboutism
• moral panic
• online communication

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