Wednesday, November 27, 2024Beyond the false choice between despair and hope
In this short episode of How My View Grew, I offer an alternative to the false choice between despair and hope. After the recent U.S presidential elec...
Wednesday, November 13, 2024The day liberals became small "c" conservative
When new political leaders promote disruptive and even violent change, then people accustomed to pressing the gas pedal on change may choose instead t...
Wednesday, October 30, 20245 Election Scenarios and 3 No-Matter-What Commitments
The human brain craves certainty. It convinces us we know how next week's U.S. presidential election will turn out. We don't. Things are uncertain. Ye...
Wednesday, October 16, 2024Stephen E. Hanson: Can Mafia-like States Spread to the West?
In the upcoming U.S. presidential election, democracy, many say, is on the ballot. But is democracy versus autocracy the best description of the stake...
Wednesday, October 2, 2024Man Up For Good
In this five-minute episode of How My View Grew, I offer five perspectives about being a man today:It's confusingMen and women are differentThere is n...
Wednesday, September 18, 2024David Storey: Can A Liberal Democrat Be Conservative?
Why might a liberal Democrat with progressive values hold a conservative disposition? Could it make sense to both advocate for positive change and hon...
Wednesday, June 19, 2024The Surprising Lesson of History
In this final episode of season one, a short one, I describe how my view of history shifted after reading the memoir of Stefan Zweig, a popular early ...
Wednesday, June 12, 2024Marci Shore: How to Improve the World Amidst Evil?
In a Soviet-era bunker in an undisclosed location in Ukraine, a Ukrainian soldier reads books by the late historian Tony Judt and wonders: Is it possi...
Wednesday, June 5, 2024The Clarifying Question
This short episode is about asking clarifying questions, which involve far more than building rapport and trust. Clarifying questions provide powerful...
Wednesday, May 29, 2024Einat Wilf: What Do Most Palestinians Actually Want?
Do most Palestinians want their own state in the West Bank and Gaza, one that co-exists with the state of Israel? Is the conflict between Israel and P...
Wednesday, May 22, 2024My Assessment, Your Assessment
In this week's episode, I describe how to have difficult conversations about charged topics. It's a game called My Assessment, Your Assessment. I walk...
Wednesday, May 15, 2024Noor Awad: Can Israeli and Palestinian Narratives Co-exist?
In this episode of How My View Grew, Palestinian Noor Awad describes an encounter with a Zionist Israeli settler that caused him to broaden his view o...