Rethinking Communication
By Michael Ashford
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Episodes: 149
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On Rethinking Communication (formerly The Follow-Up Question), independent journalist, speaking coach, and communication expert Michael Ashford explores how we can better connect with each other through the power of our words. For most of us, our formal education left gaps in our ability to communicate well with each other, especially when trying to navigate conflict, inspire change, and overcome misunderstandings. The goal is to get you to rethink how you connect with others, from the stage to the meeting room to the living room and everywhere in between.
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Ep 149: Emily Kasriel | How deep listening creates 'a spacious permission to think new thoughts'
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Ep 148: John Wang | Getting the context of conversation right to solve conflict
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May 27, 2025 |
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Ep 147: How to communicate with people you disagree with
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May 05, 2025 |
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Ep 146: How never questioning yourself undermines your ability to fully communicate well
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Ep 145: Following your curiosity beyond your comfort zone
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Ep 144: Information overwhelm is crushing communication
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Ep 143: Neil Gordon | Persuasion is about convincing people that change is possible
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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Ep 142: How communicating through conflict makes us uniquely human
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Ep 141: Mischa Zvegintzov | You are not the center of the universe
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Ep 140: Ditch clichés and jargon in your communication
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Ep 139: Rich Harwood | 'You have to decide what you're going to see'
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Ep 138: Stick to sports!
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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Ep 137: Aden Nepom | Communicating through change at work and letting go of past expectations
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Ep 136: You're 2 questions away from becoming a more curious person
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Ep 135: Tim Wenzel | The consequences of being kind
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Ep 134: Are sunk costs sinking your communication?
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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Ep 133: Vikram Mansharamani | Approaching life, conflict, and uncertainty as a generalist
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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Ep 132: The story I'm telling myself is...
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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Ep 131: Robin Reames | The lost understanding of rhetoric and the power behind words
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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Ep 130: 6 things school didn't teach you about communication
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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Ep 129: Patrick Williams | Restoring your innate creativity to solve your greatest challenges
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May 27, 2024 |
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Ep 128: Inviting curiosity into conversation before common ground
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May 13, 2024 |
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Ep 127: Orly Israel | Listening is access to the infinity of other people's universe
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Ep 126: Rob Lawless | "The more I interact with the depth of people the more I acknowledge it exists"
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Ep 125: Michael McQueen | We're not afraid of change...we're afraid of loss
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Ep 124: Why I wrote my book and what I learned about communication and change
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Ep 123: Steve Leskovec | Closing the gap on the things you weren't taught in school
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Ep 122: Meghan Bonde | Neurodiversity, the 5 intensities, and communicating to meet social-emotional needs
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Ep 121: Amy Morin | Building mental strength through reclaiming control over your thoughts and emotions
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Ep 120: Jason Rosoff | The importance of delivering feedback and criticism with care
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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Ep 119: Steije Hofhuis | What 16th Century witchcraft panic can teach us about human behavior today
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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Ep 118: Gary John Bishop | This 'blame thing' and the space you take up in the universe
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Ep 117: David Samson | Understanding our tribe drive and how to use it for good
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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Ep 116: John Noltner | The road to peace is paved with our stories
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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Ep 115: Mark Feldmeir | Challenging long-held assumptions about God, the Bible, and what it means to be Christian
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Ep 114: Andy Norman | Why it feels dangerous to challenge our deepest beliefs
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Ep 113: Josh Lewis | Recapturing the original promises of conservatism
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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Ep 112: Dr. Reneé Carr | Reframing conflict and telling your ego to calm down
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Ep 111: The ASK then SEE approach to conflict communication
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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Ep 110: The misunderstanding of active listening
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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Ep 109: Scott Lyons | Is the whole world addicted to the drama?
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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Ep 108: Dr. Kurt Gray | Morality, values, and the 'problem of other minds'
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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Ep 107: Robin Steinberg | Holding compassion for others, even when they do the unthinkable
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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Ep 106: Mónica Guzmán | What happens after we find common ground?
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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Ep 105: Mariama Whyte | How do you best show up in the world?
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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Ep 104: Tim Wenzel | Responding to labels and stereotypes with kindness
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May 22, 2023 |
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Ep 103: Fred Dust | Is change the purpose of conversation?
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May 08, 2023 |
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Ep 102: Racquel Garcia | We're all trying to find our way back home
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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Ep 101: Matthew Trombley | The intentional work of cultivating common ground
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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Ep 100: Oscar Trimboli | The contact sport of becoming a deep listener
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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Ep 99: Manu Meel | Battling political apathy through building conversational bridges
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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Ep 98: How to communicatively hold space for someone else
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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Ep 97: Jeff Schoep | How does a person change, and is change real?
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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Ep 96: Elizabeth Doll | Shouting louder isn't the answer to communicating across divides
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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Ep 95: Karen Hardwick | Doing the work of self-reflection before it becomes damage control
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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Ep 94: Kwame Christian | To have difficult conversations about race we must practice the skills to do so
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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Ep 93: Ari Wallach | Leaning into relational tension to create an examined desired future
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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Ep 92: Dr. Corey Yeager | Inviting others into the playground of conversation
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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Ep 91: Martin Carcasson | Solving our most wicked problems together at the local level
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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Ep 90: Eli Zupnick | Can more political parties solve our polarization problems?
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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Ep 89: Karen Cerulo and Janet Ruane | Dreaming big, and how life circumstances affect our ability to do so
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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Ep 88: Jack Buckby | The dangers in assigning labels and calling people names that are untrue
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Sep 18, 2022 |
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Ep 87: Dan Vallone | To build trust you must create belonging
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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Ep 86: Adam Wilkinson | The individual responsibility we each own to deescalate hate
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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Ep 85: Dr. Christia Spears Brown | Why children keep getting caught in the crosshairs of confronting bias
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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Ep 84: Greg Offner | Being more intentional about how you use your voice
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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Ep 83: Wayne Francis and John Siebeling | Moving beyond black fists and white knuckles in conversations about God and race
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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Ep 82: Chris Duffy | How 'Tell me more' can be the unlock to deeper conversations
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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Ep 81: Mónica Guzmán | The perspective-changing power of asking 'What am I missing?'
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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Ep 80: Josh Stepakoff | A mass shooting survivor's plea for something to change
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May 30, 2022 |
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Ep 79: Belinda Liu and Omar Brownson | Creating a gratitude practice that serves more than yourself
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May 16, 2022 |
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Ep 78: Mehran Sahami and Jeremy Weinstein | Confronting uncomfortable questions about technology's role in our lives
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May 02, 2022 |
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Ep 77: Daryl Davis | Nothing gets resolved without talking about it
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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Ep 76: Ian Morgan Cron | How the Enneagram can help rewrite life's broken narratives
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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Ep 75: Dominic Packer | Overcoming groupthink and harnessing the power of our shared identities for good
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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Ep 74: Justine Lee | Can people who disagree share meals to help bring about 'radical empathy?'
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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Ep 73: Bruce Ledewitz | Is the universe on our side?
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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Ep 72: Mike Ganino | Seeking honest connections as mic drop moments
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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Ep 71: Is our pursuit of self care creating unhappiness and division?
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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Ep 70: Adam Russell Taylor | Building the Beloved Community as a new vision for America
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Jan 10, 2022 |
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Ep 69: Heather Heying | Are hypernovelty and the desire for comfort making us miserable?
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Dec 27, 2021 |
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Ep 68: James Parker | Amplifying unheard voices and common ground solutions through film
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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Ep 67: Amy Herman | Using art to better articulate our thoughts, ideas, and biases
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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Ep 66: Tony Chatman | Why leadership is about so much more than simply being the best
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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Ep 65: Andy Norman | Do our minds have an immune system to fight bad ideas?
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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Ep 64: Nealin Parker | What can we learn about post-conflict cultures to help us bridge divides?
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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Ep 63: Stacey Copas | Resilience is not coping or getting back to what once was
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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Ep 62: John Noltner | Ask gently and continue to show up in the search for peace
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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Ep 61: Gale Sinatra and Barbara Hofer | How science's misunderstood 'embrace of uncertainty' fuels denialism
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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Ep 60: Bruce Bond | The spark of inspiration needed to seek common ground
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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Ep 59: Tania Israel | What's my goal, and do my strategies help?
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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Ep 58: Graham Bodie | Why is it so hard for us to adopt a "listen first" mentality?
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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Ep 57: Leaving Behind Extremism Pt. 2 | How the right questions at the right time deradicalized Jeff Schoep
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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Ep 56: Leaving Behind Extremism Pt. 1 | How "us vs. them" creates the very thing you hope to avoid, with Jesse Morton
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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Ep 55: 'Often wrong but never in doubt'
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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Ep 54: Layla Zaidane | Is there more cooperation happening in government than we are led to believe?
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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Ep 53: Rebecca Pacheco | Mindfulness and its role in helping us show up fully and compassionately
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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Ep 52: Matthew Barzun | Get out of the argument-winning business and co-create big things together
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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Ep 51: Claire Nelson | What do you do when you're waiting to be saved?
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Jul 19, 2021 |
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Ep 50: Heino Falcke | Light, black holes, and the space between science and God
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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Ep 49: Propaganda | Creating a culture capable of sustaining all life
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Jul 05, 2021 |
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Ep 48: Rasheed Ogunlaru | The strange conflict between who we are and who we feel we need to be
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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Ep 47: Peter Coleman | Why complexity is critical to overcoming toxic polarization
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Jun 21, 2021 |
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Ep 46: Nisha Anand | The ability to move between worlds is the key to finding common ground
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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Ep 45: Karen Wright | The ingredients of happiness and thriving in the work we do
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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Ep 44: Matis Miller | What finding common ground with "uncontrollable" children can teach us about acceptance, flexibility, and love
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May 31, 2021 |
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Ep 43: Ashley Lemieux | Why we must take an active role in the healing process
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May 24, 2021 |
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Ep 42: Jeffrey Shaw | Living for the sake of what we value most
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May 17, 2021 |
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Ep 41: Anthony Shefferly | A police officer's view of how we move forward
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May 10, 2021 |
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Ep 40: Nick Laparra | Giving a damn and living an others-focused life
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May 03, 2021 |
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Ep 39: Annie Auerbach | Flexing how we think about work, home, and life
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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Ep 38: Brian David Johnson | You control more about your future than you might think
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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Ep 37: Leslie Ehm | So, you think you have Swagger?
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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Ep 36: Carla Johnson | Insisting others listen to us is the thing that drives them away
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Apr 05, 2021 |
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Ep 35: Denise Woods | How our voice reflects our inner pain and trauma
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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Ep 34: Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe | You can't hate yourself healthy
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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Ep 33: Jessica Holmes | Comedy's place in helping us deal with life's struggles
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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Ep 32: Denise Jacobs | How do we banish our inner critic?
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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Ep 31: Ashley Vanderbilt | The truths you find after leaving QAnon
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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Ep 30: Christopher Hadnagy | Is empathy always a good thing?
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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Ep 29: Stan Pearson | Do we truly understand what it means to be emotionally intelligent?
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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Ep 28: Jen Poyant | Experimenting with your craft and passion to find what works
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Feb 08, 2021 |
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Ep 27: Matt Gutman | Collecting experiences through talking to people
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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Ep 26: Alex Perry | Having the confidence to stay in the struggle
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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Ep 25: Why wait?
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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Ep 24: Drew Davis | We stop paying attention when we have no more questions
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Jan 11, 2021 |
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Ep 23: Daniel Thompson | Peaceful doesn't mean quiet
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Dec 21, 2020 |
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Ep 22: Neil Matthews | We've put more value in being right than being human
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Dec 14, 2020 |
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Ep 21: Chelsea Ursin | The value in exploring our messy emotions
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Dec 07, 2020 |
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Ep 20: Greg E. Hill | The people with the loudest voices don't always represent those who need a voice
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Nov 30, 2020 |
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Ep 19: Dr. Liane Davey | Getting beneath the facts in an argument
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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Ep 18: Robin Dreeke | Using non-judgmental curiosity to build relationships and trust
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Nov 16, 2020 |
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Ep 17: Now what?
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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Ep 16: Harri Hursti | Ask 'is it true?' even when you like the message
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Nov 02, 2020 |
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Ep 15: John Eldredge | How Christians should show up in a world gone mad
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Oct 26, 2020 |
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Ep 14: Jakk Gerard | Be intentional in seeking the space to find yourself
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Oct 19, 2020 |
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Ep 13: Jonathan Ronzio | Resiliency, fear, speed, and unconventional possibilities
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Oct 12, 2020 |
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Ep 12: Michael Chernow | It's OK to change your mind
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Oct 05, 2020 |
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Ep 11: Wendy Behary | Empathy's role in understanding how to deal with narcissists
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Sep 28, 2020 |
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Ep 10: Teresa Abram | Every stroke tells a story
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Sep 21, 2020 |
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Ep 9: Rebecca Fleetwood Hession | Hold up the mirror and get curious about yourself
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Sep 14, 2020 |
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Ep 8: Jay Acunzo | Changing the story is changing people
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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Ep 7: Jeremy Ryan Slate | Clean hands, happy life — the importance of personal responsibility
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Aug 31, 2020 |
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Ep 6: Jordan Harbinger | Ask experts and seek truth
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Aug 24, 2020 |
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Ep 5: Tim Fitzgerald | How news reporting and opinion have intertwined and hurt journalism
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Aug 17, 2020 |
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Ep 4: Lindsay Tjepkema | In all things, ask who is it for and why are you doing it?
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Aug 10, 2020 |
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Ep 3: Jesse Newell | Be naturally curious and great stories will come from it
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Jul 29, 2020 |
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Ep 2: Dr. Kimetris Baltrip | Don't take for granted how much your voice matters
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Jul 27, 2020 |
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Ep. 1: Intro to The Follow-Up Question
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Jul 19, 2020 |