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Episode: “10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation” with Celeste Headlee
“This world in which every conversation has the potential to devolve into an argument… It’s not normal,” Celeste Headlee, seasoned radio, asserts. Part of why we’re so polarized, she argues, is that our “conversational competence” is in critical decline. Headlee’s Dos and Don’ts for rich conversations include: “Enter every conversation assuming that you have something to learn.” “Don’t equate your experience with theirs.” And the encouraging, “Forget the details: What people care about is you, what you have in common”—whether or not you see eye-to-eye.
