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Exchange Exemplar: I'll Shut Up When You Shut Up, And Other Bad Examples

Can you change another person's mind? Depends on the subject matter, probably. On a subject like climate change or vaccinations, probably not.

But you can change the way you discuss it, and maybe that will at least bring about some rapport. James Hoggan moves from the bad examples to some ideas for replacing them, in his book I'm Right and You're an Idiot: The Toxic State of Public Discourse and How to Clean it Up.

It's not just American politicians he writes about. But that'd be a good place to start, huh? We revisit our interview from 2019.

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The Jefferson Exchange is Jefferson Public Radio's daily news program focused on issues, people and events across Southern Oregon and Northern California. Angela Decker is the program's senior producer, Charlie Zimmermann is the assistant producer, and Geoffrey Riley hosts the show.