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Season 2, Episode 7: Frames That Teach Us

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2018 54:50


We Can Talk About Podcast Season 2, Episode 7 Frames that Teach Us - Michael and Chelsea reflect on the podcast

Season 2, Episode 6: The Family Morals of Roseanne Conner

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2018 61:56


Season 2, Episode 6: The Family Morals of Roseanne Conner by We Can Talk About

Season 2, Episode 5: A Blueprint for Success

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2018 60:10


We Can Talk About Season 2, Episode 5 A Blueprint for Success

Season 2, Episode 4: Gun Control or Gun Reform

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2018 63:05


We Can Talk About Season 2, Episode 4 Gun Control or Gun Reform

Season 2, Episode 3: Time's Up and the #MeToo Movement

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2018 61:14


We Can Talk About Season 2, Episode 3: Time's Up and the #MeToo Movement

Season 2, Episode 2: Taxes as an Investment

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2018 53:45


We Can Talk About Season 2, Episode 2: Taxes as an Investment

Season 2, Episode 1: 2018 - The Year We Ran Out of Bubble Gum

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2018 57:50


Season 2, Episode 1 - The podcast is back for 2018. And we came with a plan.

Episode 21: We Can Talk About Recap

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2017 53:40


We Can Talk About Season 1, Episode 21 Recap of Season 1

Episode 20: A Guide to Talking to Your Racist Uncle During the Holidays

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2017 60:30


We Can Talk About Season 1, Episode 20 Talking to Your Racist Uncle during the Holidays

Episode 19: Joel Salinas, The Doctor Who Feels Your Pain

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2017 61:08


We Can Talk About Podcast Season 1, Episode 19 Joel Salinas, The Doctor Who Can Feel Your Pain

Episode 18: The Politics of Fear Mongering

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2017 59:58


We Can Talk About Podcast Season 1, Episode 18 The Politics of Fear Mongering with special guest host Dan Stowell

Episode 17: How Harry Potter Teaches Empathy

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2017 54:16


We Can Talk About Podcast Season 1, Episode 17 How Harry Potter Teaches Empathy

Episode 16: The Worst President Ever ™

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2017 57:40


We Can Talk About Season 1, Episode 16 The Worst President Ever ™

Episode 15: Responding to the Majority...When They're Wrong

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2017 58:35


We Can Talk About Season 1, Episode 15 Responding to the Majority...When They're Wrong

Episode 14: The Opioid Crisis

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2017 85:42


We Can Talk About Podcast Season 1, Episode 14 The Opioid Crisis

Episode 13: A Brief History of Healthcare in America

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2017 62:47


We review how the nurturant parent moral value system now dominates the discussion on healthcare to the point that even conservatives have conceded defeat... What healthcare used to look like in America... The evolution from whiskey and cork to an actual healthcare plan... The quirky reason we get health insurance through our employer in America... And more... We Can Talk About Podcast Season 1, Episode 13 Healthcare: A Brief History of the Affordable Care Act

Episode 12: Framing 201 w George Lakoff

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2017 63:55


We Can Talk About Podcast Season 1, Episode 12 A special interview with Dr. George Lakoff, author of "Don't Think of an Elephant" and other works that are the inspiration for the podcast. We talk emotions, facts, alternate facts, Yogi Berra, KellyAnne Conway, how KellyAnne Conway is kind of like Yogi Berra, systemic causation, mirror neurons, monkeys, electrodes being stuck in monkey brains, French philosophers, French philosophers who didn't know anything about monkey brains, and the problem with college. Among other things...

Episode 11: The Foundation of A Nurturant Society

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2017 54:41


We Can Talk About Season 1, Episode 11 The Foundation of a Nurturant Society featuring special guest Matt Bruenig, founder of The People's Policy Project https://peoplespolicyproject.org/

Episode 10: The Road to Single-Payer Healthcare

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2017 58:23


We Can Talk About Season 1, Episode 10 Single-Payer Healthcare featuring special guest Charles Gaba creator of ACAsignups.net

Episode 9: Democrats in Coal Country

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2017 48:44


We Can Talk About Season 1, Episode 9 Democrats in Coal Country featuring special guest John Williams - Democratic member of West Virginia House of Delegates

Episode 8: Why We Need Government

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2017 60:43


Episode 8: Why We Need Government by We Can Talk About

Episode 7 Part 2: The Crisis of Climate Change

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2017 53:17


Conservative think tanks discovered that saying “climate change” instead of “global warming” softened the urgency of our existential challenge. In this episode, we explore with celebrity guest Nicholas Pevzner, how to re-frame climate issues and what our possibilities for actually saving us from a brutal heat death really are. This is part 2 of a special 2-part episode. We had a lot to talk about.

Episode 7: The Crisis of Climate Change

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2017 53:56


Conservative think tanks discovered that saying “climate change” instead of “global warming” softened the urgency of our existential challenge. In this episode, we explore with celebrity guest Nicholas Pevzner, how to re-frame climate issues and what our possibilities for actually saving us from a brutal heat death really are. This is part 1 of a special 2-part episode. We had a lot to talk about. ---- Nicholas Pevzner is the co-founder of Scenario Journal. Scenario Journal is a digital project at the intersection of design and ecology. With each issue, the journal convenes interdisciplinary conversations around shared and contested terminology, on topics that are shaping the future of our built environment. All issues are free and available to the public, and can be found at www.scenariojournal.com

Episode 6: The Gettysburg Address is a Movie

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2017 55:15


We Can Talk About Podcast Season 1, Episode 6 The Gettysburg Address is a Movie (Three-Act Structure of the Gettysburg Address; the two movies of the 2016 election)

Episode 5: The Class of Jobs

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2017 53:36


We Can Talk About Podcast Season 1, Episode 5 The Class of Jobs

BONUS EPISODE (#1) Trans Inclusion in the US Military

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2017 23:38


The hosts bring back Dr. Laura Erickson-Schroth to discuss a brief response to President Trump's tweets about transgender people serving in the military.

Episode 4: The Gender of Jobs

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2017 55:43


We Can Talk About Podcast Season 1, Episode 4 The Gender of Jobs

Episode 3: Born This Way and Gay Rights

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2017 58:21


We Can Talk About Podcast: Season 1, Episode 3 "Born This Way and Gay Rights" An interview with Dr. Laura Erickson-Schroth

Episode 2: What the Wall Is Made Of

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2017 57:06


We Can Talk About Podcast, Season 1, Episode 2 "What the Wall Is Made Of"

Episode 1: An Introduction to Framing

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2017 55:06


We Can Talk About Podcast: Season 1, Episode 1 "An Intro to Frames"

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