Podcasts about uncivil agreement

Jason Brennan argues for less democracy and less politics.Today's Book: Debating Democracy: Do We Need More or Less?Follow @IdeasHavingSexx on Twitter.Other books by JasonJason's upcoming book: Democracy: A Guided TourOther discussed works: Uncivil Agreement; Democracy for Realists; Neither Liberal nor Conservative; The Case Against Education; I, Pencil

Air Date 12/6/2022 Today, we take a look at some of the factors driving hyper-partisanship in the US right now along with multiple arguments to not give up on the power of persuasion.  Be part of the show! Leave us a message at 202-999-3991 or email Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com  Transcript BestOfTheLeft.com/Support (Get AD FREE Shows and Bonus Content) BestOfTheLeft.com/HOLIDAY (BOTL GIFT GUIDE!) Join our Discord community! SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: What If We Don't Need To 'Fix' Polarization? - The NPR Politics Podcast - Air Date 3-20-21 NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben interviews Lilliana Mason, associate professor of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland, about her book Uncivil Agreement. Ch. 2: Getting Past Polarization: Anand Giridharadas - Ideas - Air Date 11-23-22 The extremes are extreme in U.S. politics. But Anand Giridharadas and some other progressives are convinced that there are uncompromising approaches that can move up to 60 percent of voters to value democracy and human rights. Ch. 3: How to fix our polarized conversations (with Robb Willer) - How to Be a Better Human - Air Date 2-1-21 Is your family, community, or even your country more divided than ever? Today's guest Robb Willer is here to share some compelling insights on how we might bridge the ideological divide and offer some intuitive advice on ways to be more persuasive. Ch. 4: Can persuasion bridge the political divide? - Front Burner - Air Date 11-25-22 In his book, Giridharadas speaks with experts on reaching people — organizers, activists, politicians, cognitive scientists, and even a cult deprogrammer — and takes a critical look at his fellow American progressives. Ch. 5: Why We're So Polarized - The Truth of the Matter - Air Date 10-25-21 Johns Hopkins University professor Dr. Lillianna Mason joins the podcast for a discussion of political polarization in the U.S. and how politics have become central to the identities of many Americans across racial, religious and cultural lines. MEMBERS-ONLY BONUS CLIP(S) Ch. 6: An innovative polling model can move us past political polarization - The Future of Everything - Air Date 6-24-22 A Stanford professor explains how the deliberative polling model can get people to listen to one another and even compromise on some of society's most complex policy issues. FINAL COMMENTS Ch. 7: Final comments on hyper-partisanship in the ballot box MUSIC (Blue Dot Sessions): Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr  Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent Activism Music: This Fickle World by Theo Bard (https://theobard.bandcamp.com/track/this-fickle-world) Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent   Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Listen Anywhere! BestOfTheLeft.com/Listen Listen Anywhere! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com

NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben interviews Lilliana Mason, associate professor of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland, about her book Uncivil Agreement.Join the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group to participate in our next book club discussion.Connect:Subscribe to the NPR Politics Podcast here.Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.orgListen to our playlist The NPR Politics Daily Workout.Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.Find and support your local public radio station.

What would you do if your political opponent shoveled your driveway? Search for ulterior motives? Give them cookies? You know something's wrong when you can't say thank you to some one who disagrees with you politically, and yet that's exactly what the https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-02-05/trumpite-neighbor-unity-capitol-attack (L.A. Times is publishing on its opinion page). In this episode, we look at why we hate our opponents, love winning, and value our tribe's success more than facts. But does this jive with what Jesus said about how to treat our enemies? Does it match Jesus' ethic of radical neighbor love, and bottomless forgiveness? Do you follow us on https://twitter.com/tmbtpodcast (Twitter)? Now's a great time to start: https://twitter.com/tmbtpodcast (@tmbtpodcast) Don't forget to follow https://twitter.com/keithsimon_ (Keith) and https://twitter.com/patrickkmiller_ (Patrick), too. Outline 0:15 - Follow our new https://twitter.com/tmbtpodcast (Twitter) account @tmbtpodcast 0:35 - Polarization in the US 3:00 - https://tylerpaper.com/ap/commentary/virginia-heffernan-what-can-you-do-about-the-trumpites-next-door/article_27c12b12-e387-5952-b2d6-fd10ad55a403.html (Virginia Heffernan article) 14:20 - What does "unity" mean? 16:10 - Why are we so polarized, and how do we fix it?: 16:25 - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12031563-coming-apart (Coming Apart) by Charles Murray 19:35 - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36100653-uncivil-agreement (Uncivil Agreement) by Lilliana Mason 22:20 - Pros to political polarization and how the parties have evolved 26:00 - Two mega-identities: civil rights and religion (and a bonus identity) 28:50 - Why conflict arises: https://www.jstor.org/stable/24927662?seq=1 (Henri Tajfel study ) 33:10 - https://www.simplypsychology.org/robbers-cave.html (The Robbers Cave Experiment): tribalism 37:50 - Arguments over identities vs arguments over issues 39:50 - Living in isolation of your own tribe vs living in both worlds 45:50 - Antidote: seek people who disagree with you and listen 47:00 - Opportunity for leaders 48:45 - Use your imagination 50:50 - https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+13.7&version=ESV (1 Corinthians 13.7): Love 51:15 - Subscribe. Rate. Share. Social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TenMinuteBibleTalks (https://www.facebook.com/TenMinuteBibleTalks) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/ (https://www.instagram.com/thecrossingcomo/) Twitter: https://twitter.com/tmbtpodcast (https://twitter.com/tmbtpodcast) Passages 1 Corinthians 13.7: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+13.7&version=ESV (https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+13.7&version=ESV) References Virginia Hefferman article ("Virginia Heffernan: What can you do about the Trumpites next door?" by Virginia Heffernan from Tyler Morning Telegraph): https://tylerpaper.com/ap/commentary/virginia-heffernan-what-can-you-do-about-the-trumpites-next-door/article_27c12b12-e387-5952-b2d6-fd10ad55a403.html (https://tylerpaper.com/ap/commentary/virginia-heffernan-what-can-you-do-about-the-trumpites-next-door/article_27c12b12-e387-5952-b2d6-fd10ad55a403.html) Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 by Charles Murray: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12031563-coming-apart (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12031563-coming-apart) Uncivil Agreement: How Politics Became Our Identity by Lilliana Mason: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36100653-uncivil-agreement (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36100653-uncivil-agreement) Henri Tajfel study ("Experiments in Intergroup Discrimination" by Henri Tajfel from Scientific American): https://www.jstor.org/stable/24927662?seq=1 (https://www.jstor.org/stable/24927662?seq=1) The Robbers Cave Experiment by Dr. Saul McLeod from Simply Psychology: https://www.simplypsychology.org/robbers-cave.html... Support this podcast

Jay Van Bavel studies how our social identities shape the way we see ourselves and the people around us. He’s an associate professor of psychology at New York University. In an upcoming book, he and his colleague, Dominic Packer, present social identity theory. It’s a classic theory in social psychology that has inspired tons of research and continues to give insight into the modern world. At its root, it’s the idea that people often adopt an “us vs. them” mindset, which fuels lots of conflict between groups. In our conversation, Jay shares the basic tenets and controversies surrounding social identity theory and the direction his own research lab is going.For a quick overview of Social Identity Theory, featuring Dr. Van Bavel, you can check out this YouTube video [13:36] I made.Things we mention in this episode:Dominic Packer’s research on identity and dissent.The pioneering work of John Turner and Henri Tajfel and the development of social identity theory.Marilynn Brewer’s “Optimal Distinctiveness Theory”Jay’s research on how social identities affect our thought and behavior in domains like politics (e.g., Van Bavel & Pereira, 2018) and social media (Brady, Crockett, & Van Bavel, 2020).According to Facebook’s global creative director, Andrew Keller, the average person scrolls through 300 feet of mobile content a day.Lilliana Mason’s book (Uncivil Agreement) applying social identity to politics. Check out my new audio course on Knowable: "The Science of Persuasion."For a transcript of this episode, visit: http://opinionsciencepodcast.com/episode/social-identities-with-jay-van-bavel/ Learn more about Opinion Science at http://opinionsciencepodcast.com/ and follow @OpinionSciPod on Twitter.

Kurt and Tim like to read about behavioral science and a variety of related fields. To help those interested in the subject, but unsure how to pick good books to either get started or advance their learning, our 2019 Top 10 Reading List should help. Our Top 10 list is really a Top 9, since both Kurt and Tim already had one of the books on both of their lists. But we also go beyond that list with some honorable mentions (that could have easily been swapped for some of our top choices), as well as a shortlist of fiction and poetry for your review. We hope you enjoy this year’s list and encourage you to let us know your thoughts about it. Did we nail the top picks? Did we miss some? What’s on your reading list for 2020? Who do you think should be a guest on Behavioral Grooves in 2020? Let us know. We’d love to hear from you. Do you need some Christmas or Birthday gifts?  Or maybe you just want to treat yourself?   Here are links to the books we mentioned in the episode!   Kurt’s Best Non-Fiction Books John Bargh, “Before You Know It" https://amzn.to/33PdYJR  Yuval Noah Harari, “Sapiens” https://amzn.to/34YWlZO  Michael Mauboussin, “Think Twice” https://amzn.to/2qtfS5y  Wendy Wood, “Good Habits, Bad Habits” https://amzn.to/2RlCjoc     Tim’s Best Non-Fiction Books Rory Sutherland, “Alchemy” https://amzn.to/2OUfG8J  Franz de Waal, “Mama’s Last Hug” https://amzn.to/2ORrEjg  Francesca Gino, “Rebel Talent” https://amzn.to/36alEIb  Roger Dooley, “Friction” (on Kurt’s AND Tim’s lists) https://amzn.to/2r86Gnx  Alan B. Krueger, “Rockonomics” https://amzn.to/38bMQYU    Honorable Mentions Honorable mentions for really great books that you should be aware of. Virtually any of these could have made our Top 10 list.  Nir Eyal, “Indistractable" https://amzn.to/368qiX8  Daniel Pink, “When” https://amzn.to/33QMrbg       https://www.danpink.com/ Daniel Levitin, “The Organized Mind” https://amzn.to/2qnL7Pf http://www.daniellevitin.com Liliana Mason, “Uncivil Agreement” https://amzn.to/2RtIA1j  Tali Sharot, “The Influential Mind” https://amzn.to/33S8wpN    And since we have had great guests with great books in 2019 (we love them and their work), we want to refer you to these authors and titles: Brian Ahearn, “Influence PEOPLE: Powerful Everyday Opportunities to Persuade that are Lasting and Ethical” https://amzn.to/38bc8q8  Ori Brafman, “The Spider and the Starfish" https://amzn.to/2OUdLAQ  Liz Fosslein, “No Hard Feelings” https://amzn.to/2LpVR6S  Will Leach, “Marketing to Mindstates”  https://amzn.to/34UMwvB    https://www.will-leach.com/book Stephen Martin & Joseph Marks, “Messengers”  https://amzn.to/2PfKU99  Amit Sood, “Guide to Stress-Free Living” https://marketplace.mayoclinic.com/shop/healthy-lifestyle/book/mayo-clinic-guide-to-stress-free-living_294600   Tim’s Non-Fiction List We didn’t speak to these on the podcast, because we were most interested in addressing behavioral science books. However, Tim is also an avid reader of fiction and poetry. Tim wanted to mention some books he’s read (or re-read) this year that were particularly rewarding. Madeline Miller, “Circe” http://madelinemiller.com/circe/ John Updike, “Rabbit is Rich” https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/181928/rabbit-is-rich-by-john-updike/  David Whyte, “Everything is Waiting for You” https://www.davidwhyte.com/english-poetry   Thank you!     © 2019 Behavioral Grooves.  Note that we may receive commissions when you click our links and make purchases. However, this does not impact our suggestions, thoughts or ideas. All recommendations are made by Kurt and Tim based on what they believe.

In this episode, we welcome Lilliana Mason on the program to discuss her new book, Uncivil Agreement, which focuses on the idea: “Our conflicts are over who we think we are, rather than reasoned differences of opinion.” Personally, I feel like this is just about the most important thing the social sciences are studying right now, and I think Mason is one of the its most brilliant scientists -- I promise, the insights you are about to hear will change the way you think about politics, tweeting, elections, and arguing with people on the other side of just about everything. -- Show Notes at: youarenotsosmart.com -- -- Become a patron at: www.patreon.com/youarenotsosmart -- SPONSORS • The Great Courses Plus: www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/smart • Squarespace: www.squarespace.com/sosmart -- offer code: SOSMART See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Political scientist Lilliana Mason of the University Maryland and author of Uncivil Agreement talks about the book with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Mason argues that political partisanship has become stronger in America in recent years because it aligns with other forms of community and identity. People are associating primarily with people who share their political views in their other social activities outside of politics. As a result, they encounter fewer people from the other side. The intensity of partisanship can even overcome ideology as partisans change their policy positions in their eagerness to be on the winning side. The conversation closes with a discussion of what might be done to improve political discourse in America.

In this episode, we welcome Lilliana Mason on the program to discuss her new book, Uncivil Agreement, which focuses on the idea: “Our conflicts are over who we think we are, rather than reasoned differences of opinion.” Personally, I feel like this is just about the most important thing the social sciences are studying right now, and I think Mason is one of the its most brilliant scientists - I promise, the insights you are about to hear will change the way you think about politics, tweeting, elections, and arguing with people on the other side of just about everything. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Recent debates about partisan polarization have focused primarily on ideology and policy views. In Uncivil Agreement: How Politics Became Our Identity (University of Chicago Press, 2018), social identity moves to the center of how to think about the differences that divide the country. Instead of alignment of just party and ideology, recent social sorting has resulted in an array of social identities grouping together within each party. The consequence of this sorting is strong in-group bias and extreme emotional response to electoral outcomes. Uncivil Agreement is written by Lilliana Mason. Mason is assistant professor of political science at the University of Maryland, College Park. Mason combines analysis of historic survey data on elections and novel social experiments. What she discovers is a new dimension of the polarization debate, and one that has few obvious solutions. As she notes throughout the book, this is worrisome for the democracy and the responsiveness of parties to the electorate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recent debates about partisan polarization have focused primarily on ideology and policy views. In Uncivil Agreement: How Politics Became Our Identity (University of Chicago Press, 2018), social identity moves to the center of how to think about the differences that divide the country. Instead of alignment of just party and ideology, recent social sorting has resulted in an array of social identities grouping together within each party. The consequence of this sorting is strong in-group bias and extreme emotional response to electoral outcomes. Uncivil Agreement is written by Lilliana Mason. Mason is assistant professor of political science at the University of Maryland, College Park. Mason combines analysis of historic survey data on elections and novel social experiments. What she discovers is a new dimension of the polarization debate, and one that has few obvious solutions. As she notes throughout the book, this is worrisome for the democracy and the responsiveness of parties to the electorate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recent debates about partisan polarization have focused primarily on ideology and policy views. In Uncivil Agreement: How Politics Became Our Identity (University of Chicago Press, 2018), social identity moves to the center of how to think about the differences that divide the country. Instead of alignment of just party and ideology, recent social sorting has resulted in an array of social identities grouping together within each party. The consequence of this sorting is strong in-group bias and extreme emotional response to electoral outcomes. Uncivil Agreement is written by Lilliana Mason. Mason is assistant professor of political science at the University of Maryland, College Park. Mason combines analysis of historic survey data on elections and novel social experiments. What she discovers is a new dimension of the polarization debate, and one that has few obvious solutions. As she notes throughout the book, this is worrisome for the democracy and the responsiveness of parties to the electorate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recent debates about partisan polarization have focused primarily on ideology and policy views. In Uncivil Agreement: How Politics Became Our Identity (University of Chicago Press, 2018), social identity moves to the center of how to think about the differences that divide the country. Instead of alignment of just party and ideology, recent social sorting has resulted in an array of social identities grouping together within each party. The consequence of this sorting is strong in-group bias and extreme emotional response to electoral outcomes. Uncivil Agreement is written by Lilliana Mason. Mason is assistant professor of political science at the University of Maryland, College Park. Mason combines analysis of historic survey data on elections and novel social experiments. What she discovers is a new dimension of the polarization debate, and one that has few obvious solutions. As she notes throughout the book, this is worrisome for the democracy and the responsiveness of parties to the electorate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices