{"id":376,"date":"2021-01-19T11:40:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T11:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/michigan-voices\/?p=376"},"modified":"2022-02-17T22:16:04","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T22:16:04","slug":"episode-10-civic-empathy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/michigan-voices\/episode-10-civic-empathy\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 10: Civic Empathy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim has-parallax has-background-gradient\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/michigan-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2019\/10\/river-moving.jpg)\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__gradient-background\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(0,39,76) 0%,rgb(40,116,252) 100%)\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-heading\">Episode 10: Civic Empathy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How Can We Talk to Each Other? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fff905;color:#fff905\"\/>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-podcast-player jetpack-podcast-player__direct-link\" href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/s\/435545cc\/podcast\/rss\">https:\/\/anchor.fm\/s\/435545cc\/podcast\/rss<\/a>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Political polarization and interparty hostility<\/strong> have been pointed to as defining features of contemporary American politics, while debates about civility have erupted on college campuses. With so much political animosity, how can Americans talk to each other?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To find out, I spoke with Hanna and Jasper, Co-Presidents of WeListen. WeListen is a campus organization dedicated to building civic empathy by hosting conversations between liberals and conservatives on tough issues. Listen and find out how WeListen creates civil conversations, what makes civility possible, and when it might not be possible at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgba(253,234,88,0.59) 0%,rgba(238,249,123,0.54) 100%)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45%\">\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Episode High Points <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background\" href=\"\/Users\/12485\/Downloads\/GMT20201118-203222_WeListen-I.transcript%20(2).pdf\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(0,39,76) 0%,rgb(0,106,184) 100%)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>EPISODE 10 TRANSCRIPT <\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:55%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1:45-3:00 &#8211; Why is interparty hostility common? Stereotypes may be part of the reason why.<\/li><li>3:00-4:50 &#8211; How do we have productive conversations? Hanna and Jasper give their two essential ingredients for a WeListen-style discussion.<\/li><li>6:15-9:45 &#8211; When is civility possible? We talk about when politeness is a privilege.<\/li><li>9:45-11:45 &#8211; What common ground do we have? Hanna and Jasper give us their guesses at the values we share.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Credits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Guests: Hanna Kelly, Jasper Scheiber<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Music: \u201cWisdom in the Sun\u201d, Kevin MacLeod, <a href=\"http:\/\/freepd.com\">http:\/\/freepd.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drutman, L. (2020, October 05). How Hatred Came To Dominate American Politics. Retrieved December 11, 2020, from https:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/features\/how-hatred-negative-partisanship-came-to-dominate-american-politics\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fadel, L. (2019, March 12). In These Divided Times, Is Civility Under Siege? Retrieved December 11, 2020, from https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/03\/12\/702011061\/in-these-divided-times-is-civility-under-siegeFrimer, J. A., &amp; Skitka, L. J. (2020). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Are politically diverse Thanksgiving dinners shorter than politically uniform ones? [Abstract]. <em>Plos One,15<\/em>(10). doi:10.1371\/journal.pone.0239988<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fff905;color:#fff905\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Producer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:27% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"407\" height=\"409\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/michigan-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2020\/12\/Ep-10-Ear-Icon.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-688 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/michigan-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2020\/12\/Ep-10-Ear-Icon.png 407w, https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/michigan-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2020\/12\/Ep-10-Ear-Icon-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/courses.lsa.umich.edu\/michigan-voices\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2020\/12\/Ep-10-Ear-Icon-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collin Sharpe is a junior studying Philosophy and Sociology at the University of Michigan. 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