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Illumine America, Episode 8: Amanda Ripley
January 29, 2023, in Audio > Podcasts, by Sonjel VreelandIllumine America is a podcast produced by the US Baha’i Office of Public Affairs. Its eighth episode deals with the universal subject of conflict.
In this episode, ames Samimi Farr talks with Amanda Ripley, a writer for The Atlantic and the author of many great books, including her latest, High Conflict, which details how people get themselves into damaging and polarizing conflict, and how they can get themselves out.
They discuss: What makes unhealthy conflict explode? How is the media system culpable in promoting high conflict? Why does the media sometimes ‘flatten’ our very dynamic world in service of telling a story? And what are the limits of us vs them thinking in solving social problems?
You can find all episodes of Illumine America online.
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Sonjel Vreeland
In her innermost heart, Sonjel is a stay-at-home parent and a bookworm with a maxed out library card but professionally she is a museologist with a background in English Literature. She currently lives on Prince Edward Island, an isle in the shape of a smile on the eastern Canadian coast. Sonjel is a writer who loves to listen to jazz when she's driving at night.
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