Derate The Hate
Bettering the world one attitude at a time. We did not create the hate, but together, we can πΏππ§ππ©π πππ πππ©π! In a world filled with divisiveness, and dominated by F.O.G. (Fear, Outrage & Grievance), it's time we find a better way to engage. That all starts with each of us as individuals. We cannot control all that we encounter within our day to day lives, or the environment in which we live, but we certainly have the ability and responsibility to control how we react to it. For me, it starts with gratitude and personal accountability. Take a listen and see if there is something here to help you in taking your part in turning down the hate. Welcome to the πΏππ§ππ©π πππ πππ©π ππ€ππππ¨π©...
Derate The Hate
Latest Episodes
Why I Won't Tell My Students Who I'm Voting For β DTH Episode 339 with April Chatham-Carpenter
This episode opens a new Derate the Hate series built around the Braver Angels Civic Scholars Council, a cross-partisan group of scholars and practitioners writing about what courageous citizenship looks like in practice. The series came out of...
You Canβt Name Injustice Without Knowing What Justice Is β DTH Episode 338 with John Adams
Most of us talk about injustice all the time. Far fewer of us stop to ask what justice actually is. John Adams has spent years with that question, first reading the great books in hotel rooms between deals, then translating them into games and ...
Friendship Across the Political Divide: Lessons From William F. Buckley Jr. β DTH Episode 337 with Josh Cohen
William F. Buckley Jr. had strong opinions and never apologized for them. He also spent forty years as close friends with liberal economist John Kenneth Galbraith, and decades more as a friend of Ira Glasser, longtime head of the ACLU. When a f...
Crossing the Bridge: Courageous Communication and the Stories We Tell Ourselves β DTH Episode 336 with Trime Persinger
Trime Persingerβs homework assignment was simple: take ten βyouβ statements and turn them into βIβ statements. She couldnβt do the first one. βYou make me angryβ was the language she grew up with, and she didnβt have another way to say it. Her ...
Change the Incentives, Change the Politics β DTH Episode 335 with Matt Koesters
Matt Koesters didnβt come to electoral reform through theory. He came to it by watching it happen. As a reporter in southern Indiana, he covered a sheriffβs race where the winner needed just 37.7 percent of the vote, because the majority split ...
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