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
The Paradox of Power: Nobody's All-Powerful, Nobody's Powerless β DTH Episode 324 with Elizaveta Friesem
Elizaveta Friesem has spent her career trying to understand why people who could be connected end up disconnected instead β and why so much of that disconnection gets explained away with blame. Her book, Media Is Us, starts from a simple but di...
How a Song Can Reveal What a Debate Never Will β DTH Episode 323 with Shaka Mitchell
Shaka Mitchell is a lawyer and education policy veteran who built something unusual out of a pandemic-era habit: getting friends together once a month, picking songs tied to a theme, and talking about why. That casual ritual became the Come Tog...
Who Built This Tension You Are Feeling? β DTH Episode 322 with Maryam Mehrtash
Maryam Mehrtash spent nearly two decades building narratives for Marvel, Disney, Paramount, and some of the biggest brands in entertainment. Before that, she was a refugee kid learning English from cartoons, carrying forward the storytelling le...
You're Listening, But Can They Tell? β DTH Episode 321 with Julia Minson
Julia Minson has spent 25 years studying disagreementβnot how to win arguments, but how people actually engage with views that conflict with their own. Sheβs a Harvard professor, a behavioral scientist, and the author of How to Disagree Bet...
What Happens When Immigration's Biggest Opponents Actually Listen to Each Other? β DTH Bonus Episode with Jim Robb and Diego Sanchez
Diego Sanchez grew up undocumented in the United States. Jim Robb spent nearly thirty years fighting for immigration restrictions. They sat down at the same table, and discovered something neither of them fully expected: they could trust each o...
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