Commonwealth Club of California Podcast

CLIMATE ONE REFRESH: Another Look at Bridging the Great American Divide

11.24.2023 - By Commonwealth Club of CaliforniaPlay

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Most Americans support climate action, but you wouldn’t know it from Congress or the courts – or from most of the media. People on both the left and the right experience the same devastating floods, the same life-threatening heatwaves and the same catastrophic wildfires. Yet individuals tend to socialize within insulated political tribes, operate in completely different information bubbles and see the problems and solutions through different lenses. How can we learn to bridge ideological divides, develop trust, and find the common ground needed to rebuild respectful civil discourse? Guests: John Curtis, U.S. Rep., Utah (R) Joan Blades, Co-founder, LivingRoomConversations.org John Gable, Co-founder, AllSides.com For show notes and related links, visit Climate One's website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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