Episode Topic: Is Empathy a Threat?

How can "feeling with" others trigger tribal solidarity?  Move beyond moral platitudes to decode how empathy is weaponized, and discover a more rigorous path toward the common good by learning to "go visiting" others' perspectives. Challenge your instincts and slow down to interrogate empathy's role in our polarized world.

Featured Speakers:

• Jennifer Szalai, New York Times

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This podcast is a part of the ThinkND Series titled Virtues & Vocations. 

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