Dear Friends,
Melinda Voss in the studio with Ed Fallon.
I hope you’ll listen to this week’s program and share your feedback, especially on the topic Melinda Voss and I dive into.
Maybe you disagree, but the way Melinda and I see it, since we’re at a time when a former president calls his opponents “vermin” and a previous candidate for president refers to opponent’s supporters as “deplorable,” we need to nurture respectful dialogue now more than ever.
That’s only going to happen if we each make an effort to have those tough conversations with our uncle whose primary source of information is Fox News. Or with our niece who’s fond of cancelling any public figure she disagrees with. For an excellent, 15-minute documentary, on how this is possible and why it’s important, check out Ralph King’s “Crossing the Divide.”
Here’s the line up, and again, I hope to hear back from you:
— Braver Angels seeks dialogue across the partisan divide, with Melinda Voss
— Banned books: What porn stars and climate change have in common
— Roadkill, and Thanksgiving in Paris
— December garden Q and A, with Kathy Byrnes
Thanks for reading, listening, and taking action!
Ed Fallon
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