On our 12th and final episode of Season One, Sarah's soft skills segment is about how to talk with politicians and cultivate those relationships. Jon's Bad Argument of the Day is about, well, arguing.By Guns Guide To Liberals

In this episode, Sarah wraps up the series on online discussions, delving into how to manage these conversations in spaces where it's difficult to control the message. And Jon's Bad Argument of the day lays out an alternative to "registration leads to confiscation" which may resonate more with those who think that registration is "common sense." SH…

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In this episode, Sarah teaches "tactical listening," in Soft Skills to supercharge your persuasiveness. Jon's Bad Argument of the Day is about The Language Game and how both sides of this debate play the language game poorly and to their detriment. Presence boost and pause techniques based on: The Charisma Myth, by Olivia Fox Cabane…

In this episode, Sarah shows us how to frame values so they can be heard and understood by those who may disagree with you. And Jon's Bad Argument of the Day tackles Gun Free Zones. Episode citations: “Accepting Threatening Information: Self-Affirmation and the Reduction of Defensive Biases” - David K. Sherman and Geoffrey L. Cohen https://labs.psy…

Bryan Strawser is Founder, Principal, and CEO at Bryghtpath LLC, a strategic advisory firm he founded in 2014. He has more than twenty-five years of experience in the areas of global enterprise risk management, business continuity, disaster recovery, crisis management, intelligence, and crisis communications. In this episode, we sit down with Bryan…

Validating values, finding common ground, and the dangerous trap of obviousness.By Guns Guide To Liberals

In this bonus episode, Sarah and Jon discuss why they started Guns Guide to Liberals, what got them involved in firearms, and how gun ownership and the Second Amendment is compatible with liberal values.

In this episode, Sarah shows us how to extrapolate the positive values out of the statements and arguments put forth by your discussion partner and Jon talks about why math and cognitive bias keep background checks from being an effective solution.

How to maximize the potential of the inevitable political discussions at holiday family functions. In Episode One, we talk communication strategies and why we should stop comparing guns to cars.

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