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Episode 38 - Mónica Guzmán of Washington on Bridge-Building, Curiosity & Media
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Mónica Guzmán lives in Seattle, Washington, and wears many hats, including: as a career journalist; as the Director of Digital and Storytelling at Braver Angels (the largest cross-partisan, not-for-profit organization dedicated to depolarizing America); and as the author of “I Never Thought of It That Way” (a definite handbook on civil, civic engagement).
Our discussion covers, among other things:
*her career journey into bridge-building
*expanding the notion of diversity
*why Americans have lost touch with curiosity
*the decimation of local news and its impact on American society
*media and its predilection to cover our fears and obsessions and psychoses
Mónica finds hope in how culture is more powerful than technology and will slowly have us adapt our behaviors to mitigate the frictions that currently affect us.
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