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Working Past Partisanship
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Episode 13
25-minute listen
Working Past Partisanship
In today’s hyper-partisan political environment, many people refuse to listen to any perspective that doesn’t reflect their own views. Is it even possible to imagine a world that runs on civil discourse? A place where uncomfortable conversations or maybe even heated arguments around the Thanksgiving table don’t exist? In this episode, we talk with two experts who are working to bring about a world where calm, insightful discussion is the productive norm.
College of Arts and Sciences
Michael Neblo PhD
Neblo is a professor of political science, philosophy, communication and public policy at Ohio State. His research focuses on deliberative democracy and political psychology. He is the director of Ohio State’s Institute for Democratic Engagement and Accountability (IDEA).
U.S. Global Leadership Coalition
Gretchen Klingler '19
Klingler, a Pat Tillman Foundation Military Scholar who earned Ohio State degrees in cultural anthropology and Arabic, is senior veterans manager for the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, a bipartisan 501(c)3 nonprofit organization based in Washington D.C. She was a 2022 Young Alumni Award recipient from the College of Arts and Sciences, and she made military deployments to Afghanistan, Iraq and Djibouti while serving in the Air Force from 2009 to 2015.
