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Episode 2: How do you bridge a legacy of pain?

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Mónica talks to two friends whose lives changed in profound ways when they discovered that the family of one had owned the family of the other as slaves. Exploring our racial and religious divides as well as our political ones, their conversation takes on tough questions about how we honor past and future in our shared story, and the role repentance and forgiveness can play in relationships burdened by pain.

This podcast is produced with financial support from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust and Reclaim Curiosity.

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Episode 3: How can you talk politics in a divided family?

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Episode 4: How can we disagree better?

Spencer Cox, the Republican governor of Utah, and Troy Williams, the activist at the head of Utah’s most active LGBTQ rights organization, don’t buy the notion that a good way to stand for the ideas on your side is to attack the people on the other. Reflecting on their sometimes contentious relationship, the two talk with Mónica about how they’ve both been able to advance their sides through honest dialogue and good-faith engagement, resulting in some surprising win-win policy outcomes for the people in their state.

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Episode 2: How do you bridge a legacy of pain?

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Episode 1: How did Lincoln do it?

Episode 3: How can you talk politics in a divided family?

Episode 4: How can we disagree better?

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