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At this week's Round Table, Divya, Inica, and Madeline spoke with Willoughby Winograd, on leave from his junior year at Stanford serving as Program Director of Deliberations.US atEqual Citizens. Willoughby's work focuses on getting Americans to discuss the issues we SHOULD be discussing in order to restore the core promise of political equality. This includes conducting Deliberative Polls around the world-- events which bring together people from a range of backgrounds to discuss the political issues facing their communities to foster thoughtful, informed opinions. We talked about his (unexpected) path to this work, perceptions about the rise of polarization in the U.S. (spoiler alert: data shows that there hasn't been much of a change in our country’s political divide since the 1970s), and what fuels--and counteracts--polarization. We also talked about how to set up effective deliberations that help us get beyond echo chambers and orthodoxy--something we are all deeply invested in. Thank you for joining us!