In this solo episode, Dr. Sørina Higgins lays out her plans for the rest of this series and the next: starting in spring 2026, she'll offer a refreshing series about what J.R.R. Tolkien thought words could do. Then she talks about her biggest concerns regarding dehumanizing language, attack rhetoric, and aiming at each other as enemies. She shares her goals for this show: To persuade people to speak more respectfully and to consider their opponents more thoughtfully. Do you think we can learn to speak with more charity towards one another? Can we even avert civil war?
