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Courageous Conversations About Our SchoolsWhy These Students Are Rejecting Contempt and Embracing Dignity (Ep. 37)In our previous episode (Ep. 36), Tim Shriver America’s widening political and social divides are, surprisingly, not due to our differences. “We’ve always had differences,” he says, “Contempt is the problem.” Shriver explains why treating others with dignity is more likely to produce the results we want and why contempt usually does the opposite. He and his colleagues created the Dignity Index to help us recognize the various ways we can regard our adversaries—either with contempt or with dignity. In the current episode, Futernick interviews four college students who are ambassadors for Students for Dignity, an organization...2025-01-1550 min
Uncomfy: Sticking with Moments That Challenge UsWhen One Word Threatened a Work Partnership — Preston Brightwell & Madeleine JonesPreston Brightwell and Madeleine Jones, Field Directors at The Dignity Index, found themselves in a heated discussion over the use of a single word in their project's tagline—"patriotism." Preston, a conservative, and Madeleine, a liberal, discuss how their differing views on the term led to a moment of tension, assumptions, and eye-rolling that threatened to derail their project entirely. Hear them discuss how this disagreement ultimately became an opportunity to practice what they preach about dignity and curiosity.
We’d love to hear about an Uncomfy moment you’ve experienced. Can you think of a time when you felt your p...2024-07-2415 min