How do we change our hearts and minds? What moves us to shift our political worldviews, transcend extremism, and make other kinds of transformative change? That's the $64 million dollar question that gave birth to Reckonings. And that's the question I explore with lessons learned *from* Reckonings -- in this bonus episode with Inflection Point's Lauren Schiller.

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​Musicians + Tracks: Tannhauser's Rock Off

'I can say to climate skeptics on the right, I used to believe what you believe. Hell, I wrote your talking points, and for 20 years, I was there! But let me tell you why I'm not there anymore.' As the head of the Cato Institute’s climate and environmental policy shop, Jerry Taylor was a leading spokesperson for climate skepticism. He waged TV battles against climate activists on the likes of CNN, NBC, and Fox, and says he won all of them. As the only paid climate skeptic who’s ever flipped, why did he shift not just his views on climate change, but his relationship with his views more broadly? 

This is a joint episode with Inquiring Minds, a podcast exploring where science, politics, and society collide. Check our previous joint episode about worldview transformation in the 2016 presidential election right here. 

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Musicians + Tracks:

• Chris Peck: Matope 
• Rhian Sheehan: Inquiring Minds theme​​
• Tannhauser: Rock Off, Ötzi
• David Sestay: Ladybird's Theme
• Rob Voigt: Outro
• Mattia Cupelli: Background Cartoon Music Loop, Action Cartoon Music ​

​In the leadup to election day, Reckonings collaborates with Inquiring Minds on an episode about political worldview transformation in the 2016 election season. It features an interview with brilliant 'sociologist of emotion' Arlie Hochschild, along with the stories of two voters who transformed their views during this election — young voter Alex Mamach from episode #9, who's voting in his second presidential election, and longtime political insider and Republican lobbyist Bob Schneider, who's been voting for over 40 years. For more detail on the episode, an insightful writeup is on Mother Jones.

The 2016 election season has been unique in many ways — one being that it might be challenging Americans to reckon more deeply with our party affiliations, and with our political worldviews more broadly.

Musicians + Tracks:

• Chris Peck: Matope 
• Tannhauser: Rock Off, Ötzi
• Rob Voigt: Outro
• David Sestay: Ladybird's Theme

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​Remember the bombastic black intellectual Glenn Loury from episode #5, and his story of sex, drugs, politics, and religion? Voilà another round with him, in collaboration with the venerable podcast Love + Radio.

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