Oh Mitch!!

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UKB_33zpilc

 

OMG: Astronauts REFUSE to talk to Trump in AWKWARD call from space

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmmuJ64bnBE

To have better disagreements, change your words – here are 4 ways to make your counterpart feel heard and keep the conversation going

First, when encountering disagreement, most people jump into "persuasion mode," which doesn't leave much room for listening, or even for pursuing other goals for the interaction. Any conversation could be an opportunity to learn something new, build a relationship that might bear fruit later, or simply have an interesting experience. But most of those goals get forgotten when the urge to persuade sets in. Second, and just as important, is that even when people do wish to make their counterparts feel heard they don't know how to do so...

https://theconversation.com/to-have-better-disagreements-change-your-words-here-are-4-ways-to-make-your-counterpart-feel-heard-and-keep-the-conversation-going-201612

Impossible (?) Conversations: The Best and Worst of "Woke Culture" (Seth Andrews; The Thinking Atheist podcast)

Psychologists Dr. Hector Garcia and Dr. Valerie Tarico join us for a complex, nuanced, and thoughtful conversation about the dying of discourse in a hyper-divided world. When should we speak, and when should we shout? Are we picking the right battles? When should we declare war on awful agents? And are good people sometimes getting an unfair shake?

This is a discussion about discussions.

Interview: 

https://www.thethinkingatheist.com/podcast-1/episode/79244081/impossible-conversations-the-best-and-worst-of-woke-culture

A Weekly Conversation: On the Line With Michele (President Joe Biden)

https://youtu.be/52gVNZY-r1U

A Conversation with the Police - Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man

Emmanuel Acho sits down with police officers from the Petaluma Police Department in Petaluma, CA. They discuss polarizing topics like defunding the police, Black Lives Matter, and accountability in the police force surrounding the tragic deaths of black civilians. This is not a conversation you want to skip!
https://youtu.be/pM-HpZQWKT4

Hunt for Biden tapes in Ukraine by Trump allies revives prospect of foreign interference - The Washington Post

President Trump’s allies were in pursuit of a tantalizing prospect last year: tape recordings of Joe Biden speaking to Ukrainian officials while he was vice president, conversations they believed could help them damage Biden’s current bid for the White House. The previously undisclosed hunt for tapes of Biden and other recordings in Ukraine, described by several people who were involved, came as the president’s personal attorney, Rudolph W. Giuliani, was casting a wide net for material to undermine Trump’s political rival — a scheme that ultimately helped set in motion the president’s impeachment.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/for-months-trump-allies-hunted-for-tapes-of-biden-in-ukraine-now-theyre-turning-up/2020/06/30/f3aeaba8-a67b-11ea-8681-7d471bf20207_story.html

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man - Episode 2 with Matthew McConaughey

Matthew McConaughey sits down with Emmanuel Acho to have an uncomfortable conversation with a black man https://youtu.be/CwiY4i8xWIc

What to Do About an Overtalker - NYTimes

Here’s what to do if you get stuck at the receiving end of a one way conversation. ...
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/11/well/what-to-do-about-an-overtalker.html

The Russians know exactly what Putin and Trump talked about, but we probably won’t find out for decades - The Washington Post

Russia likely has more detailed records of the Trump-Putin talks than the U.S. does. Years from now they may be declassified and the world may learn what they say. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/01/16/russians-know-exactly-what-putin-trump-talked-about-we-probably-wont-find-out-decades/

Trump may have spoken to Cohen before false testimony to Congress – Giuliani

President’s attorney, Rudy Giuliani, said it would have been ‘perfectly normal’ for Trump to discuss testimony with Cohen....
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/20/trump-cohen-false-testimony-congress-giuliani

At Chicago nightclub, George Papadopoulos allegedly makes explosive new claim about Jeff Sessions - ThinkProgress.org

At a London bar in May 2016, after numerous drinks, Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos bragged to an Australian diplomat the Russians had obtained damaging information on Hillary Clinton. The diplomat reported the conversation to American officials, which prompted the FBI to launch their investigation of the Trump campaign and its connections to Russia. ...
https://thinkprogress.org/george-papadopoulos-new-claim-jeff-sessions-chicago-nightclub-da653988529c/

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Meta Conversation

So meta, so deep, so insightful, so witty, so intellectual...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZfskJ5xK1Y&feature=youtu.be