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Exchange Exemplar: Dialogic Freedom

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Do you look around before you speak your mind?  Are you concerned by what other people will think about what YOU think?  You're not alone in a country as politically divided as ours is. 

Oregon's own Sharon Schuman pushes for something she calls "dialogic freedom" -- freedom to say what you think, within certain guidelines. 

She goes back in history for examples, in her book Freedom and Dialogue in a Polarized World.  It's a helpful reminder that today's polarization is not new.  Sharon Schuman joined us in 2014, and we replay that interview here. 

 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.