Martín Carcasson about the Center for Public Deliberation and overcoming toxic polarization
Ep. 23

Martín Carcasson about the Center for Public Deliberation and overcoming toxic polarization

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Episode description

Martín Carcasson is a professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Colorado State University. After focusing on theoretical academic communication work, such as analyzing the rhetoric of U.S. presidents, he transitioned into a more applied direction. As the founder and director of the Center for Public Deliberation, he has organized over 500 deliberation events in the United States.

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0:00Intro
0:22About the Center for Public Deliberation
3:08Debate, Dialogue and Deliberation
5:53How technology and AI can support
11:58How to break division
20:34Mechanisms behind polarization
24:07Pick real topics, but start not too hard
27:53Deliberation techniques
29:50Required time investment
33:07Gamification in deliberation
34:45Learning skills by deliberating
37:49The role of education
39:42Deliberation with children
41:21Personal & academic background
45:27Profiteers of conflict
53:02The nature of 'us vs. them'
59:36How to argue right - and wrong
1:03:05Book recommendations to learn deliberation
1:05:37Final message