Welcome to episode 25 of the Undeniably Well podcast from the University of Delaware’s Employee Health & Wellbeing Team! In this episode, Ryan Shuler, Associate Director of Employee Health & Wellbeing is joined by Dr. Timothy J. Shaffer, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Chair of Civil Discourse and an Associate Professor in the Joseph R. Biden Junior School of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Delaware, to talk through how to engage in deeper listening to have more thought provoking and productive conversations, especially when speaking with those whose perspectives differ from our own.

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Episode Transcript

Resources:

• National Institute for Civil Discourse
• National Issues Forums
• Braver Angels

Books mentioned:

• Deliberative Pedagogy: Teaching and Learning for Democratic Engagement
• Creating Space for Democracy: A Primer on Dialogue and Deliberation in Higher Education
• Grassroots Engagement and Social Justice through Cooperative Extension

Timothy J. Shaffer’s Webpage