When Politics Ruins Friendships

Today, we’re sharing something a little different on our feed. It’s part of an episode swap we’re doing with CANADALAND, and we think their episode When Politics Ruins Friendships fits right into what we explore here on The Takeover.

You’ve heard us talk about how powerful voices are weaponizing language and misinformation to shape the climate conversation. But those same forces.., those same tactics… are also tearing apart our relationships and reshaping how we talk to each other in our deeply divided world.

In this episode, host Sam Konnert explores what happens when politics stop being about policies. First, you’ll hear a deeply personal story about a friendship destroyed by political radicalization. Then Sam speaks with Ryan Broderick, the writer of a popular newsletter called Garbage Day, about how to recognize this behaviour in your personal circles and maybe even how to pull someone back from the edge.

If you’ve been listening to The Takeover, you know how important it is to understand not just what people are saying, but how those messages are being used to push us further apart.

For more episodes like this, you can follow Canadaland wherever you get your podcasts. This is When Politics Ruins Friendships, from CANADALAND.

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