Getting to Third Space with Lamar and Tom
"Third Space" is a space where two or more people with differing viewpoints, ideologies, and worldviews can come together to hear, listen, share, and connect with one another. In this podcast two lifelong friends, Lamar Roth & Tom Klaus, carve out a Third Space where everything can be on the table for open, straightforward, honest, and, yet kind and respectful inquiry. Getting to Third Space with Lamar & Tom features an exploration of how to talk with one another about significant, even controversial, issues with grace and humor. Occasionally Lamar & Tom will welcome guests to the show.
Episodes
Welcome to Getting to Third Space with Lamar & Tom!
To mark the end of Season 1, Lamar & Tom talk about their lessons learned since they started this podcast adventure. From cameras to microphones to attempts at humor, nothing escapes their consideration. The wrap up this podcast with season’s greetings and stories of an unexpected ingredient in a Chopt salad and a man obsessed with the movie “Titanic.” The podcast will ret...
Welcome to Getting to Third Space with Lamar & Tom! In this podcast, Lamar & Tom talk with their first ever guest, Stephen Owens, representing the 74th District in the Kansas House of Representatives. They talk with Steve about the unique challenges facing politicians in a highly charged and divisive environment which can make civil conversations challenging and sometimes even impossible. Learn more about Stephen Owens, ...
Welcome to Getting to Third Space with Lamar & Tom!
In this podcast Lamar and Tom discuss five factors that contribute to having civil conversations: trust, respect, honesty, reciprocity (or mutuality or shared responsibility), and ownership.
See for Yourself! Links for Episode 4:
Iowa woman attempts to bring giraffe feces into state: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bc-us-odd-giraffe-poop-seized_n_65202924e4b091a3dc2714a0
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Welcome to Getting to Third Space with Lamar & Tom!
In this podcast, released on October 21, 2023, Lamar & Tom discuss barriers and guidelines for productive civil conversations. The barriers they consider are internal barriers - those attitudes, ideas, expectations, even beliefs we hold - that may hold us back from engaging in civil conversation with people whose ideas, opinions, experiences, and lives are different from o...
Welcome to Getting to Third Space with Lamar & Tom!
In this podcast, released on September 26, 2023, they discuss this quote, submitted by a listener, from Noam Chomsky, which appeared in his 1998 book, “The Common Good.”
“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum. That gives people the sense of that there is free ...
Join Lamar Roth & Tom Klaus (two former clergy, former counselors, and still lifelong friends after all these years) in this podcast on how to talk with one another. Together they explore how to get to a Third Space - a space where two or more people with opposing viewpoints, ideologies, and worldviews can come together to hear, listen, share, and connect with one another. Together Lamar and Tom hope to carve out a Third Space ...
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