S3E13 A Table Talk on How NOT to Have a Civil Dialogue

In just a few weeks, we’ll celebrate the two year anniversary of the start of this podcast and we’ll be approaching our 50th episode. It seems like a good time for us to take a step back and remember why we are doing this podcast and what we hope to accomplish with it. In this episode, Lamar touchbase with the foundation of Getting to 3rd Space.

Learn more: 

Juneteenth: Sun, Sounds and the Spirit of Freedom (National Museum of African American History & Culture) https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/moments/juneteenth#:~:text=Juneteenth%20is%20an%20often%20overlooked,Lincoln%20signed%20the%20Emancipation%20Proclamation 

Nathan Sage, Iowa Democrat for Senate - https://www.sageforsenate.com/ 

'Well, we all are going to die” (The Des Moines Register, May 30, 2025) https://www.desmoinesregister.com/videos/news/politics/2025/05/30/senator-joni-ernst-iowa-town-hall-well-we-all-are-going-to-die-butler-county/83945134007/

Iowans' responses to Joni Ernst: 'You just moved well beyond elitist' | Letters (The Des Moines Register, June 3, 2025) https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/readers/2025/06/02/joni-ernst-apology-video-reactions-medicaid/83993313007/

Joni Ernst posts sarcastic apology for Medicaid comments that “we all are going to die” https://youtu.be/gqdwSLKE554?si=jPYEgMlU1IEAle-h 

Is the video featuring Caitlin Clark questioning the gender of Brittney Griner real or a deep fake? https://www.perplexity.ai/search/is-the-video-featuring-caitlin-cNWQhhRuSeGuKjpfFgk.PQ 

11 rumors regarding Caitlin Clark we've addressed (Snopes.com) https://www.snopes.com/collections/caitlin-clark-rumors-collection/ 

Okay, even Getting to 3rd Space has an AI summary on the web that WE didn’t write. https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=getting+to+3rd+space+with+lamar+and+tom&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 

How We Check Ourselves

Fact Checking: Because there are a lot of things happening…some true, some false, some unbelievable…we use the following fact checking sites. Take a look for yourself:

• Snopes - https://www.snopes.com/ 

• FactCheck.org - https://www.factcheck.org/ 

• Politifact - https://www.politifact.com/

• RealClearPolitics - https://www.realclearpolitics.com/ 

Because media can have its own biases, we also rely upon these sites to help us get balanced coverage:

• Media Bias/Fact Check - https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/

• All Sides - https://www.allsides.com/unbiased-balanced-news

• Ad Fontes Media Bias Chart - https://app.adfontesmedia.com/chart/interactive 

Meet Lamar and Tom

Lamar Roth and Tom Klaus are lifelong friends exploring how to get to a 3rd 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 3rd Space where everything can be on the table for open, straightforward, honest, and, yet kind and respectful inquiry. 

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