Politics in the Classroom

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Dr. Peter Bergerson joins Maggie and John to discuss his more than 50 years of experience teaching higher education and with politics, seeing in the recent years a shift toward more difficulty having civil discussions with students.  Bergerson shares his experience as an intern with Mayor Daily in Chicago, his time at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chi town, and his years at SEMO (Southeast Missouri State) where he had a fairly famous student.  (Listen and you'll find out.)

Here are two sources we refer to in the podcast: 

Pew Research on Political Polarization

https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2023/09/19/americans-feelings-about-politics-polarization-and-the-tone-of-political-discourse/

Here’s Unify America's website: 

https://www.unifyamerica.org/

Theme music composed, performed and produced by James Husni.

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