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Ever felt like you had to choose between your political convictions and a friendship? Or that you had to hide what you believe to protect family ties?  

During what promises to be a divisive election year, MPR News and the nonprofit organization 

, an online and in-person platform to help people have hard conversations, better.  

Talking Sense will teach Minnesotans how to think through these challenging conversations in advance, without letting the need to “win” and change minds stand in the way of preserving important relationships. Talking Sense wants to help people develop a deeper understanding of where their friends, family members, coworkers and neighbors are coming from, even when we disagree, and to lay the groundwork for additional conversations and connections in the future.

MPR News host Angela Davis talks about the new Talking Sense project and asks experts how media contributes to political division, how we can minimize its impact on our most important relationships and how to navigate challenging political conversations over holiday dinner. 

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The holidays are almost here — and so is another contentious election year. MPR News host Angela Davis and reporter Catharine Richert introduce MPR’s new project Talking Sense, designed to teach Minnesotans how to have conversations with friends and family on opposite ends of the political spectrum.  

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