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Changing minds with David McRaney

Changing minds with David McRaney

FromThe Best Friends Podcast


Changing minds with David McRaney

FromThe Best Friends Podcast

ratings:
Length:
58 minutes
Released:
Nov 18, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

When was the last time you tried to change someone's mind? A discussion on the internet, perhaps. Maybe a dinner with family or friends led to a heated debate. Or it may have been in your day-to-day work as you try to get everyone on board with proven lifesaving strategies - even though those approaches may be different than what you've always done.
Why is it so difficult to change minds?
David McRaney is a https://www.davidmcraney.com/press (journalist), https://www.davidmcraney.com/podcast (podcaster), and https://www.davidmcraney.com/new-page-1 (author) who took his fascination with cognitive biases and irrational beliefs a step further for https://www.davidmcraney.com/howmindschangehome (his upcoming book); How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion. 
From hot button issues such as climate change or accepting new strategies to save more dogs and cats, David talks with us about the cognitive biases that play a role in all of us being, as he calls it, "unaware of how unaware we are." We also hear why, when it comes to changing a mind, a little bit of empathy goes a long way.
Check out the website for The Best Friends Podcast: https://bestfriends.org/podcast (https://bestfriends.org/podcast)
Released:
Nov 18, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

An animal welfare professional’s typical day includes unparalleled joy and heart-wrenching despair, often in equal measure. The burnout is real but it’s the hard-won progress that sustains us. The Best Friends Podcast brings you stories from the front lines of lifesaving. You’ll hear from leading experts on topics that impact all of us. These are stories that matter to shelters, rescue groups, and the animal welfare organizations that enable their service to a community and its animals. These are stories for all of us.