The Case For Changing Your Mind

Changing your mind isn't weakness — it might be the most disciplined thing you can do. In this episode, trial-attorney-turned-general-counsel Matt Campobasso makes the case for "reopening the record": the courtroom instinct that tells us to keep an open mind until all the evidence is in, and why most of us abandon that instinct the moment it gets uncomfortable. Drawing on two decades in courtrooms — hung juries, blown depositions, and a conversation with his own parent — Matt walks through four pieces of evidence for why conviction and stubbornness aren't the same thing, takes on the strongest objection to his own argument, and leaves you with two tools for telling a fact from a belief before you dig in on either one. A companion essay is live on Substack. Subscribe so the next case comes straight to you.