The Liberal’s Guide to Conservatives

This week on Post-Carbon Radio: Communicating climate in the era of Trump: what do liberals need to learn about conservatives in order to be effective? Whether at work, at home, or in the streets, we all could use some pointers. Learn how to talk to conservative loved ones over Xmas dinner. Join us as we accompany J. Scott Wagner on a deep dive into the divide between worldviews, and how to bridge them. J. Scott Wagner is a longtime liberal activist in Sonoma County and a social psychologist. He has just published "The Liberal's Guide to Conservatives", an explanation in layman's terms of the science behind America's ideological divide. From Amazon.com: Politics are a detail in the story of what we call ideology. After a 6-year effort that involved 3 tours of the U.S., help from dozens of the world's top academic experts, and hundreds of interviews with conservatives, writer and researcher J. Scott Wagner brings us on a rollicking tour of the conservative mind, looking at them through the lens of 5 sciences [sic]: neurology/cognitive psychology, personality, bias, social conformity, and morality. With unprecedented clarity, this interdisciplinary exploration of conservatives reveals many practical tools for avoiding the common problems liberals face with conservative relatives, partners, friends, and managers, while providing liberals a better understanding of hidden corners of their own world view.