“Why We’re Turning Against Each Other” - Conflict Aid Veteran

We're more polarised in the West than ever. It's tearing families apart.Rhett Power spent years working in war zones with the Peace Corps and USAID, witnessing first-hand what happens when societies fracture - and when people stop seeing each other as human.Nearly a million people were killed in the conflicts and genocides we discuss in this conversation - the very real cost of polarisation.Rhett recently giving a TEDx talk called How To Host A Bipartisan Dinner that caught my eye. I wanted to speak to him about polarisation, outrage, fear and whether modern society is heading in the wrong direction.We discuss:political division and empathyfear, identity and human behaviourentrepreneurship and resiliencegrief and self-talkleadership and culturewhy “your self-talk becomes team talk”A thoughtful conversation about humanity, conflict and whether we’ve forgotten how to truly talk to each other again.Follow Rhett on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/rhettpower Follow me on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/richleighpod =====Interviews that might just change your life. And if not…? You’ll probably enjoy them anyway.Project Possible is a podcast about resilience, ambition, grief, reinvention, success, failure and what human beings are truly capable of.Hosted by me, Rich Leigh, each episode explores the lives, minds and experiences of extraordinary people from business, sport, entertainment, science and beyond.After my younger brother Jordan took his own life, I sold the PR agency I’d spent over a decade building and decided to go all-in on creating something meaningful.This podcast is the result.Subscribe wherever you watch or listen.=====Sign up now to the free weekly newsletter at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://projectpossible.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for behind the scenes, giveaways, ways to get involved and more.=====Email: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Project Possible website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.projectpossiblepod.com