Having a difficult chat with someone? Peter Boghossian can help.

Nowadays, with political and social polarization soaring in American life, it can be most difficult to have once-unremarkable conversations with those who think differently. How can one have a sane chat regardless? Peter Boghossian, a philosophy professor at Portland State University, co-authored a book which addresses this question: 'How to Have Impossible Conversations: A Very Practical Guide.' Boghossian, whose writings have made him one of our time's newest public intellectuals, joins us on 'Cotto/Gottfried' to explain his book and its relevance.

'How to Have Impossible Conversations' at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/How-Have-Impossible-Conversations-Practical/dp/0738285323

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