Getting to Third Space with Lamar and Tom20 Okt 2023

S1E3 - Barriers, Bears, and Gummy Bears

Welcome to Getting to Third Space with Lamar & Tom!

In this podcast, released on October 21, 2023, Lamar & Tom discuss barriers and guidelines for productive civil conversations. The barriers they consider are internal barriers - those attitudes, ideas, expectations, even beliefs we hold - that may hold us back from engaging in civil conversation with people whose ideas, opinions, experiences, and lives are different from our own. Then they offer four guidelines for overcoming or “checking” those barriers to make it easier to engage others.

They also take a moment to talk about and enjoy the antics of bears. You can see the source of their merriment at these two links:

Fat Bear Week: https://www.nps.gov/katm/learn/fat-bear-week-2023.htm

A Bear Walks into a Store: https://youtu.be/_oqSTpFStvs?si=TvHTv50BWXrqyraO

Want to see us in our natural habitats taping the show? Visit the Tenacious Change Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@tenaciouschange then click on “Podcasts.”

Meet Lamar & Tom

Lamar Roth & Tom Klaus are lifelong friends exploring how to get to a Third Space - a space where two or more people with opposing viewpoints, ideologies, and worldviews can come together to hear, listen, share, and connect with one another. Together Lamar and Tom hope to carve out a Third Space where everything can be on the table for open, straightforward, honest, and, yet kind and respectful inquiry.

To contact us, send us a voice message on Spotify or email us at lamar.3rdSpace@gmail.com and tom.3rdSpace@gmail.com.

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