YOUTUBE (Portland Andy) - LIVE: Relaxed Tuesday Night Stream
A laid-back Tuesday night stream with a calm pace, casual conversation, and an easy atmosphere for viewers who want to unwind and hang out.
NYTIMES (Amanda Ripley and Gabriela Bhaskar) - ‘The Necessary Conversation’ Puts Family Political Arguments On Full Display
“The Necessary Conversation,” a podcast and YouTube show, is a very public example of the political disputes families are having all across the country.
AMERICANTHINKER - The lost art of letting people explain themselves
By Tron Simpson John Strand's recent interview on "Dangerous Laughter" with AJ Rice was worth watching.
DAILYCALLER (Alexander Pease) - One Man Is On A Mission To Help Restore Pizza Hut’s Former Glory
'Put their phones down and actually have conversations'
WASHINGTONPOST (Casey Parks) - What a modest town hall explains about rural America’s political gap
Ten strangers — a mix of conservative and liberal — gathered for a discussion about the rural-urban divide. They came together on a surprising solution.
AXIOS (Carly Mallenbaum) - Death Cafe: Why strangers are talking about dying over tea
More strangers are gathering over cake and tea to chat — about dying. Why it matters: Death comes for all of us. Meetups known as Death Cafes help make talking about it less taboo. Catch up quick: The concept launched in 2011 in East London, according to the Death Cafe site . - Now, groups meet all over the world, in many types of settings. More than 11,000 are listed in the U.S. How it works: Death Cafes allow for "a tangible, factual, honest conversation around death," Aly Leija, 33, tells Axios. She's attended events virtually and in person in San Antonio. - After participants introduce themselves and share what brought them to the group, discussion topics range from mortality to cremation and burial options. Between the lines: A…
More strangers are gathering over cake and tea to chat — about dying. Why it matters: Death comes for all of us. Meetups known as Death Cafes help make talking about it less taboo. Catch up quick: The concept launched in 2011 in East London, according to the Death Cafe site . - Now, groups meet all over the world, in many types of settings. More than 11,000 are listed in the U.S. How it works: Death Cafes allow for "a tangible, factual, honest conversation around death," Aly Leija, 33, tells Axios. She's attended events virtually and in person in San Antonio. - After participants introduce themselves and share what brought them to the group, discussion topics range from mortality to cremation and burial options. Between the lines: A…Open
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Peter Tonguette) - Public Speaking
No one who knows me well would say that I am short on words, unable to keep up my end of a conversation, or reluctant to speak up in a group, but I sometimes wonder where I developed such verbal dexterity. Early in my educational career, I never hesitated to raise my hand in class […] The post Public Speaking appeared first on The American Conservative .
Culture Public Speaking Who needs elocution lessons when you can go to the movies? No one who knows me well would say that I am short on words, unable to keep up my end of a conversation, or reluctant to speak up in a group, but I sometimes wonder where I developed such verbal dexterity. Early in my educational career, I never hesitated to raise my hand in class if I felt I knew the right answer, which occurred on a daily basis, and my brief stint as a member of my school’s drama club involved a tiny part in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! that included at least one line that constituted a complete sentence.…Open