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Conversations With People Who Hate Me	5	https://cdn.wonderfulfrog.com/Conversations-With-People-Who-Hate-Me-Square-Logo.png	https://www.dylanmarron.com/podcast

A uniquely humanizing experience when Dylan chats with his haters. It's surprising to me how many people backtrack their comments (or at least stand by the spirit and not the delivery). I do think anonymity has this boosting effect in people's willingness to be mean (putting it lightly).

The second season puts a fun twist on the format where people with diametric viewpoints are put onto a call (consensually) to have a discussion. Sometimes minds are changed, and people seem to want to listen with good faith.

Honestly we need podcasts like this in a post-pandemic era where "us vs. them" mentality has completely dominated modern discourse online and in-person.