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Episode 58
Agree to Disagree: Civil Debate
Agreeing to disagree — we often hear that civil debate and discourse are disappearing in polite society. Perhaps this is not solely because of our increasing political and cultural polarization, but because we have forgotten the ways that formal debate and oratory were studied and taught in past generations. We had an interesting talk with Dr. Leslie Rogne Schumacher — who is, in fact, teaching courses on this very subject next year at Harvard Extension School.
Dr. Schumacher currently serves in several posts at Harvard University. He serves as a Faculty Affiliate in the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs. He is also an Associate in Harvard’s History Department.
