Mónica Guzmán: Curiosity’s Great Connector

What happens when we get curious about people we disagree with? Journalist, author, and podcast host Mónica Guzmán has made that question central to her work, drawing on her own experience navigating political differences with her Mexican immigrant parents, who support Donald Trump. In this episode of the Seattle podcast, Seattle magazine publisher Jonathan Sposato talks with Guzmán about finding common ground without compromising personal beliefs, the importance of listening, and why certainty can get in the way of understanding each other.

List of writers, books, and organizations mentioned

• Edith Sampson: Commencement Address at North Central College (Naperville, Illinois)
• Olivia Jaramillo (lead trainer) and Troy Williams (former executive director) at Equality Utah
• More In Common: Research on the “Perception Gap” Todd Rose, co-founder and CEO of Populace, and author of Collective Illusions
• Isaac Saul, founder of Tangle
• Amanda Ripley, author of High Conflict
• Braver Angels
• Yuval Levin of the American Enterprise Institute
• RealClearPolitics
• Town Hall Seattle
• I Never Thought of it That Way by Mónica Guzmán
• A Braver Way podcast