Civil discourse in hot political times

The legislative session opens this week and the President delivers the State of the Union Address. How do we have informative and polite discussion about the major and controversial issues of the day? What factors work against this?

Guests

• Sean Kershaw: Co-host of today's program. Executive director of the Citizens League
• Mitch Pearlstein: Founder and president, Center of the American Experiment.

Broadcast Dates

• Midday, 01/23/2012, 11:00 a.m.