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    Are you open to changing your mind on politics?

    Is there any public policy issue that you think you have all figured out -- that you're willing to try to change your mind on?

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    By Josh Barro • Jul 20, 2017 • 1 min read

    Is there any public policy issue that you think you have all figured out -- that you're willing to try to change your mind on?

    David Leonhardt, opinion columnist for the New York Times, writes "Righteousness comes easily in these polarized times. We all have reasons for our opinions." But he observes that we tend to be surrounded by people who hold similar ones -- and the more we talk politics, the more confident we can become that we're right.” Leonhardt thinks this is a problem, that it's leading to groupthink and overconfidence -- even possibly in himself. So he's setting out this summer to rethink how confident he should be on certain topics -- and he's encouraging you to do the same.

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    Following the money in the Russia investigation
    1. 1:23How will McCain's absence affect progress of the health bill?
    2. 7:56Real estate, Russian oligarchs and American politics
    3. 40:03Are you open to changing your mind on politics?You’re reading this
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      Josh Barro

      Former host of Left, Right & Center

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      Yael Even Or

      Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      Evan George

      Director of Content, News

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      David Leonhardt

      New York Times

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    The full episode

    3 of 3
    Following the money in the Russia investigation
    1. 1:23How will McCain's absence affect progress of the health bill?
    2. 7:56Real estate, Russian oligarchs and American politics
    3. 40:03Are you open to changing your mind on politics?You’re reading this
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