Changed My Mind

The Depolarization Project

Changed My Mind is The Depolarization Project’s podcast, hosted by Alex Chesterfield, Laura Osborne and Ali Goldsworthy. We ask guests to tell us a substantive issue they have changed their mind on, why and what they have learned from it. We work with global media outlet Open Democracy to bring this podcast to you.

  1. Accepting American democracy was in mortal danger, with Cass Sunstein

    11/09/2021

    Accepting American democracy was in mortal danger, with Cass Sunstein

    World-renowned behavioural economist Cass Sunstein on why dismissing his friends' fears about democracy being at risk in the US was wrong.

    52 min
  2. Changing your mind on the Iraq War with Ed Owen

    09/06/2021

    Changing your mind on the Iraq War with Ed Owen

    Former advisor to the Foreign Secretary at the time of the Iraq War, Ed Owen, on why he now feels differently about the decision to go to war in Iraq.

    42 min
  3. Realising America's Criminal Justice System Was Broken with Jordan Blashek and Chris Haugh

    08/18/2020

    Realising America's Criminal Justice System Was Broken with Jordan Blashek and Chris Haugh

    The Authors of Union: a Search for Common Ground on how an American road trip woke them up to the failings in the criminal justice system and the limitations of beloved media outlets.

    49 min
  4. Danny Finkelstein on Changing Political Allies

    08/06/2020

    Danny Finkelstein on Changing Political Allies

    Danny Finkelstein, associate editor of the Times and Conservative peer, talks to us about why being able to clearly see both sides of an argument is important but can also feel debilitating in a world that craves certainty. He shares his lessons from switching parties and why it is critical to reduce the cost of people changing their minds.

    43 min
  5. Peter Geoghegan on Unaccountability and Returning Home

    07/30/2020

    Peter Geoghegan on Unaccountability and Returning Home

    Peter Geoghegan, author of Democracy for Sale and investigative journalist, left Ireland as a young man desperate to get away but has returned in lockdown to find a country much changed. He tells us why, from his childhood bedroom, and explains the need to dig deeper into unaccountable money in politics, in the UK as well as the US.

    46 min
  6. Getting Less Liberal About Prostitution with Helen Lewis

    07/23/2020

    Getting Less Liberal About Prostitution with Helen Lewis

    Helen Lewis, a journalist at the Atlantic and author of Difficult Women: the History of Feminism in 11 Fights, talks about how she came to question her previous liberal beliefs on prostitution, a former Labour MP who cried after receiving an apology for being deselected when she came out in the 70s, the limits of unconscious bias training, and more.

    50 min
  7. Deciding That People Should Have a Platform with Kajal Odedra

    07/09/2020

    Deciding That People Should Have a Platform with Kajal Odedra

    The Director of Change.org in the UK Kajal Odedra talks about realising no platforming tended to backfire, her changing relationship with her own identity and how Change.org's supporters come from a much broader base than most people imagine.

    35 min
  8. Conflicting Identities with Jamie Susskind

    06/18/2020

    Conflicting Identities with Jamie Susskind

    Author of Future Politics, Jamie Susskind, left the Labour Party after 10 years of activism due to antisemitism. He tells us what happened, why he is on the cusp of going back and what politicians need to think about now to prepare for the tech of the future.

    50 min
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Changed My Mind is The Depolarization Project’s podcast, hosted by Alex Chesterfield, Laura Osborne and Ali Goldsworthy. We ask guests to tell us a substantive issue they have changed their mind on, why and what they have learned from it. We work with global media outlet Open Democracy to bring this podcast to you.

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  • Creator
    The Depolarization Project
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2021
  • Episodes
    28
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2023 The Depolarization Project
  • Show Website
    Changed My Mind