
Doug Teschner
Leadership coach and president of Growing Leadership LLC; former Republican New Hampshire state legislator, Peace Corps country director (Ukraine, Guinea), and co-author of Beyond the Politics of Contempt.
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Jan 27, 2026
Some scoff at political bridge-building efforts. What are they missing?
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Beth MalowGUEST
I'm, I'm acknowledging, um, things that are not moral, whatever, you know, just listening to them, connecting with them, and then being able to share with them what you think, whether it's bridge building is important or some of the policies that the left feels the right needs to be educated on is so important.

Doug TeschnerGUEST
Yeah, I'd add that, you know, I mean, contempt, I would say to a relative, you Is that where you want to be? Is that where you want to be? Is contempt? Is that who you want to be? And so we talk a lot about values and stepping back on our values.

Doug TeschnerGUEST
We've got this system where I can treat people with kindness if they're us, but I treat people with contempt who are them.

Doug TeschnerGUEST
But I think a big part of this is we really need to step back and look at the look what's driving this.

Doug TeschnerGUEST
We spend some time in our book talking about the factors that are driving the polarization.

Doug TeschnerGUEST
And, you know, a lot of it is social media algorithms and the conflict entrepreneurs.
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32:29Zach ElwoodHOST
Do you often hear that kind of pushback or skepticism from people as a blocker to absorbing these kinds of ideas?
Some scoff at political bridge-building efforts. What are they missing?
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28:53Beth MalowGUEST
I'm, I'm acknowledging, um, things that are not moral, whatever, you know, just listening to them, connecting with them, and then being able to share with them what you think, whether it's bridge building is important or some of the policies that the left feels the right needs to be educated on is so important.

Doug TeschnerGUEST
Yeah, I'd add that, you know, I mean, contempt, I would say to a relative, you Is that where you want to be? Is that where you want to be? Is contempt? Is that who you want to be? And so we talk a lot about values and stepping back on our values.

Doug TeschnerGUEST
We've got this system where I can treat people with kindness if they're us, but I treat people with contempt who are them.

Doug TeschnerGUEST
But I think a big part of this is we really need to step back and look at the look what's driving this.

Doug TeschnerGUEST
We spend some time in our book talking about the factors that are driving the polarization.

Doug TeschnerGUEST
And, you know, a lot of it is social media algorithms and the conflict entrepreneurs.
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32:59Zach ElwoodHOST
Do you often hear that kind of pushback or skepticism from people as a blocker to absorbing these kinds of ideas?