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TED Radio Hour: Why we hate

As a teenager, Christian Picciolini   joined a violent neo-Nazi group. But he began to ...
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16.04 19 Jul 2018


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TED Radio Hour: Why we hate

TED Radio Hour: Why we hate

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16.04 19 Jul 2018


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As a teenager, Christian Picciolini   joined a violent neo-Nazi group. But he began to question his hateful beliefs when strangers offered him something unexpected: compassion.

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Political commentator Sally Kohn wanted to understand why people hate. She traveled the world tracking down stories of hatred -- but along the way, discovered an uncomfortable truth about her own past.

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Before starting his podcast, Dylan Marron thought the only way to fight hate was to shut down opposing viewpoints. But after calling several of his trolls, he realized conversation was much more effective.

 

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Anand Girdidharadas  spent two years researching a man who committed a string of hate crimes after 9/11. Along the way, he uncovered a striking story of mercy from an unlikely source: the man's victim.

 


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