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The Dissenter · 2026-05-28 · 49 min · 10,177 words

#1259 Sarah Stein Lubrano: Why Political Debate Does Not Work

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Hello everyone, welcome to a new episode of The Decenter. I'm your host as always, Ricardo Lopes, and today I'm joined by Dr. Sarah Stein Lobreno. She is a writer, content strategist, and researcher. She is head of research for the Future Narratives Lab, where their work focuses on narratives about social and political change.

And today we're going to talk about her book, Don't Talk About Politics, How to Change 21st Century. mind. So Dr. Lobren, welcome to the show. It's a huge pleasure to have you one.

Thank you for having me. Okay, so let me start by uh let me start with a basic question here. So what motivated you to write this book? I mean was and does it did it have anything to do with the the timing, with the current political context we're living in or was for some other Was it for some other reason?

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