Learning From Our Differences and the Antidote to Doomscrolling Anxiety
09 March 2026

Learning From Our Differences and the Antidote to Doomscrolling Anxiety

The Preamble

About
Did you know that only 4% of new marriages in America happen between Democrats and Republicans? Or that three quarters of white Americans don't have a single friend who isn't white? David McCullough III — grandson of the beloved historian — shares his bold idea for fixing what's tearing us apart.

Then, author Katherine May puts into words something most of us feel but can't quite name — that exhausting loop of bad news, social media outrage, and dread. She says the antidote is closer than you think. 

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Credits:

Host and Executive Producer: Sharon McMahon

Supervising Producer: Melanie Buck Parks

Audio Producer: Craig Thompson

(00:00:00) Getting out of your bubble

(00:12:50) Studying “abroad” in the US

(00:22:36) The antidote to doomscrolling anxiety



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