Treat others how you want to be treated, unless you’re on the internet. For our second episode, we talk about a topic that's difficult to avoid nowadays: online arguments. We're joined by author Dana Schwartz to discuss how a tweet about South Park went out of hand. Then, TV writer and podcast host Andrew Ti reveals his thoughts on who an internet argument is really for. Lastly, we take a deep dive and try to answer the question--is it possible to change someone's opinion online?

Act One (1:18) || Act Two (25:32) || Act 3 (52:12)

Our art was done by Jaya Nicely (www.jayanicely.com) and our intro music was mixed by Wade Ryan (Gold Sedan on Spotify). Sources used for this episode include:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/02/27/why-facts-dont-change-our-minds

https://www.smh.com.au/technology/how-to-win-an-online-argument-lessons-from-reddit-20160216-gmuwgw.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/03/this-article-wont-change-your-mind/519093

https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1410/1410.0610.pdf

https://www.washington.edu/news/2021/04/19/uw-researchers-studying-how-to-make-online-arguments-productive/

https://www.theatlantic.com/membership/archive/2017/12/how-do-we-have-a-better-conversation/548927/

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