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Defusing American Anger: A depolarization endeavor

Zachary Elwood

Thoughts for people interested in reducing political toxicity and us-vs-them thinking. By Zachary Elwood, author of "Defusing American Anger" and "How Contempt Destroys Democracy," and host of the psych podcast People Who Read People.

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  • Zachary Elwood

    I work on reducing the toxicity of the American political conflict. Read reviews of my books: www.american-anger.com/reviews, and check out my podcast: www.behavior-podcast.com. I've also written books on poker tells (readingpokertells.com).

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