Happy USA Election Day 2024, denizens of the world.

May it be, in fact, happy and harmless.

I have an election-day message for you.

We Too Must Grow.

It's a combination of my thoughts on the opportunities the election presents us with "It's Worse Than You Think" and my explication of a song that I think is INCREDIBLY RELEVANT to this moment.

The song is called "We Too Must Grow". It was written and recorded by my friend Joe Bridge.

Here's a link if you want to listen to a version without my comments:
We Too Must Grow - Joe Bridge

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This episode is based on a speech/sermon I wrote in October 2024 and delivered at a March for Democracy in a small town.

I used the opportunity to share what conflict mediation has taught me about winning.

Part I: Definitions of winning and losing
Part II: What's really standing in our way
Part III: The pearl of wisdom and what we can do about it

There's also some bonus material -- concrete guidelines based on 2200 years of human experience (the Bhagavad Gita)

Enjoy!

The full text of the speech can be found at: https://ankurdelight.com/2024/10/09/how-to-win-a-democracy/

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This episode is about Muslim-Jewish relations. It's about whats been going on in Israel and Palestine for the last year. It's about what's possible in the next year. It's about what happens when we expand the circle of concern.

And it's about what is happening, all over the world, in small communities, unreported by most of the news, when people open their hearts, right now.

I interviewed Aziza Hassan and Andrea Hodos from New Ground: A Muslim-Jewish partnership for change. I get their stories, their experiences, and their perspective on how to build a relationship that can handle the test of conflict.

This the opposite of what you will hear on the news. It's about going deeper and staying closer, not demonizing and vilifying.

Join us.

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