Think Twice: Navigating the Election Cycle & Civic Power with Eric Liu
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In this episode of our Think Twice series, John Donvan sits down with Eric Liu to examine his case for a different kind of citizenship and why changing the country may require challenging our views about citizenship and governance.

Leading up to the midterms, and amidst deep political division, declining trust, and growing cynicism about public life, the meaning of good citizenship is being put to the test. For co-founder and CEO of Citizen University, Eric Liu, citizenship is more than a legal status or something practiced at the ballot box. After working in Washington, D.C., including at the federal level, Liu began questioning whether lasting democratic progress really comes from the top down - or whether meaningful change must start with citizens and communities themselves.

In his new book, Live Like a Citizen: 8 Ways to Change Your Mindset and Our Country, Liu argues that repairing American civic life begins with thinking twice and changing how we engage with one another. He lays out eight practices -see, listen, feel, join, fight, change, imagine, and commit - intended to counter cynicism and resentment and rebuild the habits that democratic self-government requires.

But what does it mean to fight for what you believe while accepting that people you disagree with remain fellow citizens? And perhaps most challenging: Can you hope to change someone else's mind without being genuinely willing to change your own?

Featuring:

Eric Liu, CEO and Co-Founder of Citizen University; Author of "Live Like A Citizen"

Emmy award-winning journalist John Donvan moderates.