Brian Gongol Show on WHO Radio - September 22, 2018

Brian Gongol

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Segment 1: (11 min)

BUT FIRST: The opening essay

Was working on a jobsite the other day
Had to explain how a mildly complicated mechanism worked
Came down to show, not tell
There's a manual description and even a video, but actually doing the work -- feeling and doing it -- was the best education I could offer
That's good because I couldn't grasp the right words to describe a particular step in the process

Words are the main tool we use to communicate, but it's funny how much takes place without using words
You don't think the words for "hunger" or "pain" or "exhaustion". There's probably a German word for just about everything, but certain things just well up inside of you, like the moment your first child is born, or when you experience a scent you haven't smelled for decades
Translating those thoughts, feelings, and sensations into words makes them things we can share

Two of the biggest stories this week illustrate just how hard this is
Kavanaugh accuser echoes the much larger "Me Too" -- hard to explain why people stay silent, but it also reveals how (even if the story is completely true) lots of things are implied or hinted or otherwise left unsaid
Meanwhile, here in Iowa, a young woman was killed on a golf course, and it's triggered countless responses about what it feels like to be a woman who's in a vulnerable position -- like jogging with headphones on
We need people willing to tell each other how we feel using words as best we can
We all need to give each other space to use those words and to realize we don't always have the right ones, and sometimes we'll say things the wrong way
So much need for empathy
You're not always going to understand from reading. Sometimes you have to try to feel it.

Segment 2: (8 min)

Segment 3: (14 min)

Segment 4: (5 min)

Segment 5: (11 min)

Segment 6: (8 min)

Segment 7: (14 min)

Segment 8: (5 min)

Unsorted and leftovers:

This week

By the numbers

Make money

Have fun

Clean up after yourself

Mind your business

Quote of the Week

The week in technology

Your role in cyberwar

Iowa news

Contrary to popular opinion

Hyperbole is going to kill us all

21st Century conservatism

Curiosity, competence, and humility

Have a little empathy

Inbox zero

Stop the deliberate ignorance

Tin Foil Hat Award

Yay Capitalism Prize

Capitalist solution of the week

Totally Unnecessary Debate of the Day

Kickers

One year ago

Five years ago

Ten years ago

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