• Why do people argue?
• Do you usually win or lose arguments?
• Would the world be a better place if people knew how to argue productively?

• What is the state of public discourse?
• How do many arguments finish?
• What is Julia’s life mission?

• Why did Julia’s parents send her to a debating club?
• How does formal debating work?
• How did Julia’s first attempt at debating go?
• How good did she become eventually?
• What are the three elements of a productive debate?

• What is a rebuttal and why is it so important for debating?
• What was Julia’s initial thought on successful debaters?
• What is the first step to a productive disagreement?
• Why is it more beneficial to debate face to face?

• What is the second step towards a productive disagreement?
• What is the best strategy to win a debate?
• How can this principle be used in public discourse?

• What is the third key to a productive disagreement?
• What are the benefits of practising intellectual humility?
• What question does Julia recommend we all ask ourselves?

Julia describes at length how Fred Rogers convinced Senator Pastore to change his mind about funding public television. 

Would you like to see a short clip about this hearing? Here it is, and I cannot recommend it enough 🙂