Introduction to CutheCrap

We spend a lot of time thinking about how to have conversations with people we care about. After all, these are the relationships that have the biggest influence in our lives. But what if we spent as much time thinking about the conversations we have with strangers? Could there b ...  Show more

StoryCorps does a lot of different things, but they all come down to connecting people— even if they disagree. That's the idea behind our One Small Step initiative, where we pair strangers with opposing political views to have a conversation, not about politics, but about their l ...  Show more

This is an audio version of my summary of Talking to Strangers.

If you don’t begin in a state of trust, you can’t have meaningful social encounters.

The right way to talk to strangers is with ...

“A dialogue is not an event. It’s a process that’s not going to happen in one meeting, and it’s a journey that requires a lot of commitment to listening, to honesty, and to vulnerability.” - Bhakti Karkare Bhakti joins me today to outline her framework for facilitating d ...  Show more