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When I told my mom I was going to produce a talk show on a conservative radio station, she said she was worried.

I asked her why and she said 鈥淚t鈥檚 a conservative station and you鈥檙e a progressive! The listeners won鈥檛 like you anymore!鈥�

Think about that for a second.

Even my own mother only thought people liked me to the degree they agreed with me politically.

Is that really where we鈥檙e at as a country? The answer is probably yes.

The Pew Research Center put out a poll in 2016 indicating that 4 out of 10 Democrats and Republicans believe the other party鈥檚 policies are a threat to the nation. It really does seem we鈥檙e more divided than ever before.

In fact, that鈥檚 one of the reason鈥檚 I took this job.

You don鈥檛 have to do very much googling to find a story about how we鈥檝e all created echo chambers for ourselves with our social media. Places like Facebook and Twitter only expose us to perspectives we already agree with, and that鈥檚 why so many progressives were taken so off guard by Donald Trump鈥檚 election (and let鈥檚 face it, this has been an issue for a long time, and a lot of conservatives were really taken off guard by Obama鈥檚 reelection in 2012 too).

It makes sense. It鈥檚 way easier to read a column you agree with than one you actually have to grapple with and square with your world view.

As a progressive producing a conservative talk show, I鈥檒l never have this problem. My media diet will never be restricted to the opinions of people I agree with. I鈥檒l rarely be surprised by the reasoning of a Republican politician. And I think this is a really good thing. I think it makes me a more well rounded person. I think it makes the conclusions I do arrive at stronger because they鈥檝e been through the crucible of conservative thought.

By the way, this is a two way street. Listeners also derive a benefit from having a progressive at the producer-helm. The Jason Rantz Show on 770 KTTH is still unequivocally a conservative show. He鈥檒l provide you with a conservative perspective, and we鈥檒l have plenty of big-name champions of the conservative movement on the show as guests. But Rantz and I agree it鈥檚 important to have mature, healthy discourse with people we disagree with. We鈥檒l have guests like that too, and everyone will be better off because of it.

Here鈥檚 my plea: help me prove my mom wrong. If you don鈥檛 like me, that鈥檚 fine, there are plenty of reasons to do so (I鈥檓 scared of elevators, I鈥檓 weird at parties). But don鈥檛 dislike me just because I have a different opinion than you.