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Podcast: PostEverything
Episode: Everything is a Litmus Test w/ George A. Yancey
Description: Identity Politics, Polarization & Moral Persuasion — with Dr. George Yancey
Why does every political controversy feel like a Rorschach test?
In this episode of Posteverything, sociologist Dr. George Yancey joins us to explore identity politics, polarization, and whether moral persuasion still works in a culture that rewards outrage over understanding.
We discuss how framing everything through power and oppression reshapes public discourse, why polarization may be a crisis of moral formation rather than ideology, and what happens when shared moral language erodes.
We also examine Tim Keller’s “Third Way,” the limits of polit...