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5 min readJessica Tarlov, the lone liberal voice on Fox News’s The Five, has built a career on the same principle she writes about in her new book, I Disagree: fear doesn’t disappear, but you can decide it won’t stop you. In an excerpt she reads on Scott Galloway’s podcast, Tarlov makes a case that is both personal and political, arguing that we need to get louder about our convictions while simultaneously getting gentler with the people who oppose us. Her argument is not a call for compromise or centrism, but a practical strategy for engagement in a polarized era, grounded in her daily experience of holding ground against four conservative co-hosts and a skeptical audience.
The mechanism: Harnessing fear without eliminating it
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What you'll learn
- 1 (02:00) **Introducing Jessica Tarlov and Her Core Argument** - Scott introduces his Raging Moderates co-host, explaining that as the lone liberal on Fox's The Five, she has learned to engage across divides without being consumed by fear.
- 2 (02:45) **The Rage and Calm Framework** - Jessica explains the recurring question she asks guests on Raging Moderates: what makes you rage, and what should we calm down about?
- 3 (03:14) **The Thing That Makes Her Rage: Fear Itself** - Jessica identifies fear, specifically the feeling that we can’t overcome our fears, as her current rage trigger.
- 4 (03:53) **What We Should Calm Down About: Each Other** - Jessica argues that the thing we most need to calm down about is our harsh judgment of other people, especially those with opposing politics.
- 5 (04:40) **The Case for Listening to Bad Ideas** - Jessica explains why exposure to conservative arguments on Fox has been valuable, even when those arguments are wrong or conspiratorial.
- 6 (05:23) **Loneliness as a Voluntary and Imposed Crisis** - Jessica argues that the biggest reason to calm down about each other is that the world is less scary when we’re together.
- 7 (06:04) **The Personal Moments That Ground Her** - Jessica shares specific memories that remind her of what truly matters, all of which involve other people.
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Audio excerpted with permission of Penguin Random House Audio from I DISAGREE by Jessica Tarlov, read by the author.
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