Poles apart: how do we save society? - Science Weekly podcast

Divisions between left and right, young and old, metropolitan and rural have never been greater. How can we connect with those we disagree with? And what happens if we fail?

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In October 2017, the Pew Research Center in America published a report showing that the partisan divide on political values had grown. The division between Republicans and Democrats had already reached record levels under President Barack Obama, but now the gap has widened further to the largest in recent history. It's not just the US where 2017 has been defined by the lines that divide us. Here in Britain, the fallout from Brexit continues as 'millennials' blame the 'aged', and the 'metropolitan elite' blame the 'bigots'. But how did we get here? And how might we bridge these widening gaps?