Think again

Blogs and audio essays that question the current narrative

Suasion

My mother was a Rush Limbaugh-loving conservative. I was so liberal I moved to Canada. In Suasion, I talk about how we lost, then found, a way to talk, what’s behind the great political divide—and why deep understanding is the best weapon in a war of persuasion.

October - November , 2020 - 4 episodes

If They Won't Ban the Guns, Let's Ban the Glory

June 17, 2016 (MP3 - 6:06 mins)

There's a cultural penchant at play in these killings, and it relates to the particularly acute American longing for fame.

Fair Trade Training Improves Women's Lives in Kenya and Uganda

December 2015 (MP3 - 12 mins)

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A range of training helped women handicraft producers build incomes, leadership abilities and confidence. Hear what they sais in December 2015 about their changed lives.

Audio fiction from Rattling Books: Earlit Shorts 4

Available to download - short stories to listen to on commutes, including "Cycle" by Leslie Vryenhoek, narrated by Joel Thomas Hynes

Leslie Vryenhoek Writer | Editor

Think again

Suasion My mother was a Rush Limbaugh-loving conservative. I was so liberal I moved to Canada. In Suasion, I talk about how we lost, then found, a way to talk, what’s behind the great political divide—and why deep understanding is the best weapon in a war of persuasion.

If They Won't Ban the Guns, Let's Ban the Glory

Fair Trade Training Improves Women's Lives in Kenya and Uganda

Audio fiction from Rattling Books: Earlit Shorts 4

Leslie Vryenhoek
Writer | Editor

Suasion

My mother was a Rush Limbaugh-loving conservative. I was so liberal I moved to Canada. In Suasion, I talk about how we lost, then found, a way to talk, what’s behind the great political divide—and why deep understanding is the best weapon in a war of persuasion.