First hour: Mayoral candidate debate
Second hour: What is nonviolent communication?
It has been a long campaign season, and next Tuesday, voters in Rochester will head to the polls to choose their next mayor. The odds are incumbent Lovely Warren will be elected to another term; she easily won the Democratic primary. But, the race isn't over yet and we invited all of the candidates to join us for a debate on Connections. You'll hear from three of them; Mayor Warren's representative told us she's didn't have room in her schedule for this debate. This hour, we'll talk to Republican Tony Micciche, independent candidate Lori Thomas, and Green Party candidate Alex White about why they want to be mayor, and their thoughts on issues affecting our city.
Then in our second hour, here's a strange question: Is empathy a good thing? Paul Bloom is a psychology professor at Yale and he wrote a book called Against Empathy. He says we're getting it wrong when it comes to empathy, and it's not a moral force. He explains why in the book, but leading practitioners in nonviolent communication disagree. They say empathy is vital and we need more of it. One of those leaders is Miki Kashtan. She'll be in Rochester this weekend for a workshop on bridge building, but first, she joins us on Connections to discuss empathy, nonviolent communication, and more. In studio:
- Miki Kashtan, nonviolent communication practitioner, speaker, and author
- Kit Miller, director of the Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence
