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4 Extra Debut. Timandra Harkness explores ways to constructively disagree: how can society have open-minded arguments? From 2018.

Timandra Harkness explores the best ways to disagree with other people - constructively.

Disagreement can bring many benefits and help us reach better outcomes.

But our society seems uncomfortable with open-minded arguing - often it degenerates into escalating abuse or standing your ground on principle or just not listening to other views.

In this series, Timandra takes a range of topics, to examine how clashes of interests, competing moral visions, factual disputes, arguments about strategies and even different personal preferences over which film to watch at the cinema can all be managed better.

Producer: Martin Rosenbaum

First broadcast on Âé¶¹Éç Radio 4 in August 2018.

14 minutes

Last on

Mon 2 Mar 2026 09:30

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  • Mon 13 Aug 2018 13:45
  • Wed 6 Feb 2019 09:30
  • Mon 2 Mar 2026 09:30

How to have a constructive argument

Disagreement can help us reach better outcomes – it’s just how we go about it.