Defusing American Anger: A depolarization endeavor

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Thoughts for people interested in reducing political toxicity and us-vs-them thinking. By Zachary Elwood, author of "Defusing American Anger" and "How Contempt Destroys Democracy," and host of the psych podcast People Who Read People.

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About Zachary Elwood

I work on reducing the toxicity of U.S. political conflict, which I see as self-reinforcing. I’ve written books about this (american-anger.com) and sometimes talk about it on my psych podcast (behavior-podcast.com). Seeking agent for book project.

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