Ideas change everything

A comedian's take on how to save democracy

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Jordan Klepper |

TED Democracy

• November 2023

Conversation is a battlefield with only one winner. Or is it? Comedian and author Jordan Klepper believes we can get better at talking to each other (and perhaps save democracy) by learning how to lose.

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Conversation is a battlefield with only one winner. Or is it? Comedian and author Jordan Klepper believes we can get better at talking to each other (and perhaps save democracy) by learning how to lose.

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Comedian, writer, political commentator

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Jordan Klepper pulls double duty behind the desk and in the field on "The Daily Show" on Comedy Central.

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