Works by Dylan Marron
Conversations with People Who Hate Me: 12 Things I Learned from Talking to Internet Strangers (2022) 87 copies, 2 reviews
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- Birthdate
- 1988-05-31
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Wesleyan University (BA, Sociology and Theater)
- Occupations
- writer
producer
actor - Short biography
- [from author's website]
Dylan Marron is an award-winning writer & producer. For five years he hosted and produced Conversations with People Who Hate Me, a podcast where he called up the people behind negative comments on the internet. The show was selected as a Podcast Pick by USA Today & The Guardian, named "the timeliest podcast" by FastCompany, and won a Webby Award. Dylan's TED Talk, “Empathy is Not Endorsement,” has been viewed millions of times worldwide.
Dylan's book Conversations with People Who Hate Me was hailed by the Associated Press as “a fascinating meditation on human connection and on finding common ground with people you never thought possible.” It was published by Atria, a division of Simon & Schuster, and is in bookstores now.
Dylan is also an alum of the New York Neo Futurists theater company (Drama Desk nom.) and the creator of Every Single Word (Tumblr's "Most Viral Blog" of 2015; Shorty Award nominee), a video series that edits down popular films to only feature the words spoken by people of color.
He recently joined the writing staff of Ted Lasso and just released a six-episode audio documentary called The Redemption of Jar Jar Binks which is available wherever you listen to podcasts. - Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Caracas, Venezuela
- Places of residence
- Brooklyn, New York, New York, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
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Conversations with People Who Hate Me: 12 Things I Learned from Talking to Internet Strangers by Dylan Marron
Dylan Morran has a podcast, also called Conversations with People Who Hate Me, which started off as him having friendly, respectful one-on-one conversations with people who left him nasty comments online, and has since branched out to him moderating similar conversations between other people. Listening to it is always an interesting experience, because before every episode I'm always sort of instinctively bracing myself for the kind of stressed-out awfulness I tend to feel in the presence of show more serious conflict (particularly conflict about the kind of big, important issues the podcast usually addresses). But then, something amazing happens: almost always, I finish the episode feeling uplifted and with some of my faith in humanity restored.
In this book, Dylan talks a little bit about the origins and evolution of the podcast and the experience of making it, which I found interesting, especially the realization that the seemingly effortless compassion and equanimity I perceive from him on the podcast actually rest on top of plenty of self-doubt and insecurity and the same reflexive inclination towards wanting to score points off your interlocutor rather than actually engage with them that I think a lot of us have. Which is kind of nice to realize, honestly. Hey, if he can do it despite all that, then maybe the rest of us can do it, too, right?
Mostly, though, this book is about him sharing the things he's learned or realized through the process of making the podcast and talking to all these different people, many of whom he profoundly disagrees with. And his conclusions, while they're expressed in some fairly simple ways, are deeply insightful and really get at the heart of so many of the fundamental problems of our social media age. They're also incredibly helpful when it comes to sorting out my own conflicted thoughts and feelings about how to deal with all those people who are Wrong, Wrong, OMG So Wrong They're Part of Everything That's Wrong with the World Today, Aaaargh. In particular, his oft-repeated mantra that "empathy is not endorsement" may well be one of the most useful and comforting things I have ever heard anyone say.
I'll note that you don't have to have listened to the podcast to appreciate the book, and I'd recommend it whether you have or not. show less
In this book, Dylan talks a little bit about the origins and evolution of the podcast and the experience of making it, which I found interesting, especially the realization that the seemingly effortless compassion and equanimity I perceive from him on the podcast actually rest on top of plenty of self-doubt and insecurity and the same reflexive inclination towards wanting to score points off your interlocutor rather than actually engage with them that I think a lot of us have. Which is kind of nice to realize, honestly. Hey, if he can do it despite all that, then maybe the rest of us can do it, too, right?
Mostly, though, this book is about him sharing the things he's learned or realized through the process of making the podcast and talking to all these different people, many of whom he profoundly disagrees with. And his conclusions, while they're expressed in some fairly simple ways, are deeply insightful and really get at the heart of so many of the fundamental problems of our social media age. They're also incredibly helpful when it comes to sorting out my own conflicted thoughts and feelings about how to deal with all those people who are Wrong, Wrong, OMG So Wrong They're Part of Everything That's Wrong with the World Today, Aaaargh. In particular, his oft-repeated mantra that "empathy is not endorsement" may well be one of the most useful and comforting things I have ever heard anyone say.
I'll note that you don't have to have listened to the podcast to appreciate the book, and I'd recommend it whether you have or not. show less
Conversations with People Who Hate Me: 12 Things I Learned from Talking to Internet Strangers by Dylan Marron
There’s something for just about everyone to take away from this book and Dylan Marron’s experiences, regardless of your political stance and even if you aren’t familiar with him or his podcast. It’s a quick and easy, yet thought-provoking, read.
I think I’d like to write a longer review for this one, hopefully to come soon.
I think I’d like to write a longer review for this one, hopefully to come soon.
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