Headline : Have a politically divided family? These tips help you talk across the dinner table

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Over the last few years and through this year's contentious campaign season, which was rooted in America's deep divisions, there has been a coarsening in the way people talk to each other. We're exploring how some are trying to bridge divides. We asked our reporters across the NPR Network to look for examples of people working through their differences.

Over the last few years and through this year's contentious campaign season, which was rooted in America's deep divisions, there has been a coarsening in the way people talk to each other. We wanted to explore how some are trying to bridge divides. We asked our reporters across the NPR Network to look for examples of people working through their differences. We're sharing those stories in our series Seeking Common Ground.

Jeanne Safer and Richard Brookhiser are no strangers to disagreement. The couple has been disagreeing with each other for almost half a century. Safer is a psychoanalyst and describes herself as liberal. Brookhiser says he's a conservative Republican and works for the National Review. The two of them say they don't agree on "pretty much anything" politically — and there have only been a handful of times they've voted for the same person.

Though friends occasionally criticize their marriage, Safer and Brookhiser say they've always stuck up for each other and found ways to talk about most topics. Although there are things they still don't discuss — at all.

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