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It is just under one hour. Washington journal continues. Stern tells us to talk about his expense writing his book republican like me how i left the liberal bubble and learned to love the right, and you chatted with us in the fall about the time this book was being published. What the impetus was for writing this book you going out, a lifelong democrat, decided to live life as a republican. Guest like a lot of people, i have been concerned about the polarization in this country how much the left hates the right, how much the right hates the left, and i decided to do something about it. We are all increasing increasingly interacting with people that agree with us. The book is built around my journey. Understand to someone, you have to see things from his point of view. I spent a year traveling the country, talking to folks i would not ordinarily talk to, consuming media from what i thought was the other side, and the book is about that journey. Host you changed your Party Registration w