Whitney Buchman and Donald Paxton
Recorded
October 24, 2021
Archived
October 24, 2021
50:27 minutes
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Id:
hub000437
Description
One Small Step conversation partners Whitney Buchman (41) and Donald Paxton (70) discuss careers, major life influences, politics and beer.Subject Log / Time Code
- They introduced one another
- They discussed their desires to go into conversation with one another as meeting for the first time.
- Donald Paxton (DP) speaks of his life in Texas
- Whitney Buchman (WB) speaks of being a "positive behavior specialist."
- Both discuss career changes in their lives.
- DP discusses negative behaviors in the accounting industry.
- DP discusses his influences.
- WB speaks of his influences.
- DP speaks of his academic influences.
- WB talks about rhetorical writing.
- DP speaks of "tedious" political reporting.
- DP speaks of the influences from the depression era in his politics today.
- WB discussed his being a "social capitalist."
- DP, "I'd have to say that we're in violent agreement on that topic."
- WB speaks of the "curse of the commons."
- DP speaks of LBJ's "Great Society."
- DP, "Well, we agree on some things."
- WB, "I am quite left of center, and I seem to live in a blood red state!"
- DP talked about his trepidations of discussing politics.
- WB speaks of violence against people who voted for Obama when he (WB) lived in Georgia. "I still have fear of that happening again."
- DP, "I'm sorry that people don't have better things to say to one another."
- WB, "People and some of our friends tend to judge us on our beliefs when they don't align."
- WB discusses "extreme views on both sides."
- Both discuss their disagreed on points.
- WB, "You're a conservative in a liberal church."
- DP, "Clearly, you're not Bernie Sanders crazy! I think I'd even like to have a beer with you one day"
- WB, "Oh, you like beer? I like beer!" Then they discuss beers and having one together.
Participants
- Whitney Buchman
- Donald Paxton