4 stories: Our wayward modern manners
We make more eye contact with our screens than with other people, but that doesn’t mean technology has totally soured our social graces

In this week's podcast, we look at the ways in which the modern world has changed our manners, for better or for worse, and what steps we might take to live in a more civil and polite society.
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* Stop hating on cyclists
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* What’s wrong with political correctness? A few observations from a mansplainer.
* In defense of family dinner
* Men are the worst. Here’s how they can do better.
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