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Welcome to PG Radio and welcome to the newest series of PG Radio. This series is very close to my heart. I have been an active conversationalist for the most part of my adult life and I have often bumped across issues that have starkly polarized sides. Very often, especially in debates that are politically or emotionally charged, there is a great divide between the two sides of an arguments. Republicans dont understand the Democrats, Pro- Marijuana Legalization people call the other side ancient, Pro lifers think pro choicers are killers, Pro Gun Control activists think Pro-Second amendment activists are killers. Neither of the side is interested in meeting the other side on their paradigm of rationality. What happens is that constructive debate gets lost. Arguments get drowned in a noise as one side speaks over the other or past the other. We manage only more polarization for a solution. The Other Side is a platform where I and my guest articulate the best possible arguments for both sides of a debate. The intent is that the next time you actually debate an issue you feel strongly about, you have the arsenal of the strongest possible position of your side as well as the other side. On this episode of the podcast, Thomas articulates the strongest possible pro choice and pro life positions. Abortion is a debate rooted in philosophy before anything else. More often than not, people get tripped up in philosophical conundrums while discussing their position on abortion too- 'Is it okay to kill a baby?' 'Is it okay to exercise my will over another woman's body?'. Here is Thomas resolving all doubts that stem from Ben Shapiro's or the Feminists' rhetorical questions. Thomas Li is a student of Philosophy at the Columbia University in the City of New York. He is a voracious debater and a very articulate and brilliant friend. Thomas grew up in rural China...jk, in Shenzen, China before he moved to America to finish his High School. That is the secret behind his accent.