Baltazar Faunbäck & Ela Ramos

The Depolarization Podcast

Society EN ↓ 4 episodes

Can two friends disagree with empathy? Baltazar and Ela don't always agree, yet they both want to connect. Each episode they dig into the topics that divide people — politics, culture, society — and share what genuinely triggers them trying to actually understand where the other is coming to show what it looks like to disagree with empathy. Each episode explores what it really takes to listen, disagree well, and find shared humanity in a polarized world using tools from Nonviolent Communication (NVC). Ela Ramos is a licensed psychotherapist and certified Nonviolent Communication trainer. She l...

Author

Baltazar Faunbäck & Ela Ramos

Category

Society

Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

Baltazar is vegan. Ela eats meat. Can we agree that animals suffer? (Part 2) 10.07.2026

Baltazar is vegan. Ela eats meat. Can we find common ground? In this episode we turn the lens on one of the most emotionally charged lifestyle divides of our time — food. What starts as a conversation about diet quickly becomes something deeper: about values, identity, moral judgement, and how we talk to people we care about when we fundamentally disagree. We navigate this with honesty and care, t...

Baltazar is vegan. Ela eats meat. Can we find common ground? (Part 1) 27.06.2026

Baltazar is vegan. Ela eats meat. Can we find common ground? In this episode we turn the lens on one of the most emotionally charged lifestyle divides of our time — food. What starts as a conversation about diet quickly becomes something deeper: about values, identity, moral judgement, and how we talk to people we care about when we fundamentally disagree. We navigate this with honesty and care, t...

Joe Rogan: Can we disagree with empathy? (Part 2) 26.05.2026

Baltazar is a long time Joe Rogan listener. In Ela's circles Joe Rogan is “cancelled”. This is the second episode where we sit down to actually talk about what it triggers in us to talk about Joe Rogan, what it says about our values, and whether we can genuinely understand each other's perspective and hold the pain underneath it. We navigate this conversation with care as our conversations touches...

Baltazar likes Joe Rogan and Ela doesn’t. Can we talk about it and stay friends? (Part 1) 26.05.2026

Baltazar is a long time Joe Rogan listener. In Ela's circles Joe Rogan is “cancelled”. In this first episode we sit down to actually talk about why, what it triggers, what it says about our values, and whether we can genuinely understand each other's perspective and hold the pain underneath it. We navigate this conversation with care as our conversations touches many sensitive topics such as censo...

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