Questions and Answers: Confronting Exclusion in 'You Can't Ask That'

In an age of political division and echo chambers, the hit ABC series is one of many attempts to open up conversations between the marginalised and an often-oppressive mainstream. As Hanna Schenkel finds, the show's sincere motivations, attentive production process and clear respect for its participants have helped it to succeed where others have failed.

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