C-SPAN ‘s Ceasefire , the new series designed for civil conversations among partisan opposites, is landing at a moment when there is a real ceasefire, a first phase of a peace agreement reached to end hostilities in Gaza, while there are few signs of an end to the political discord at home amid the government shutdown .

Those were the two main topics on the table with the premiere’s guests, former Vice President Mike Pence and former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel , two former colleagues in the House of Representatives, as host Dasha Burns sought to highlight civil conversation.

The result after the first taping on Thursday: No shouting matches, no personal putdowns or name-calling, and actually some areas of agreement.

In one of the few moments when there was some talking ov

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