So I really want to engage with co-workers at work, but I personally find it a bit difficult to do so. Sometimes, for example, they talk politics. It doesn't interest me at all and I don't really understand it very much but I do enjoy being around these people and want to at least try to get on the same page with them. But at the same time, I find myself to be a bit slow on the uptake and struggle to ask the right questions.
So I would like to know how I could try to deal with this sort of thing instead of having to feel like I have to nod my head like I understand (even though I know I don't)