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Anti-Social Americans
Episode 948

Anti-Social Americans

Why Americans are spending more alone time than ever before and how it impacts their personalities — and politics.

The Brian Lehrer Show

January 10, 202545m 30s

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Show Notes

Derek Thompson, staff writer at The Atlantic, author of the "Work in Progress" newsletter and host of the podcast Plain English, and the author, with Ezra Klein, of Abundance (Simon & Schuster, forthcoming 2025), talks about his latest reporting on how many Americans are spending more alone time than ever before, and how it impacts their personalities — and politics. Plus, listeners call in to share how the pandemic has changed their social lives.

Topics

national_newslonelinesspoliticslocal_wnyc