Is America getting meaner?
A discussion with David Brooks about his essay, “How America Got Mean.”
The Gray Area with Sean Illing · Vox
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Show Notes
Sean Illing and David Brooks talk about Brooks’s recent essay, “How America Got Mean.” They discuss the country's moral history, how politics and culture have shifted our perception of connection and community, and what can be done to make things nicer.
Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling), host, The Gray Area
Guest: David Brooks (@nytdavidbrooks), author and op-ed columnist
References:
- “How America Got Mean” by David Brooks (The Atlantic, August 2023)
- How to Know a Person by David Brooks (Penguin Random House, 2023)
- The Road to Character by David Brooks (Penguin Random House, 2016)
- The Social Animal by David Brooks (Penguin Random House, 2012)
- The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again by Robert D. Putnam (Simon & Schuster, 2021)
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- Deputy Editorial Director, Vox Talk: A.M. Hall
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