America is lonely, angry, unequal, and increasingly wondering whether democracy is still working or just buffering indefinitely.
This week on In The Meanwhile, Nora and Marcus sit down with U.S. Senator Chris Murphy to discuss his new book, Crisis of the Common Good, and his argument that beneath our political dysfunction is something even harder to filibuster away: a crisis of belonging, meaning, and human connection. We get into loneliness, capitalism, higher education, AI, faith, family, political tribalism, and the apparently radical proposition that billionaires maybe shouldn't get to purchase democracy wholesale. It's a conversation about what politics can fix, what it can't, and whether we can build a new social contract before the old one completely rage-quits.
Mentioned in the episode:
Crisis of the Common Good | Orcas at the Ballard Locks! | Trump's School Sports Day | LES Tenement Museum
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Gina Baskin | Julie-C | Dean Spade
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