Do you sometimes despair about how divided our nation has become? Are you struggling to understand how things got this way, and why? Would you like to join others in working towards solutions? If you said yes, join host Anthony Flaccavento for “Two Worlds, One Country: Understanding and Overcoming the Rural/Urban Divide”. He is joined by many of the leading doers and thinkers from across the country and they dive into the causes of the divide and explore how to overcome it.
Shades of Gray in the White Working Class with Andy Levison
Anthony is joined by Andy Levison, Contributing Editor to The Democratic Strategist and author of The White Working Class Today: Who They Are, How They Think and How Progressives Can Regain Their Support (https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/the-white-working-class-today_andrew-levison/13916986/item/27146002/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=low_vol_backlist_standard_shopping_customer_acquisition&utm_adgroup=&utm_term=&utm_content=593118743925&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwjNS3BhChARIsAOxBM6qViaJarg5at_ObEadie2agsjYz-kKA2_skghPKMESpXfJ2s8-LL48aArFTEALw_wcB#idiq=27146002&edition=14736662), as they discuss the differences withing this broad group of voters, including his distinction between “Cultural Traditionalists” and “MAGA Extremists”.
19 Apr 2024
Why Long-time Dems Went for Trump
Anthony is joined by Stephanie Muravchik to discuss her book, Trump’s Democrats (https://www.brookings.edu/books/trumps-democrats/), which examined three communities, one rural, one a small town and the other a small city, which had voted Democratic for at least four decades but went for Donald Trump in 2016. She explores the details of why Trump appealed to these long-time Dems.
26 Feb 2024
The Power of Fox and Right Wing Media - An Interview with Reece Peck.
In this interview with Reece Peck, the author of "Fox Populism: Branding Conservatism as Working Class", Two Worlds, One Country explores how and why Fox News has built such a strong and enduring loyalty among a major segment of the American public. Hint: There's much more to Fox than what most liberals believe!
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