America’s Complex Future (with George Packer)

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Politics, Government, Society & Culture, News

4.8 • 32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2024

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

George Packer is a staff writer at The Atlantic, and has been writing about politics and culture for over two decades. His recent reporting focuses on what he calls the “most American city.” Packer joins Preet to discuss climate change, political division, and the durability of the American project. Plus, how did the jury in Hunter Biden’s federal trial reach the guilty verdict so quickly? And, will Steve Bannon ever complete his jail sentence? For show notes and a transcript of the episode head to: https://cafe.com/stay-tuned/george-packer-phoenix-climate-immigration-trump/ Have a question for Preet? Ask @PreetBharara on Threads, or Twitter with the hashtag #AskPreet. Email us at staytuned@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network, welcome to stay tuned.
0:05.0	I'm Preet Barara.
0:08.0	Can human beings come together and pass laws and find technologies build infrastructure in ways that people, 5 million people can go on living in that valley with drought and heat and that the answer to that is somewhat
0:26.7	hopeful.
0:29.7	That's George Packer. He's a staff writer at the Atlantic and has been writing about
0:37.2	American culture and politics for over two decades. Packer's most recent piece
0:41.4	is an incisive exploration of our democracy at home, its potential, and its fragility through the lens of a somewhat surprising place, Phoenix, Arizona.
0:51.0	We discuss the climate crisis and water scarcity, the hot button immigration debate, the rise
0:56.0	of identity politicians, and whether we can save the American project.
1:01.0	That's coming up.
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