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Matter of Opinion

New York Times Opinion

Society & Culture, Ross Douthat, News, New York Times, Journalism

4.2 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

It’s as American as … “Survivor”? This week on “Matter of Opinion,” our hosts each bring a piece of pop culture that they think defines America, and make the case for why grifters, connivers and Tennessee’s finest explain the United States.

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0:00.0	From New York Times' opinion, I'm Michelle Coddle.
0:04.2	I'm Ross Dazett.
0:05.4	I'm Carlos Luzata.
0:06.7	I'm Lydia Pogring.
0:08.1	And this is Matter of Opinion.
0:10.5	Today, we're going to do something a little bit different.
0:22.5	We are going to try to define America by a cultural objects and artifacts.
0:27.5	Does anyone want to explain what this is all about?
0:29.9	Sure.
0:32.2	So basically, the editors at New York Times' opinion reached out department-wide and asked
0:39.6	everyone to write about a cultural artifact that, in our view, explains the United States
0:47.0	of America.
0:48.0	Is that right?
0:49.0	Is that what you guys got out of the assignment?
0:50.1	We were given no other pointers.
0:53.1	Right.
0:54.1	Ideas, it can be anything.
0:55.1	It can be a movie.
0:56.4	It can be a book.
0:57.4	It can be a song.
0:58.8	A song.
0:59.8	Could it be like a literal object?
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