American Rage
The Political Scene | The New Yorker
The New Yorker
4.3 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 16 September 2021
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Over the past year, public meetings have become scenes of chaos. Debates about the results of the 2020 election, race, abortion, voting access, and the COVID-19 vaccine have erupted in displays of frustration, rage, and sometimes in violence. This week, Evan Osnos, a New Yorker staff writer, published “Wildland: The Making of America’s Fury.” It’s a portrait of a country in political and moral crisis. Osnos joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss the roots of American fear and anger, and what the current manifestations of such emotions reveal about dangerous fault lines in the U.S.
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| 0:48.1 | This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and guests about politics. |
| 0:54.3 | It's Thursday, September 16th. |
| 0:56.8 | I'm Dorothy Wickenden, executive editor of The New Yorker. |
| 1:00.5 | Will not comply. |
| 1:05.9 | Last month, a school board meeting in Williamson County, Tennessee, |
| 1:10.5 | descended into chaos after the board's |
| 1:12.7 | decision to institute a mask mandate for students. |
| 1:19.6 | We know who you are. We know who you are. Keep it calm. Keep it calm. Seans like this |
| 1:24.9 | have played out in public meetings across the country over the past year. |
| 1:29.3 | Debates about the results of the 2020 election, race, abortion, voting access, and the COVID-19 vaccine |
| 1:37.3 | have erupted in displays of frustration, rage, and sometimes in violence. |
| 1:43.3 | This week, Evan Osnos, a New Yorker staff writer, published |
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