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The Bunker – News without the nonsense

Bunker USA: American Dreams (Are Made of This)

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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News, Government, Politics, Society & Culture

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

The USA is built on ‘the American dream’. But what exactly is it? Does it actually exist? Jacob Jarvis is joined by Jim Cullen, author of The American Dream: A short history of an idea that shaped a nation, to ask where the idea came from and why it still has such a strong hold over American life. “The English pilgrims are central to the creation of the American Dream.”  “At the heart of the American Dream is that pure belief that society can be better.”  “The American Dream is the soft power of possibility.”  “Two streams run through American history, the puritanical idea of a new way and the money-making dream.” Written and presented by Jacob Jarvis. Producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:05.5

photography but I turn it into earning a living at 60. I enrolled on a day course.

0:11.8

Well college. I loved going to college. It's good you can retry. I'm enrolled on the day course. But college?

0:13.0

I loved going to college.

0:14.0

It's good you can retrain and do something.

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1:07.0

we want it for the kid who doesn't go to college because she can't afford it.

1:15.0

We want it for the worker who's wondering if his wages will pay this winter seedy bill.

1:20.0

And today the cost of that dream is rising faster than ever before.

1:25.0

The American Dream, going from rags to riches, making your own way, finding success in a land of opportunity.

1:39.0

It's an enticing prospect and one which has endured and been exported across the globe.

1:44.0

But while we cling on to this narrative, does such a hope truly exist anymore?

1:48.0

Has it ever or has it always been exactly what we call it?

1:52.0

A dream, a myth, a story. I'm Jacob Jarvis and here

1:56.6

to discuss this with me for the Bunker USA is Jim Cullen, author of the American Dream, a short

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