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Notes from America with Kai Wright

Episode 9: Where Are We Now?

Notes from America with Kai Wright

WNYC Studios

News Commentary, Politics, History, News

4.41.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2016

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

So, here we are. The race is over and Donald Trump has been elected the 45th President of the United States. WNYC Studios and The Nation take the temperature of the country following the unprecedented election of a consummate political outsider. WNYC’s Arun Venugopal checks-in with Trump supporter Patty Dwyer and gauges her reaction on a come-from-behind political victory that shook the world. The Nation's Julianne Hing reports from Arizona, where the defeat of long-standing anti-immigrant Sheriff Joe Arpaio is nonetheless tempered by the elevation of Donald Trump. Plus, Matt Katz and Chris Arnade return to the white working-class voters who propelled Trump to the White House. And Stephen Nessesn returns us to Patchogue to find out how a community that was nearly torn apart by anti-immigrant violence learned to heal and what they're bracing for in Donald Trump's America. Episode Contributors: Kai Wright Arun Venugopal Stephen Nessen Julianne Hing Matt Katz Karen Frillmann Joseph Capriglione About the show: In a Presidential election cycle big on negativity and short on discussion of issues, anxiety is proving to be a dominant theme -- over the economy, national security, and indeed, what it means to be an American in the 21st century. This podcast brings the voices of people trying to hold on to their piece of the American Dream and others who are looking to build one. The United States of Anxiety gives you an wide-open window into the polarizing economic, social and political ideas that have people on the edge of their seats during this unprecedented election cycle. The United States of Anxiety is hosted by Kai Wright and produced by WNYC Studios & The Nation. Listen to more shows from WNYC Studios: http://wny.cc/yzc4304odXpListen to more shows from The Nation: http://apple.co/1V85l3I WNYC Studios is the producer of other leading podcasts including Freakonomics, Radiolab, Here's The Thing with Alec Baldwin and many more.

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0:00.0

To all the little girls who are watching this, never doubt that you are valuable and powerful and deserving of every chance

0:19.6

and opportunity in the world to pursue and achieve your own dreams.

0:27.0

I've spent my entire life in business looking at the untapped potential in projects

0:37.8

and in people all over the world. That is now what I want to do for our country.

0:45.0

Tremendous potential.

0:50.0

I've gotten to know our country so well tremendous potential.

0:54.0

It's going to be a beautiful thing.

0:56.0

Every single American will have the opportunity to realize his or her fullest potential.

1:04.1

The forgotten men and women of our country

1:07.8

will be forgotten no longer. So here we are. We name this series the United States of anxiety because it seemed to

1:28.9

capture the fact that this election was more about emotional realities than about policies or ideologies.

1:35.0

There's a group of white Americans who feel powerfully wronged, and there's a burgeoning majority

1:39.6

of people of color and women and young people who are terrified about how that white

1:43.9

grievance will manifest itself. And now Donald Trump has been elected

1:47.6

president and he's been elected with an historic turnout of white voters

1:51.4

not just working-class white, but white voters of all classes.

1:55.5

He won white people by 10%.

1:58.3

So in the final episode of this podcast, we want to go back to the beginning of this political moment, this era from which

2:04.1

Trump's campaign emerged. But race is an issue that I believe this nation cannot

2:09.1

afford to ignore right now. This is candidate Barack Obama back in March 2008 responding

2:15.5

to outrage over his pastor Reverend Jeremiah Wright. It's widely understood to be

2:19.8

one of his best speeches, perhaps one of the most notable speeches in the history of

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