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On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

Essential trust: How to rebuild trust in America

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

WBUR

Talk Show, News, Npr, Daily, On Point

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Studies show a majority of Americans believe other Americans mostly look out for themselves. With trust on the decline, can it be rebuilt? Robert Putnam and Jack Beatty join Meghna Chakrabarti.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:56.5

This is on point.

0:57.5

I'm Megna Chakrabardi and welcome to the final episode of our special series, Essential

1:03.6

Trust.

1:04.6

What trust is, why we need it and what happens when it's lost.

1:09.8

I've lost complete faith in my fellow Americans.

1:14.4

Not all of them, but a significant number of them.

1:18.4

I don't know that we can ever rebuild that in America.

1:21.1

There's too many people who want to do damage.

1:24.7

And I know it's a very small portion of the population considering, but they're a large

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