Frank Bruni: The Age of Grievance

The Bulwark Podcast

The Bulwark

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 8.9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Tocqueville noted that Americans forever brood over advantages they do not possess, but now our grievance culture has run amok. From the aggrieved-in-chief, Trump, who just can't catch a break, to the social justice warriors who apply the same lens to every situation, we're losing the line between what is righteous and what is bratty. Frank Bruni joins Tim Miller today.

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Frank's book, "The Age of Grievance."

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0:00.0	Hello and let me tell you,
0:03.0	nobody this morning is more grieved.
0:08.0	Hello and welcome to the Bullock podcast.
0:10.0	Today's topic, Grievance culture, and let me tell you, nobody this morning is more grieved
0:15.2	than Los Angeles Lakers fans after Jamal Murray and Nicole Diocuch sucked the soul from their bodies
0:20.2	around 1137 central time last night.
0:23.2	I'm still riding high, I'm a little tired,
0:24.9	and so our guest, Frank Bruni,
0:26.8	it's going to be carrying me.
0:27.8	He's a contributing opinion writer and author
0:30.5	for the New York Times.
0:32.2	He's got a weekly newsletter. He joined the faculty of
0:34.8	Duke, where he's professor of the practice of journalism and public policy. His
0:38.5	latest book, The Age of Grievance, will be released next Tuesday. Frank Bruni,
0:42.3	welcome to the Bullock Podcast.
0:43.9	Good to be here.
0:44.9	How you doing?
0:46.0	I am good.
0:47.0	I am good.
0:48.0	I'm not as distressed about matters basketball as you are.
0:50.9	But I'm more a football watcher. Yeah, I know. I'm not distressed at all. I'm more a football watcher.
0:52.6	Yeah, I know. I'm not distressed at all. I'm riding how I'm in my nuggets hat.
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