INTERVIEW: Hyrum Lewis on the myth of "Right" and "Left".
Tangle
Isaac Saul
4.7 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 4 September 2022
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
On today's episode, we sit down with Hyrum Lewis to discuss the misconceptions of political polarization. He is the co-author of the forthcoming book "The Myth of Left and Right." In our chat, Hyrum talks about how the words "left" and "right" have become meaningless in today's political climate, and how what we are really experiencing is people self-sorting into tribes. It's a fascinating chat that will challenge your perception of American politics.
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| 1:04.7 | I'm your host, Isaac Saul, and on today's show, I am thrilled to be joined by Hiram Lewis. |
| 1:09.8 | Hiram is a professor in the history and political science department at Brigham Young |
| 1:13.5 | University, Idaho, and he is the co-author of the forthcoming book, The Myth of the Left and |
| 1:19.2 | Right. |
| 1:19.9 | Hiram, thank you so much for joining us today. |
| 1:22.6 | Thanks for having me on, Isaac. |
| 1:23.9 | It's my pleasure. |
| 1:24.8 | So I stumbled across your work in a Wall Street Journal |
| 1:28.9 | opinion piece that you co-wrote with your co-author on the book, I believe. And it was really |
| 1:36.6 | fascinating. It touched on a lot of themes that I kind of struggle with in my work in my newsletter |
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