Is the American Dream Dead? with John Wood Jr.

Conversations with Coleman

The Free Press

Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.5 • 625 Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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My guest today is John Wood Jr. John is a national leader at Braver Angels, which is a grassroots organization dedicated to the work of political depolarization. He's also a writer for USA Today. He's a former vice chairman of the Republican Party of LA County and a former nominee for Congress. John is also the host of the podcast "Uniting America with John Wood Jr." John and I talk about 2020 and the legacy of BLM. We talk about the emotional and psychological pull of wokeness. We talk about the status of the American dream. I talk about my experience as a kid switching from public school to private school. We talk about the cultural barriers to success for Black and Hispanic kids. We talk about the similarities between original sin and white privilege and much more. I really enjoy this conversation and I hope you do too. #Ad Factor: Head to factormeals.com/coleman50 and use code coleman50 to get 50% off your first box! Rhone: Upgrade your closet with Rhone and use COLEMAN to save 20% at https://www.rhone.com/COLEMAN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:02.9	Welcome to another episode of Conversations with Coleman. My guest today is John Wood Jr. John is a national leader at Braver Angels, which is a grassroots organization
1:12.7	dedicated to the work of political depolarization. He's also a writer for USA Today. He's a former
1:18.9	vice chairman of the Republican Party of L.A. County and a former nominee for Congress. John and I talk
1:24.9	about 2020 in the legacy of BLM. We talk about the emotional and
1:29.2	psychological pull of wokeness. We talk about the status of the American dream. I talk about
1:34.3	my experience as a kid switching from public school to private school. We talk about the
1:38.7	cultural barriers to success for black and Hispanic kids. We talk about the similarities
1:43.2	between original sin and white
1:44.9	privilege and much more. I really enjoy this conversation. I hope you do too. So without further ado,
1:50.2	John Wood Jr. Okay, John Wood Jr. Thanks for coming on my show, man. Oh, yeah. Well, it's a pleasure.
1:59.8	Am I on your show or are you on my show?
2:01.6	Maybe both.
2:02.4	We'll have to, yeah, we'll see.
2:04.3	Well, this will be a joint hosting in both directions.
2:08.2	So we were just talking about the last time we saw each other was early 2020 at the 1776 project with Glenn Lowry and Bob Woodson where Will Riley and we have
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