Hi, everyone. I'm Katie Couric, and this is next question. There was a time not so long ago in America

when community was something people experienced every day. Kids played on local baseball teams sponsored by the Kowannis Club. People

knew the butcher at the grocery store. Churches, civic groups, and neighborhood businesses

gave people a sense of identity, belonging, and purpose. Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy believes

we've lost much of that connection and that the fallout is

reshaping everything from our politics to our mental health. These ideas are at the center

of his new book called The Crisis of the Common Good, the Fight for Meaning and Connection in a Broken

America. I sat down with him at Judson Memorial Church to talk about how corporate

power, economic inequality, and our increasing social isolation have transformed American life

and helped fuel the political anger and disconnection that's defining our country today.

Great to see you all. Thank you so much for coming. I'm really excited about this. disconnection that's defining our country today.

Great to see you all. Thank you so much for coming. I'm really excited about this conversation.

So without further ado, great to see you. Thank you so much for being here.

This is so exciting. It's fun, right? In a beautiful space, I might add.

So, you know, we were laughing earlier when we were getting ready to come on stage about these sort of broad sweeping questions.

And Chris was bitching about somebody asking him a very generic broad question.

I was like, shit, that's my first question.

So we're off to a really good start.

But I'm still going to ask it because I think it'll frame our conversation in many ways.

You know, this is called Crisis of the Common Good.

So I did want to ask you to give us your definition of the common good.

Well, first of all, Katie, it's just amazing to be here with you, sincerely. I can't think of any

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