Our Super Bowls, Ourselves

Matter of Opinion

New York Times Opinion

Society & Culture, Ross Douthat, News, New York Times, Journalism

4.2 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

What do Princess Diana’s wedding, the “Survivor” first season finale and Prince’s 2007 Super Bowl halftime show all have in common? They were huge cultural moments that brought millions of Americans together. In an era of streaming, social media bubbles and sharp political divides, are unifying events like these becoming relics of the past? On today’s episode, the hosts make a case for the secular ritual of the Super Bowl and ask whether we need more mass cultural events to bring Americans together.

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0:00.0	If you're asking for my goals, you need a Kansas City Chief's victory and then you need
0:04.7	Travis Kelsey to marry Taylor Swift in a, you know, in a royal wedding.
0:08.9	Yes to win first.
0:10.0	They have to marry on the 50 yard line. And I mean, that's...
0:13.0	It'll just all go your way, Ross.
0:15.0	I'm going to need you to get out of the house more, Ross.
0:17.0	At some point, it does.
0:18.0	At some point it has to start all going my way.
0:21.0	From New York Times Opinion, I'm Carlos Lusata.
0:25.0	I'm Michelle Cottle.
0:27.0	I'm Ross Dauthit.
0:28.0	I'm Lydia Polgreen.
0:30.0	And this is matter of opinion,
0:32.0	where thoughts are allowed. So our thoughts today will surround the Super Bowl.
0:49.5	Super Bowl Sunday is upon us.
0:52.6	Go team.
0:53.6	And we matter of opinion are going to talk football, right?
0:56.7	Nothing but football.
0:58.2	I was promised.
0:59.2	Are we?
1:00.2	Not, not really, no, no. No, no. No, actually we're going to try to understand the Super Bowl as a cultural event, as a collective cultural event, but I wanted to ask you guys, it's sort of the season for lots of these kinds of events.
1:14.8	We just had the Grammys.
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