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There Goes the Neighborhood

Welcome to the United States of Anxiety

There Goes the Neighborhood

WNYC Studios and KCRW

History, City, Nyc, The, Nation, Documentary, News, Brooklyn, Gentrification, York, Boroughs, Real, Race, New, Estate, Society & Culture, Business News, Wnyc

4.8543 Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2016

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Listen to a preview of what's to come in The United States of Anxiety podcast from WNYC Studios and The Nation Magazine. Listen to the first episode on September 22nd. Subscribe today.  --- The United States of Anxiety is an in-depth look at the human stories underlying this year's presidential election. Too often, political reporting tells us how voters feel about the issues, but now why they feel that way. And in this election, just about everybody is feeling anxious about something. Poll after poll shows the vast majority of Americans feel the country is headed in the wrong direction. And for many of them, those frustrations are rooted in economic anxiety. They feel that they're losing their grip on what's left of the American Dream. Donald Trump has emerged as the vessel through which they believe the country can turn back the clock and that they and the country can regain its greatness. But another group of people are here specifically because they think that America remains the best chance they've got to build better lives for themselves and their families, and they're willing to break the law and risk everything to build new lives here. But immigrants aren't always welcome in their adopted communities, and with immigration front and center during the 2016 campaign, they're feeling anxious about their ability to remain in the country and continue to seize their destiny in a land of opportunity. This is the story of the people whom the Trump campaign targets: both through outreach and scapegoating. And it just so happens that on Eastern Long Island, they're living side by side. The United States of Anxiety is hosted by Kai Wright and produced by WNYC Studios & The Nation.  Listen to more shows from WNYC Studios: http://wny.cc/yzc4304odXpListen to more shows from The Nation:

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0:00.0

Hey, everybody. It's me, Kaira Wright. So it's been a while, but I just wanted to pop over into our feed here and let everybody know what I've been up to since we parted ways last spring. Well, besides missing bedstai and trying not to be a destructive awful gentrifier in my new neighborhood. Anyway, this is not about gentrification, but we do have a great new podcast that I want to tell you about. It's called the United States of Anxiety,

0:22.4

and it's another production between WNYC Studios But we do have a great new podcast that I want to tell you about. It's called The United States of Anxiety,

0:22.3

and it's another production between WNYC Studios and the Nation magazine,

0:26.3

just like there goes the neighborhood.

0:27.8

Now, obviously, we are in the midst of an unprecedented election.

0:31.6

Sometimes it feels like everybody has just lost their collective minds.

0:35.5

And honestly, particularly white people.

0:38.0

So on the United States of Anxiety,

0:39.6

we're trying to get to the bottom of it all.

0:41.7

We launch on Thursday, September 22nd.

0:44.5

That is soon.

0:45.5

So go, sign up on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:49.3

And in the meantime, I'd like to play you a bit

0:51.3

of what we've got in store for you.

0:54.7

Today, Long Island is America's new major market

0:58.0

with the highest spendable income for household in the nation.

1:05.6

Late 50s, early 60s, we're out here, and it was a nice place to grow up.

1:14.6

It was great. You felt a real sense of community. My neighborhood growing up, I mean, everybody knew everybody.

1:19.6

I don't really know my neighbors.

1:22.6

I just worry about the younger people, because what have they got to look forward to any kids nowadays?

1:30.1

The American dream is dead.

1:34.7

Some of you are frustrated, even furious.

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