What Ails America

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4.6 • 8.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2017

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Why Canadians don't care about patriotism; grieving under the media spotlight; and a composer's search for the sound of America.

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0:00.0	From WNYC in New York, this is on the media.
0:04.0	I'm Brooke Gladstone.
0:05.2	And I'm Bob Garfield.
0:07.1	Oh, America.
0:08.6	President tweeted, then how come low- IQ crazy Mika, along with Psycho Joe, came to Mar-Alogo three nights in a row around New Year's Eve and insisted on joining me.
0:17.5	She was bleeding badly from a facelift.
0:19.7	Time to get out the barbecue. The Congressional
0:22.2	Budget Office issued its analysis of the Senate health care bill. It found that by 2026,
0:27.9	22 million more Americans would be uninsured than under current law. Dust off the lawn chairs.
0:34.1	White House holding yet another press briefing that you are not allowed to see or hear
0:39.1	live. Crack open a cold one. 90-day ban on travelers from six Muslim majority countries, as well as a
0:47.1	120-day ban on all refugees. Eh, come to think of it. America doesn't sound so great. Canada, on the other hand, is
0:56.7	downright celebratory, a flourishing economy, Justin Trudeau, a prime minister with the
1:02.8	philosophy of tolerance and ultra-cute. And July 1st is Canada's birthday, a big one.
1:10.9	Happy 150th, Canada. Happy 150th Canada.
1:12.9	Bon fight, Canada.
1:14.3	Happy Canada 150. Be safe.
1:16.5	And yet, most Canadians sound more like this.
1:20.4	I don't understand to celebrate the 150 anniversary of Canada.
1:25.6	For me, it doesn't mean anything.
1:28.2	Writing in the New York Times this week,
1:30.5	journalist Stephen Marsh says that Canada defied the waves of Western populism
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