Hello and welcome to the political orphanage, a clubhouse for people who want to get past the partisan bickering and dive into the deep stuff.

I'm your host, Andrew Heaton.

Today, we're going to talk about social trust.

It's a recurring theme on the program. We're going to talk about social trust.

It's a recurring theme on the program.

I am fascinated by this.

I am fascinated and I'm disturbed by this.

I've had on Yoval Levine, Tim Carney, Sebastian Younger,

all of those guys to come on and talk about the phenomenon of America's

weakening social bonds and the alienation ensuing. Today, we're going to get into the DNA of all of that.

What are we talking about when we talk about social capital and social trust?

What is it?

And more importantly, how do we lose it? How can the government either facilitate it or strangle it?

What happens when it's lost? Let's find out.

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