Episode 730: NICHOLAS KRISTOF & SHERYL WuDUNN (2020)-TIGHTROPE - Deaths of Despair among the Working Class
About this episode
Terrence McNally discusses the themes of despair and economic crisis in America with Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, based on their book 'TIGHTROPE'.
To remind us what has to heal to put MAGA behind us, here’s my 2020 conversation with Pulitzer Prize winning husband-wife team, NICHOLAS KRISTOF & SHERYL WuDUNN. Their book, TIGHTROPE, tells how Nick’s childhood home - Yamhill, Oregon - was devastated by the loss of well-paying jobs and policy failures in education, healthcare, and justice that led to his childhood friends’ deaths of despair - and how we can end this crisis. We recorded this episode in the final year of Trump’s first term, a few weeks before the pandemic exploded.
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