Chris Murphy: Everything Is Broken

About this episode

John Heilemann interviews Senator Chris Murphy about his new book and the state of America.

John welcomes back Democratic Senator Chris Murphy to discuss his new book “Crisis of the Common Good: The Fight for Meaning and Connection in a Broken America.” Murphy lays out his book’s argument that America is in the grip of a set of interlocking cults (the Cult of Profit, Cult of Everywhere, Cult of Technology, Cult of Consumerism, Cult of Credentialism, and Cult of Corruption) that have undermined our culture and democracy—and suggests creating a Cult of the Common Good to remedy what ails us. He also weighs in on the diplomatic quagmire in Iran and Donald Trump’s wildly prolific, deeply suspicious penchant for day trading. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: John Heilemann

Guest: Chris Murphy

Topics covered

• politics
• democracy
• culture
• diplomacy
• book discussion

Keywords

• Chris Murphy
• Crisis of the Common Good
• democracy
• diplomacy
• Donald Trump
• cult of consumerism
• politics

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Organizations: Audacy, Puck

Books & works: Crisis of the Common Good: The Fight for Meaning and Connection in a Broken America

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