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
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Audacy, Puck
Books & works: Crisis of the Common Good: The Fight for Meaning and Connection in a Broken America
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