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The episode discusses the resurgence of public patriotism in the U.S. and its connection to recent events and the economy.

Send us Fan Mail Fireworks are loud, but the bigger signal is quieter: a lot of Americans sound less defeated than they did a year ago. We start with real life stuff (back pain, fatigue, summer heat) and then zoom out into why the Fourth of July felt like a morale shift, how the U.S. soccer run played into national pride, and why public patriotism is showing up again as the 250th anniversary chatter ramps up. From there we follow the money into the ground level economy: mega projects, data c...

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