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A Journey into the Heart of Trump Country

A Journey into the Heart of Trump Country

FromThe Nation Podcasts


A Journey into the Heart of Trump Country

FromThe Nation Podcasts

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Length:
48 minutes
Released:
Oct 5, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

For her new book, sociologist Arlie Hochschild listened to Trump supporters explain their world in their own words. She spent five years in southwestern Louisiana searching for their “deep story,” which she recounts in Strangers in Their Own Land—it’s been longlisted for the National Book Award. Plus: The battle inside Trump’s campaign about whether to take the low road, or the high one. Amy Wilentz analyzes the role of the Trump children—who, we are told, are trying to get their father to campaign on actual political issues. And we’ll also hear a chilling disaster at a Titan II missile complex in Arkansas in September, 1980, where the most powerful nuclear warhead in our arsenal was almost detonated. That’s the subject of the new documentary Command and Control—director Robert Kenner and writer Eric Schlosser explain. The film rolls out this week across the nation.

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Released:
Oct 5, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

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