Stories of anger and mourning from Tea Party country
We hear all the time about the social-political divide in the United States, mostly from the comfort of our respective bubbles. When UC Berkeley-based sociology professor Arlie Russel Hochschild realized the extent to which she didn’t understand the experience of right-leaning Americans, she decided to do something about it. She choose to embed herself in Lake Charles, Louisiana, for an ethnographic experiment.
The result of her five-year-long series of excursions is her book “Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right.” Hochschild spoke about her experiences and takeaways with University of Washington political science professor Christopher Sebastian Parker. Their conversation took place on February 12, 2018, at Seattle University’s Pigott Auditorium as part of Town Hall Seattle’s Civics series. KUOW’s Sonya Harris recorded their discussion.
Please note: This recording contains unedited language of an adult nature.
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John O'Brien
Senior Producer, All Things Considered
John O’Brien is KUOW's All Things Considered Senior Producer. He spends his days setting up interviews with newsmakers on subjects from politics and public health to arts and culture. John learned to make radio starting in 2006 as an intern on KUOW’s The Conversation with Ross Reynolds.
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