Democracy in Despair: fighting America's pessimism with caring & connection

Democracy in Despair: fighting America's pessimism with caring & connection

If you're like me, then you've been feeling a lot of disconnection and despair lately. People seem to anesthetize themselves with social media, binge watching and other trivial things. I understand the need for relief from the insanity, but it kind of makes me feel ashamed of having hope that America can solve its problems. Turns out, I'm not alone. This is something that America needs to talk about... and maybe you can help.

0:00-Intro

2:07-Elmo, we're not all right

4:29-Despair is everywhere

7:26-Polling on personal satisfaction

10:18-Social media rewards negativity

12:26-Toxic positivity

15:27-"Deaths of despair"

19:04-Is cable news(like MSNBC) making this worse?

21:11-This ain't "The Weeping Couch"!

23:18-Joe Biden & facing frailty

25:39-How faith affects our resilience

31:54-Political homelessness

35:39-How I want to change this

41:17-John Lewis & "good trouble"

43:54-Thanks for listening!

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