Episode 7: This Is Your Brain on Politics
Stress is a part of everyday life. But in this election filled with bombast, 24-hour news coverage, and October Surprises emerging at nearly every turn, the road to November 8th often appears overwhel...
3 Nov 201641min
Episode 6: The Kids Are Not Alright
Gang violence and a drug epidemic might not be the first things one thinks about when they picture the American suburbs, but they have become prominent facts of life for many residents in Suffolk Coun...
27 Okt 201640min
Episode 5: White Like Me
Once again, race has become a central issue in a presidential campaign. But this time, it's not all about people of color. It's also about white Americans, and what their place is in 21st century Amer...
20 Okt 201633min
Episode 4: Down the Rabbit Hole
So how did we get to this point? Where a nominee for a major party has been heard bragging about assaulting women. The United States of Anxiety has been listening carefully to Trump supporters in an e...
13 Okt 201637min
Episode 3: This Land Is My Land, That Land Is Your Land
Tom McCarthy, a retired NYPD detective and lifelong Long Island resident, has spent much of his adult life straddling two very different worlds. Each day he would leave the calm of his suburban commun...
6 Okt 201631min
Episode 2: Who Owns the Deed to the American Dream?
The idea of an idyllic 'suburbia' has been a touchstone along the cultural landscape of America for over 70 years. From Norman Rockwell's 1943 Freedom from Want to the printed pages of Martha Stewart'...
29 Sep 201627min
Episode 1: How Did We Get Here and Where Are We Going?
For many voters, this election is not simply about deciding the next President of the United States, or even setting the landscape of national politics. Instead, it serves as a referendum on what it m...
22 Sep 201629min
Welcome to The United States of Anxiety
About the show: In a Presidential election cycle big on negativity and short on discussion of issues, anxiety is proving to be a dominant theme -- over the economy, national security, and indeed, what...
19 Sep 20169min
