405: How You Can Help End Polarization and Inequality – and Get Happier, Too | Robert Putnam&Shaylyn Romney Garrett - a podcast by ABC News

In this episode, Robert Putnam and Shaylyn Romney Garrett discuss the recent book they co-authored, The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again.

Robert Putnam is perhaps best-known for his seminal book Bowling Alone, about the increasing atomization and isolation of American society. He is the Malkin Research Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University. Shaylyn Romney Garrett is a writer and social entrepreneur who holds a BA in History from Harvard.

 

Content Warning: There are multiple references to racism and racial violence in this episode.

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