Podcast appearances and mentions of Eric Klinenberg

From fights over masks and vaccines to the loss of social connection, the year 2020 accelerated many of the trends that were already happening in America and created new obstacles for the country to overcome. In his book 2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed, sociologist Eric Klinenberg takes on a journey back to that year and everything that happened in it through the eyes of seven New Yorkers, one from each of the city's boroughs.Klinenberg, who recently delivered the Colloquium on the Environment lecture for the Penn State Sustainability Institute, joins us on Democracy Works to discuss how the pandemic accelerated political polarization and distrust in institutions in America and what we can do to repair that damage before the next pandemic or other major crisis comes our way. The book and the podcast interview allow us to see 2020—and, ultimately, ourselves—with clarity and empathy. Klinenberg is the Helen Gould Shepard Professor in the Social Sciences and director of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University. He is the author of Palaces for the People, Going Solo, Heat Wave, and Fighting for Air. He has contributed to The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, Wired, and This American Life. He recently visited Penn State to present the 2025 Colloquium on the Environment for Penn State Sustainability; watch his lecture here. 

Pour vous abonner à ma newsletter : https://hop.kessel.media/Il y a quelques jours, je me suis inscrit dans une nouvelle salle de sport. Une décision anodine mais si je vous en parle, c'est que mon critère décisif de choix en surprendrait plus d'un : son café ! Alors pourquoi je vous raconte ça ? Après treize années en tant qu'indépendant, j'ai appris à apprécier la liberté d'organiser mon temps, cette capacité à façonner mes journées selon mes envies.J'ai toujours choisi des appartements me permettant de faire cela dans les meilleures conditions et pourtant, la solitude des journées commence à peser.Partageant la raison principale de mon inscription dans cette gym avec mon ami John Krakauer, neuroscientifique américain reconnu, il m'a répondu par une formule qui résonne comme un diagnostic de notre époque : "we need to practice humans".En français dans le texte « Nous devons pratiquer l'art d'être humain ».A priori un non-sens et pourtant c'est tout l'inverse.Comme un muscle qui s'atrophie faute d'exercice, de manière insidieuse, notre capacité à créer du lien se délite dans le confort de notre isolement choisi.D'ailleurs, j'ai reçu sur Vlan ! une chercheuse du MIT, Valérie Gauthier pour nous aider à récréer du dialogue si cela vous intéresse.Cette semaine j'ai envie d'explorer ce que le magazine « The Atlantic » a justement nommé de « siècle anti-social ». Mais alors c'est quoi le paradoxe de notre solitude moderne ?La langue anglaise, dans sa précision, distingue "solitude" de "loneliness".Le premier terme décrit un choix enrichissant, une pause réparatrice. Le second évoque une forme d'isolement toxique, un repli qui nous éloigne de notre nature profondément sociale.Notre langue française peine à capturer cette nuance essentielle - "isolement" porte une connotation trop négative pour traduire fidèlement ce "loneliness" contemporain que nous nous imposons collectivement.Alors attentin, ressentir de la solitude est une réponse saine, comme le souligne le sociologue Eric Klinenberg.C'est cette énergie qui m'a poussé vers cette salle de sport, ce besoin viscéral de reconnecter avec le monde.Mais voilà le paradoxe de notre époque : nous répondons au sentiment de solitude par davantage de solitude, dans une spirale qui nous éloigne toujours plus les uns des autres.Les chiffres racontent une histoire paradoxale de notre temps.Pour chaque heure passée en présence d'autrui hors de chez soi, l'Américain moyen en passe 7 devant sa télévision.La fréquence des dîners entre amis a chuté de 45% entre 1970 et les années 2000.Nous croyons chercher le bien-être dans cette retraite, mais les études en psychologie moderne révèlent une réalité contre-intuitive : nous sommes particulièrement mauvais pour identifier ce qui nous rend véritablement heureux.En fait ce que l'on nomme le Me-time a un vrai coté sombre !!! Je vous explique ca !! Une expérience fascinante menée à Chicago par le psychologue Nick Epley l'illustre parfaitement. Il a demandé aux usagers du métro d'imaginer leur trajet idéal : la majorité a opté pour un voyage silencieux et solitaire, considérant qu'une conversation avec un inconnu serait désagréable.L'expérience a prouvé exactement l'inverse - les interactions, même brèves, ont significativement amélioré leur bien-être et plus longues étaient ces dernières, meilleur était l'impact.C'est ce que les chercheurs appellent le "paradoxe de la connexion sociale" : nous fuyons précisément ce qui pourrait nous rendre plus heureux.Pourtant même dans un espace social tel que le métro nous nous enfermons dans l'isolement de nos écouteurs qui annulent le bruit ou simplement en plaçant l'écran glacé de notre téléphone entre soi et les autres.Et ce qui est mauvais pour notre santé mentale fini par également être mauvais pour notre santé physique comme le prouvent de nombreuses études sur la longévité.Etre utile à sa communauté comme me le rappelait Jean-Marc Lemaître, Directeur de recherche à l'Inserm, est fondamental. Et par ailleurs il y a un prix politique à notre deconnexion sociale ! je vous explique Cette citation de Deleuze prend ici tout son sens : "Le pouvoir exige des corps tristes. Le pouvoir a besoin de tristesse parce qu'il peut la dominer. La joie est résistance, parce qu'elle n'abandonne pas."Sans verser dans le complotisme, l'idée n'est pas dire que le pouvoir en place nous invite à rester chez nous mais force est de constater que notre isolement volontaire fragilise le tissu social.Nous renforçons nos liens avec ceux qui pensent comme nous, tandis que notre seule exposition à des opinions divergentes se fait à travers le prisme déformant des algorithmes des reseaux sociaux.La nuance qu'apportait une discussion au café du commerce, la modération qu'insufflait une conversation avec un voisin de palier, tout cela s'efface progressivement.Trump a parfaitement profité de cette situation et l'a renforcé en créant son propre réseau social ironiquement appelé « Truth social » (selon le Washington Post, durant son 1er mandat il a menti 30 573 fois soit 21 mensonges par jour en moyenne - cqfd).Situation encore renforcée avec un Musk prenant la main sur X évidemment.Comme l'explique le sociologue Dunkelman, "si la famille nous apprend l'amour, la tribu nous apprend la loyauté et le village nous apprend la tolérance."Sans ce village, nous perdons notre capacité à comprendre des narratifs différents des nôtres.La réalité c'est que parler avec des personnes bienveillantes ayant des opinions légèrement différentes des nôtres permet de se modérer politiquement automatiquement.A partir du moment où nous n'avons plus d'interactions avec nos voisins, nous n'arrivons plus à nous connecter à la nuance et cela donne envie de renverser la table.D'ailleurs, cette déconnexion sociale est aussi en partie ce qui explique l'incompréhension chez les démocrates aux U.S. qui continuaient à parler des minorités invisibilisées quand la majorité des Américains n'arrivaient pas à joindre les 2 bouts.Nous ne parlons plus avec les mêmes faits ni les mêmes vérités quand nous pourrions être relativement d'accord la plupart du temps comme l'a prouvé la convention citoyenne en France.Mais dans cette période particulièrement dystopique, ce que j'observe surtout, c'est ce besoin de se réfugier avec un besoin croissant de se divertir.Or on le sait, l'extrême-droite gagne faute de participants, le nihilisme gagne partout et est particulièrement dangereux.Alors on écoute des podcasts d'humour ou léger, on regarde des séries et tout cela renforce le temps passé seul.C'est assez classique de gérer le stress à travers une forme d'isolement mais en réalité cela est inversement proportionnel à notre niveau de bonheur.Même nos rituels sociaux ont été touché mais l‘avez-vous réalisé ? Dans les années 1970, le foyer américain moyen recevait des amis plus d'une fois par mois. Aujourd'hui, ces rituels de socialisation s'effritent. Les livraisons à domicile représentent désormais 74% du trafic des restaurants aux U.S., transformant des lieux de convivialité en simples points de collecte.Cette évolution reflète une transformation plus profonde de notre rapport au temps et à l'espace. Entre 1965 et 1995, nous avons gagné collectivement six heures de temps libre par semaine - soit 300 heures par an.Au lieu d'investir ce temps dans des activités sociales, nous l'avons massivement réinvesti dans les écrans.Un choix qui semblait offrir plus de liberté mais qui, paradoxalement, nous a enfermés dans une nouvelle forme de solitude.Et je dois confesser, non sans gêne, que mon propre compteur est probablement plus élevé que les 30% de temps éveillé moyen passés devant un écran.Plus inquiétant, les études démontrent une corrélation directe : plus nous passons de temps devant nos écrans, moins nous sommes naturellement attirés par l'engagement social.Certes, une partie de ce temps d'écran est supposément "sociale", mais partager des liens TikTok ne remplace pas la richesse d'une conversation en face à face.Même dans le couple, il arrive régulièrement qu'un écran s'interfère entre les 2 personnes, la psychologue Esther Perel m'a parlé alors de solitude paradoxale dans cet épisode de Vlan !Vous n'êtes pas seul mais vous ressentez un sentiment d'ignorance qui parfois peut avoir des impacts délétères. Et alors si vous avez des enfants, l'impact chez les ado est halluninante Oui ! La transformation est encore plus frappante chez les jeunes générations.Les statistiques révèlent une réalité troublante : ils sont moins nombreux à vouloir passer leur permis, à sortir en "date", ou même simplement à voir des amis en dehors de l'école.Ils font moins de bêtises, ont moins de relations sexuelles, restent dans leurs chambres et quand ils sont en famille, mettent un écran entre eux et leurs parents.Le nombre d'adolescents qui voient quotidiennement un ami hors du cadre scolaire a chuté de 50% par rapport à 1990.L'anxiété atteint des sommets, particulièrement chez les jeunes filles, dont près de 50% rapportent une tristesse persistante.Ce n'est plus seulement une redéfinition de l'adolescence à laquelle nous assistons, mais une transformation profonde de sa psychologie même.Comme l'explique Nicholas Carr, nous avons perdu cette frontière salutaire entre "être seul" et "être dans la foule". Notre solitude est constamment parasitée par le flux ininterrompu des réseaux sociaux, créant un état paradoxal : plus connectés que jamais, mais aussi plus anxieux et épuisés.Un phénomène qui explique peut-être cette tendance étrange sur TikTok à célébrer l'annulation de diners ou de plans sociaux. Et alors il y a un truc que je n'avais pas du tout vu venir De manière surprenante - du moins pour moi - la courbe du bonheur est inversement proportionnelle au confort que nous construisons dans nos maisons, comme le note le sociologue Patrick Sharkey.Plus nous y sommes confortables moins nous voulons en sortir et plus nous nous recroquevillons sur nous-même.D'ailleurs, il note qu'un changement profond s'est opéré dans la conception même de nos espaces de vie. Les architectes ne débattent plus de la luminosité des pièces ou de l'ouverture des espaces, mais du nombre d'écrans qu'on peut y installer – il faut désormais s'assurer que l'on peut accrocher un écran dans chaque pièce.Le confort moderne s'est transformé en cocon digital, dessinant une architecture intrinsèquement antisociale.Les "routines matinale" exhibées sur les réseaux sociaux illustrent parfaitement cette mutation.Ces vidéos, souvent réalisée par des personnes fortunées au physique mettent en scène une existence quasi monacale : méditation matinale, séance de journaling, repas healthy, yoga... mais étrangement, pas trace d'enfants, de conjoint ou d'amis.La présence de l'autre y est souvent perçue comme une nuisance, une interruption dans cette chorégraphie parfaitement orchestrée du "me-time". Et ca pourrait être pire demain si on ne se réveille pasNotre fuite vers le digital pourrait bientôt prendre une nouvelle dimension avec l'émergence des IA conversationnelles.J'ai ce pressentiment que les réseaux sociaux traditionnels vont perdre du terrain au profit des conversations avec des intelligences artificielles.Cela peut sembler relever de la science-fiction, mais je le vois venir inexorablement.Le plus troublant n'est pas que nous ne réalisions pas parler à une machine - nous le savons parfaitement.Non, ce qui inquiète, c'est que nous choisissions consciemment ces interlocuteurs artificiels. La raison est simple : l'IA ne nous challenge jamais, elle nous valide constamment et reste disponible 24/7, sans le moindre jugement.Une facilité qui nous éloigne encore davantage de la complexité enrichissante des relations humaines.La prescription est pourtant simple pour quiconque évalue son bien-être en dessous de 7/10 : privilégier les appels téléphoniques aux messages texte, oser la conversation avec des inconnus dans un café, s'engager dans de nouvelles activités pour rencontrer des personnes ou simplement travailler depuis un espace social pour les indépendants.Ces petits pas peuvent sembler insignifiants, mais ils sont le début d'une transformation profonde.C'est précisément ce qui m'a poussé à choisir cette salle de sport avec mon amie Fatou.Un simple rituel matinal qui devient une norme, qui elle-même se transforme en valeur, pour finalement redéfinir mes comportements.Car au fond, tout commence par ces petits choix quotidiens.Face à ce défi, il ne s'agit pas simplement de nostalgie pour un monde pré-numérique.Notre besoin de connexion humaine n'est pas un luxe ou une option - c'est une nécessité vitale pour notre espèce.Les études démontrent invariablement que contrairement à nos croyances modernes, une plus grande maison, une voiture de luxe, ou un salaire doublé au prix de notre temps libre ne font que générer plus d'anxiété.Le véritable paradoxe de notre époque réside dans cette conviction que ce dont nous avons le plus besoin est du temps seul (« me-time).C'est peut-être la plus grande erreur de notre génération.Nous possédons d'innombrables opportunités de nous connecter les uns aux autres, et pourtant nous les rejetons systématiquement, une par une, jour après jour."Pratiquer l'humain" n'est donc pas un simple exercice de « développement personnel » - c'est un acte de résistance contre l'atomisation de notre société.Chaque conversation initiée, chaque sourire échangé, chaque moment de présence authentique compte. Ces interactions peuvent sembler insignifiantes face à l'ampleur du défi, mais elles sont les fils qui retissent le tissu social effiloché.Pour paraphraser Deleuze une dernière fois, la joie que nous procurent les vraies connexions humaines nous emmène dans des endroits où la tristesse de l'isolement ne nous mènerait jamais.Peut-être que la vraie révolution de notre époque serait simplement de redécouvrir le courage d'être présent les uns pour les autres, de cultiver ces petits moments d'humanité partagée qui, finalement, donnent tout son sens à notre existence.Car au fond, ce n'est pas tant la technologie qui nous isole que nos choix quotidiens.Et chacun de ces choix est une opportunité de réinventer notre façon d'être ensemble.Alors la prochaine fois que vous hésitez entre commander une livraison ou aller au restaurant, entre envoyer un message ou passer un appel, entre rester chez vous ou rejoindre des amis, rappelez-vous : ce n'est pas juste un choix pratique, c'est un choix de société.Et peut-être même, un choix de civilisation.

Jepson student Mariana Panariello, '27, sits down with Jepson Leadership Forum speaker Eric Klinenberg, author and Helen Gould Shepard Professor of Social Science and director of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University, prior to his Jepson Leadership Forum presentation "How 2020 Shaped 2024." The 2024-25 Jepson Leadership Forum invites scholars and experts to discuss how division and polarization affect American democracy. We will explore how and why divisions have manifested historically and currently in the United States, focusing on their impact on justice, education, politics, culture, technology, and class. Are division and the struggle to find common ground making us stronger or tearing us apart? Take 5 is a series of informal interviews with the scholars and experts who present as part of the lecture series. Nov. 19, 2024

This new season of How To is a collection of our favorite episodes from past seasons—a best-of series focused on slowing down, making space, and finding meaning in our hectic lives. This episode, from our fourth season, called How to Talk to People, features host Julie Beck in conversation with Eric Klinenberg and Kellie Carter Jackson to explore how both physical structures and cultural habits can better facilitate our connections with one another. Write to us at howtopodcast@theatlantic.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Jepson Leadership Forum presents Eric Klinenberg, author and Helen Gould Shepard Professor of Social Science and director of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University, for a discussion on "How 2020 Shaped 2024." The 2024-25 Jepson Leadership Forum invites scholars and experts to discuss how division and polarization affect American democracy. We will explore how and why divisions have manifested historically and currently in the United States, focusing on their impact on justice, education, politics, culture, technology, and class. Are division and the struggle to find common ground making us stronger or tearing us apart? Nov. 19, 2024

When it comes to "trust" in public health, there was a "before the pandemic" and an "after the pandemic." Rebuilding that trust will require us to deal with all the ways the pandemic moment shaped Americans' perceptions of what public health is, how it works, and who speaks for it. In this LIVE taping from the American Public Health Association's Annual Meeting, Abdul talks to author Prof. Eric Klinenberg, whose recent book "2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year that Changed Everything" contends that without dealing with the trauma of the pandemic, it may be impossible to move forward. This show would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors. America Dissected invites you to check them out. This episode was brought to you by: Marguerite Casey Foundation: Get your free Boston Review issue delivered to you at CaseyGrants.org/State. Blueland: Reinvent cleaning essentials to be better for you and the planet, with the same powerful clean you're used to. Right now, get 15% off your first order by going to Blueland.com/america. To See Each Other: A podcast that complicates the narrative about small town Americans in our most misunderstood communities. You can listen to more episodes of To See Each Other at https://link.chtbl.com/toseeeachother?sid=americadissected.

In October 2010, Eric Klinenberg, NYU professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute for Public Knowledge, spoke about his work on Rebuild by Design. Klinenberg has been studying cities and climate change since the 1990s, when he published his first book, Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago. Klinenberg is currently leading a major research project on climate change and the future of cities. Part of this work involves a sociological investigation of Superstorm Sandy and the challenge of adapting to the emerging age of extreme, dangerous weather. “Adaptation,” the first article from this research, appeared in the New Yorker in 2013. His most recent book is 2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In October 2010, Eric Klinenberg, NYU professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute for Public Knowledge, spoke about his work on Rebuild by Design. Klinenberg has been studying cities and climate change since the 1990s, when he published his first book, Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago. Klinenberg is currently leading a major research project on climate change and the future of cities. Part of this work involves a sociological investigation of Superstorm Sandy and the challenge of adapting to the emerging age of extreme, dangerous weather. “Adaptation,” the first article from this research, appeared in the New Yorker in 2013. His most recent book is 2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/environmental-studies

In October 2010, Eric Klinenberg, NYU professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute for Public Knowledge, spoke about his work on Rebuild by Design. Klinenberg has been studying cities and climate change since the 1990s, when he published his first book, Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago. Klinenberg is currently leading a major research project on climate change and the future of cities. Part of this work involves a sociological investigation of Superstorm Sandy and the challenge of adapting to the emerging age of extreme, dangerous weather. “Adaptation,” the first article from this research, appeared in the New Yorker in 2013. His most recent book is 2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology

How severe are the effects of Hurricane Beryl? Why is it such an immense crisis, and how do we move forward from here? Join our hosts, Robert and Carrie, for the second of a two-part episode as they continue their discussion with medical anthropologist Dr. Rose Jones about the climate-fueled public health crisis.     In Part Two, our co-hosts bring you the latest climate news covering several topics:     Houston, we're thinking of you. Just how many people are at risk of health crises in the midst of the Beryl blackout? (01:33)  Heat Kills: Heat health data might be shaky, but the record of 2023 is staggering. (06:04)  Where do we draw the lines? FEMA adjusts their floodplain protocol in post-flood reconstruction. (07:24)  Waves and Domes: The stark reality of climate change, heat indices, and human health. (11:03)    What's at the heart of the climate health crisis with, Dr. Jones:   Where are we with policy? Find out where policy is failing, and where we can go from here. (13:08)  Blackouts in July, a Texan nightmare come true: Dr. Jones connects power outages to severe health risks, a poignant observation in light of recent events. (16:40)  A Social Autopsy: What will it take to wake the state to climate realities? (20:23)  How do we connect the dots? From training to education, dig into the wicked heart of the climate health crisis, and learn how you can contribute to solutions. (21:38)  How do you stay hydrated? Dr. Mace shares tips from R.N. Patricia Cloyd-Santos on staying hydrated (Hint: It's not beer…). (30:04)     And…THE GOOD NEWS!   Hurri-cakes? Insensitive and poorly timed, or a helpful preparedness communication tool? (31:51)  Slow Fashion Caucus: How is Congress fighting climate on the runway? (32:13)  Applied Academics: How UT and City of Austin are putting research to the pavement. (34:04)  Episode Links and Resources:   Heat.gov  Texas Department of Health and Human Services Hot Weather Precautions  Locate Cooling Centers and Seasonal Shelters in Texas  Race to restore power to 1.3M after Hurricane Beryl as dangerous heat wave continues (NBC)  Hurricane Beryl SpotRep (Healthcare Ready)  “I don't wish this on anyone”: Two families mourn their losses after a record year for Texas heat deaths (Texas Tribune)  FEMA will now consider climate change when it rebuilds after floods (MSN)  Dangerous Texas Memorial Day heat made 5 times more likely by global warming (San Antonio Current)  First Ever Congressional Slow Fashion Caucus Aims to Curb Fast Fashion Pollution (The Apparelist)  Scorched: Climate Change Turns Up the Heat on Austin (Bridging Barriers)  Related Books  The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet (2023). Jeff Goodell. New York: Little, Brown and Company.   Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago (2015). Eric Klinenberg. The University of Chicago Press, 2nd edition.         Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks to Climate Action (2024). Dana Fisher. Columbia University Press.      Theme song:    Syzygy by Robert E. Mace   

The pandemic, flavor mixing, librarians, and artificial intelligence. Christiann Gibeau, head of adult services at Troy Public Library, is back with her monthly recommendations of new nonfiction books to read. First we hear about a scavenger hunt to find images around Troy. And then come the books: "2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed" (Eric Klinenberg, 2024); "The Flavor Thesaurus: More Flavors: Plant-Led Pairings, Recipes, and Ideas for Cooks" (Niki Segnit, 2023); "The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians" (James Patterson & Matt Eversmann, 2024); and "Unmasking AI: My Mission to Protect What is Human in a World of Machines" (Joy Buolamwini, 2023). For more details on books and activities, visit www.thetroylibrary.org. To find other libraries in New York State, see https://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/libs/#Find. Produced by Brea Barthel for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

Are you wondering how to cope with the heat? Does it feel like climate-related health protection policy is moving at an ironically glacial pace? Join our hosts, Robert and Carrie for the latest climate news updates, and delve into the heart of the climate-fueled public health crisis with medical anthropologist, Dr. Rose Jones, during the first of a two-part episode.    An interview with Dr. Rose Jones, medical anthropologist and founder of Rapid Anthropology, uncovers the deeply troubling intricacies of climate health inequities, policy lags, and general crises:  What in the climate change is medical anthropology? Learn how anthropology can be applied to examine issues in public health, and how this understanding can be applied to climate-related health crises. (15:15)  What do the LA Strikes of 2023, Texas prisons, and the border crisis have in common? Dr. Jones draws a connection between the LA writers' strikes that shut Hollywood down to the health crises along the Texas border and in Texas prisons. (19:40)  Where is the balance between the health benefits of tree canopies and water conservation? Dig into the complexities of the climate crisis in relation to human needs and resource conservation. (24:45)  How are we drawing connections between climate and public health? Between coding, tracking, education, and training, learn how the dots are connected or missed entirely. (30:41)    Then, it's the good news! Join Robert and Carrie for some of the uplifting climate news, and a special appearance from our producer:  Is it illegal to provide voters water when standing in line to cast their vote? (35:00)  Is Texas in the top ten most polluted beaches in the nation? Learn about how the Blue Water Task Force is monitoring bacteria along the Texas Coast. (38:58)  A new grant secured by House Representative Greg Casar was awarded to the Meadows Center to support water quality research on the Texas Coast (41:35)  Solar energy is getting exponentially more powerful. Discover the innovations and how they could affect power use in the future. (43:26)  Episode Links and Resources:   Heat.gov  Texas Department of Health and Human Services Hot Weather Precautions  Locate Cooling Centers and Seasonal Shelters in Texas  Climate Change and Early Childhood: A Science-Based Resource for Storytellers (Frameworks Institute)  Climate change made heat wave even warmer and 35 times more likely, study finds (Ponca City Now)  Cow poop might make cleaner hydrogen gas a reality (Popular Science)  ⁠Is it illegal to hand out water or food outside your polling place? (KXAN)  VERIFY: No, it isn't illegal to give voters food or water in Texas (WFAA)  EXPLAINER: Yes, the Georgia election law featured in Curb Your Enthusiasm is real (Atlanta Civic Circle)  A Deep Dive Into Line-Warming Bans as Federal Court Overturns New York's Law (Democracy Docket)  Is Line Warming Legal? (American Bar Association)  Polling places for urban voters of color would be cut under Texas Senate's version of voting bill being negotiated with House (Texas Tribune)  Beat the Heat: Top 10 Ways to Stay Hydrated During the Summer (Access Health)    Related Books  The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet (2023). Jeff Goodell. New York: Little, Brown and Company.   Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago (2015). Eric Klinenberg. The University of Chicago Press, 2nd edition.         Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks to Climate Action (2024). Dana Fisher. Columbia University Press.      Theme song:    Syzygy by Robert E. Mace      We would like to thank pixabay.com for providing sounds effects.  For more information about the Meadows Center, visit ⁠meadowscenter.txst.edu⁠.   

Subscribe for $5.99 a month to get full access to this episode, bonus content most Mondays, bonus episodes every month, ad-free listening, access to the entire 500-episode archive, Discord access, and more: https://axismundi.supercast.com/ Brad Onishi discusses with Eric Klinenberg the long-lasting social and political effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, framing it as a form of 'social long COVID.' The conversation highlights how the events of 2020 intensified distrust in government and deepened societal divisions, setting the stage for challenges in the 2024 elections. They also explore the symbolic role of face masks in these divisions and the impact of local mutual aid networks. Looking ahead, they assess how unresolved issues from 2020 continue to influence American civic life and political attitudes. 00:00 Introduction: The Lingering Effects of 2020 01:25 The Social Disease of Long COVID 02:04 Reflecting on the Pandemic's Impact 02:12 Interview with Eric Kleinberg 04:07 The Symbolism of Masks 07:49 America's Unique Pandemic Response 25:38 Mutual Aid Networks and Community Resilience 31:49 The Structural Isolation Crisis 36:25 Looking Ahead to the 2024 Election 43:31 Conclusion: The Future of American Democracy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Brian Lehrer Show observes the Memorial Day holiday with a selection of favorite interviews:Eric Klinenberg, professor in the social sciences and director of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University and the author of 2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed (Knopf, 2024), tells the story of New York in 2020 through the lens of seven New Yorkers, and talks about the ongoing effect of that traumatic year.George Takei, actor, activist and writer, discusses his debut picture book, My Lost Freedom: A Japanese American World War II Story (Crown Books for Young Readers, 2024).Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian and the author of And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle (Random House, 2022), talks about the real lessons to learn from the life and work of Abraham Lincoln.Jay Caspian Kang, staff writer for The New Yorker, documentary film director, and the author of The Loneliest Americans (Crown, 2021), shares his thoughts on what he calls the "ideology of the internet," and the tangible effects it has on culture, democracy, institutions and our day-to-day lives.While Hart Island has a reputation for being the burial grounds of New York's unwanted, those laid to rest on the island each have stories and loved ones. Joe Richman, founder and executive producer of Radio Diaries, discusses the Radio Diaries series "The Unmarked Graveyard: Stories from Hart Island" and Susan Hurlburt, shares stories of her son Neil Harris Jr., also known as Steven, who was buried on the island. These interviews were lightly edited for time and clarity and the original web versions are available here:How 2020 Changed Us (Feb 16, 2024)George Takei on 'My Lost Freedom' (Apr 16, 2024)What We Should Learn from Lincoln (Oct 19, 2022)Jay Caspian Kang on 'The Ideology of the Internet' (Mar 15, 2024)Stories from Hart Island (Nov 8, 2023) 

Was 2020 the year Americans finally lost faith in their government? We talk with Eric Klinenberg about his acclaimed new book, 2020: One City, Seven People, And The Year Everything Changed. The book follows seven New Yorkers as they try to cope with the pandemic. Among them, a transit worker, a bar owner, a retired … Continue reading Eric Klinenberg, 2020: The Year Everything Changed →

Happy Monday! Sam and Emma speak with Eric Klinenberg, professor in social science and Director of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University, to discuss his recent book 2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed.  First, Sam and Emma run through updates on Israel's staunch refusal to stop the bloodshed in Gaza, a tentative hold on US ammo to Israel, famine in Gaza, Missouri abortion rights, starvation in Sudan, US labor law, the downfall of Henry Cuellar, and Utah's new tip line for anonymous genital reports. Professor Eric Klinenberg then joins, as he, Sam, and Emma preface the conversation with the idea of “natural disasters” largely being a function of society's capacity to deal with natural phenomena, with “2020” looking at what the crises under COVID revealed about the incredibly precarious, fractured, and individualist society of the United States. Expanding on this, Professor Klinenberg tackles the ethnographic nature of this work, and the overwhelming nature of the trauma suffered by the public during the pandemic, something also seen during the Spanish Flu epidemic in the early 20th Century. After further contextualizing the United State's role as an outlier in many regards when it came to the COVID-19 pandemic, including its supposedly elite levels of preparedness and its disproportionate failure in preventing deaths, Eric walks Sam and Emma through the unique failure that faced the US in the form of a complete abdication of leadership from the federal government – led (at the time) by the Trump Administration – in favor of extreme politicization, nihilism, and polarization at a time where social solidarity was of the utmost importance. Klinenberg looks at the glimmers of hope found throughout these crises, and how the government quickly stamped them out, before exploring the Biden Administration's particular role in refusing to acknowledge or address the continuing effects of these crises, and the US' ever-precarious footing heading into the 2024 election. And in the Fun Half: Sam and Emma watch as Mitt Romney lets the connection between Israel and the TikTok ban slip, and Alan Dershowitz offers to go to legal defense for the ultimate victims of anti-semitism: Christian Zionists. Ole Miss frat boys show up for apartheid, Kristi Noem objects to another fake-news narrative picked up from her autobiography, and Marjorie Taylor Greene just wants to be clear about who's responsible for Jesus' death. Jerry Seinfeld finally breaks through the shackles of Big Woke in his newest release "Unfrosted: the Pop-Tart Story", plus, your calls and IMs! 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Today we talk to NYU Professor Eric Klinenberg about how his academic career led to other kinds of writing—and what he's learned from writing a book about a time that many people would rather forget. Don't forget to rate and review our show and follow us on all social media platforms here: https://linktr.ee/writingitpodcast Contacts us with questions, possible future topics/guests, or comments here: https://writingit.fireside.fm/contact

You'd be hard-pressed to find a person whose life went unchanged in 2020, arguably one of the most consequential years in human history. It marked an unprecedented time, left indelible memories in our minds, and set off ripple effects we still feel even today. Disruption of normal life was nearly universal; however, the ways in which we experienced disruption were varied. Acclaimed sociologist and bestselling author Eric Klinenberg's latest work 2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed offers an account of a single year in modern history told through the stories of seven New Yorkers. From an elementary school principal to a bar manager, a subway custodian to a political aide, the book sheds light on the human experience of that fateful time four years ago, illuminating both individual and collective uncertainty, fear, loss, and hope. Although the book is centered on New York City, 2020 also explores the political spheres of the nation's capital and beyond, as well as epidemiological battles, policies, and movements worldwide. Set against the backdrop of a tense presidential election and social unrest, Klinenberg offers a window into a recent time of reckoning and an invitation to examine ourselves and our experiences. Eric Klinenberg is the Helen Gould Shepard Professor in the Social Sciences and director of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University. He is the co-author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Modern Romance and author of Palaces for the People, Going Solo, Heat Wave, and Fighting for Air. He has contributed to The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, Wired, and This American Life. He lives in New York City. Margaret O'Mara is the Scott and Dorothy Bullitt Professor of American History at the University of Washington. Margaret is a leading historian of Silicon Valley and the author of two acclaimed books about the modern American technology industry: The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America (Penguin Press, 2019) and Cities of Knowledge: Cold War Science and the Search For The Next Silicon Valley (Princeton, 2005). She also is a historian of the American presidency and author of Pivotal Tuesdays: Four Elections that Shaped the Twentieth Century (Penn Press, 2015). She is a coauthor, with David Kennedy and Lizabeth Cohen, of the widely used United States history college textbook, The American Pageant (Cengage).   Buy the Companion Book 2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed The Elliott Bay Book Company

Trying to make sense of one of the most pivotal years in American history, scholar Eric Klinenberg decided to focus on 2020 by using seven New Yorkers as his lens. With social unrest, economic turbulence and a presidential election as his backdrop, Klinenberg tells a story that is still far from finished in his new book, “2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed.”  Klinenberg joined NY1's Errol Louis to discuss these seven stories and why he thought his approach was the best way to tackle 2020. They also discussed whether New York is any better equipped to handle another pandemic.  Join the conversation, weigh in on Twitter using the hashtag #NY1YouDecide or give us a call at 212-379-3440 and leave a message. Or send an email to YourStoryNY1@charter.com.

Eric Klinenberg – Sociologist and best selling author turns a year of devastation into a year of revelation in this wise, deeply researched and cathartic account of the Pandemic…with TRE's Selina MacKenzie

Eric Klinenberg, sociologist at New York University, joins Offline to discuss why our failure to process 2020 may lead to another disastrous Trump term. His newest book, 2020, breaks down the year that reshaped our politics, unveiled cracks in our society, and transformed the ways we live, work, and interact with each other. Eric and Jon unpack how Trump's Covid-era leadership politicized public health and left Americans to fend for themselves. They discuss how to best address widespread resentment and institutional distrust, and consider how to grapple with the lasting effects of a year we'd rather forget. For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here. For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast.

With a record of 87% of the vote, Vladimir Putin won a landslide election in Russia, solidifying his grip on power and securing a fifth term. Correspondent Fred Pleitgen looks at Putin's re-election and what six more years of his leadership mean for Russia and the rest of the world.  Also on today's show: Richard Haass, President Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations; Andrew Weissmann; Former US Prosecutor & Co-Author, "The Trump Indictments: The Historic Charging Documents with Commentary"; Eric Klinenberg, Author, "2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed"  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As the general election gets underway, Trump sets a dark tone for the next eight months on the campaign trail. Plus, the other Supreme Court case that threatens to upend Jack Smith's prosecution of Donald Trump. And, four years after Covid-19 shut down the world, a new book asks if we've already forgotten the lessons of 2020. Susan Glasser, Sam Stein, Matthew Dowd, Ty Cobb, Jen Palmieri, David Jolly, and Eric Klinenberg join. 

Today's episode is about the extraordinary decline in face-to-face socializing in America—and the real stakes of the country's hanging-out crisis. From 2003 to 2022, American adults reduced their average hours of face-to-face socializing by about 30 percent. For unmarried Americans, the decline was even bigger—more than 35 percent. For teenagers, it was more than 45 percent. Eric Klinenberg is a sociologist and the director of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University. He is the author of several books on the rise of living alone and the decline of social infrastructure. His latest is _'_2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed.' And he's not afraid to challenge the popular notion of an epidemic of loneliness in America. “There is no good evidence that Americans are lonelier than ever," he has written. Today, Eric and I talk about teens and parenting, the decline of hanging out, why America sucks at building social infrastructure, and why aloneness isn't always loneliness. If you have questions, observations, or ideas for future episodes, email us at PlainEnglish@Spotify.com. Host: Derek Thompson Guest: Eric Klinenberg Producer: Devon Baroldi Why Americans Suddenly Stopped Hanging Out: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/02/america-decline-hanging-out/677451/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Eric Klinenberg, professor in the social sciences and director of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University and the author of 2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed (Knopf, 2024), tells the story of New York in 2020 through the lens of seven New Yorkers, and talks about the ongoing effect of that traumatic year. → Eric Klinenberg will talk about the book "2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed" with Columbia history professor Kim Phillips-Fein on Monday, March 4th at 6:30pm at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library on 5th Avenue at 40th Street.  

2020 was undoubtedly one of the most consequential years in history. The ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, along with other cascading crises, can still be felt in almost every facet of our lives. Our guest this week points out that in order to heal, we must take time to reckon with what we lived through. Eric Klinenberg is a sociologist, the Helen Gould Shepard Professor of Social Science at NYU and the author of “2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed.” Klinenberg is also the director at NYU's Institute for Public Knowledge. He joins WITHpod to discuss stories of people he profiled in the book, the importance of grappling with what we experienced, the increasing pressures of daily life and more.

In communities across the country, including New York, library budgets and hours are being cut, just at a time when society needs them most. This is in spite of the incredible success that libraries have in bringing people, particularly older adults, together.  Bob McKinnon, host of the podcast, Attribution talks with Eric Klinenberg, NYU sociologist and author of “Palace for the People” which examines the role that third places like libraries play in avoiding isolation. We'll also hear from four Long Island librarians who are creating innovative programs for older adults that reduce isolation and build belonging. For more information, please visit: Palaces For The People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, And The Decline Of Civic Life Eric Klinenberg Suffolk Cooperative Library System Brentwood Public Library Middle Country Public Library Riverhead Free Library Patchogue-Medford Library Libraries of Belonging  is a WLIW-FM special program that is part of the “Aging Together in New York” initiative from public media stations focusing on social isolation and loneliness among older adults. This program is funded by the New York State Education Department. HOST Bob McKinnon is a writer, designer, and teacher who asks us to reconsider the way we see success and the American Dream.  His work has been featured in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Fast Company, NPR, and PBS. His own journey out of poverty was captured in his TEDx talk: How Did I End Up Here. Through his writing and this podcast, he hopes to pay tribute and thanks to all those who have helped him and others move up in life. CREDITS Attribution is distributed in part by NPR station, WLIW-FM. You can listen on WLIW.org/radio or on NPR One mobile app as well as other major podcast networks. This show was edited by No Troublemakers Media. Music by Jonnie “Most” Davis. Our final credit goes to you, the listener, and to everyone who helped you get to where you are today. If this show has reminded you of someone in particular, make their day and let them know.  

Adult friendships are hard - but they should be fun. Focusing on unstructured "play" can put the fun back into hanging out with the people we interact with. As the sociologist Eric Klinenberg told The Atlantic, “You tend to enrich your social life when you stop and linger and waste time.”RESOURCES: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2023/08/childhood-friendship-benefits-play/675158/GET AN OCCASIONAL PERSONAL EMAIL FROM ME: www.makeyourdamnbedpodcast.comTUNE IN ON INSTAGRAM FOR COOL CONTENT: www.instagram.com/mydbpodcastOR BE A REAL GEM + TUNE IN ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/MYDBpodcastOR WATCH ON YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/juliemerica The opinions expressed by Julie Merica and Make Your Damn Bed Podcast are intended for entertainment purposes only. Make Your Damn Bed podcast is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/make-your-damn-bed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Wednesday, July 12th, 2023. Olive Tree Biblical Software: Discover why more than a million people use the free Olive Tree Bible App as their go-to for reading, studying, and listening to the God’s Word. Start by downloading one of many free Bibles and start taking notes, highlighting verses, and bookmarking your favorite passages. You can read at your own pace, or choose from a large selection of Reading Plans, including the Bible Reading Challenge. When you are ready to go deeper into your studies, Olive Tree is right there with a large selection of study Bibles, commentaries, and other helpful study resources available for purchase. There’s also an extensive bookstore allows you to build your digital library one book at a time and Olive Tree’s sync technology lets you pick up where you left off on your tablet, pc or phone and get right to studying on another supported device. Now here's the best part – You can start with the Olive Tree Essentials Bundle for FREE. Visit www.olivetree.com/FLF and download it today!  We start things off in China! https://dailycaller.com/2023/07/10/chinese-military-kindergarteners-war-bootcamps/ The Chinese Military Is Training Kindergarteners For War In Bootcamps Across The Country The Chinese military is training kindergarteners to handle firearms and fight like soldiers in boot camps across China this summer, according to dozens of school social media accounts. The boot camps feature combat training for boys and girls with a wide variety of toy weapons including knives, grenades, rifles and shoulder-fired missiles, and require the children to adopt military behavior, such as saluting, the schools’ social media posts show. The rise in the militarization of China’s youth appears to follow a 2019 Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee push for increased “National Defense Education” and a related effort directing schools to hold National Defense Education activities in 2022, according to government documents. Uniformed People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers oversaw all of the kindergarten boot camps. The boot camps were located in major Chinese cities, such as Beijing, Nanjing and Shenzhen, and were also run in more than half a dozen provinces. The programs featured roughly the same sequence of activities, according to a DCNF review of posts from the participating kindergartens. The boot camps generally began with basic military etiquette and proceeded to teach various military skills ranging from combat to emergency medical training. Additionally, a number of these programs also taught the children about famous PLA heroes and martyrs, according to the schools’ accounts. In May 2023, faculty members and more than 80 children of numerous provinces assembled on the playground for the opening ceremony of their school’s week-long National Defense Education camp, all wearing matching camouflage fatigues. “INHERIT THE RED GENE, CARRY FORWARD PATRIOTIC FEELINGS, LOVE CHINA, LITTLE SOLDIER,” declared a large PLA banner, which partially hid the kindergarten’s playset. Uniformed PLA soldiers then performed a flag-raising ceremony, with all attendants singing the Chinese national anthem, the social media post stated. “We solemnly swear to love the motherland from now on, to dedicate our hearts to working together to build the dream of a powerful country,” the children then pledged, according to the social media post. “Even if I fall to the ground I will continue onward!” PLA soldiers then taught the kindergarten recruits how to groom themselves and make their beds in accordance with military standards, before drilling them in how to stand at attention, stand at ease and salute. Experts say recent efforts to militarize China’s youth are part of the CCP’s ideological goals. Now compare that to the U.S., where students are regularly pushed into ideologies that despise everything the Founding Father’s did. https://notthebee.com/article/just-unfathomable-disney-world-is-just-about-empty-during-summer-vacation-season?fbclid=IwAR2ZgkovaL7WZCwrL8WVQuUm3MNqIpPK8z9WvOLKpsRIph9epbgE0Xknj4E "Just unfathomable": Disney World is "just about empty" during summer vacation season It takes real skill to drive this many customers away. The July 4th weekend was a 10-year-low for the massive company's Disney World amusement park in Orlando, but all the parks have been suffering recently. According to the Wall Street Journal, Park visitors in recent weeks have had significantly lower wait times to get on rides, according to data from Touring Plans, a company that tracks wait times at major amusement parks, including Disney World and Disneyland in California. Industry analysts say shorter wait times generally correlate with smaller crowds. The average posted wait time at the Magic Kingdom park in Florida — which has a special fireworks display on July 4 — was 27 minutes this year for the holiday, down from 31 minutes in 2022 and 47 minutes in 2019, the Touring Plans analysis shows. "It's something that nobody would have predicted — just unfathomable," says Len Testa, a computer scientist who runs Touring Plans. Testa says wait times rose in the following days. The Journal offers an assortment of potential reasons for the lull: Cruises and European vacations are back after the pandemic, Disney isn't offering much new, and Disney wants to slim down the crowds for richer guests anyway. But unlike the journalist class, most of America understands the two primary reasons: Your wallet is hurting Disney went woke https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/4085828-a-record-share-of-americans-are-living-alone/ A record share of Americans is living alone Nearly 30 percent of American households comprise a single person, a record high. Scholars say living alone is not a trend so much as a transformation: Across much of the world, large numbers of people are living alone for the first time in recorded history. “It’s just a stunning social change,” said Eric Klinenberg, a sociologist at New York University and author of the book “Going Solo.” “I came to see it as the biggest demographic change in the last century that we failed to recognize and take seriously.” Homo sapiens is a social animal. Historians tapped ancient census rolls to show that our species has lived in groups for as long as such records have existed, stretching back at least to 1600. The U.S. Census shows that “solitaries” made up 8 percent of all households in 1940. The share of solo households doubled to 18 percent in 1970 and more than tripled, to an estimated 29 percent, by 2022. The solo-living movement intersects with several other societal trends. Americans are marrying later, if at all. The nation is aging. The national birthrate is falling. People are living longer — or they were, until the pandemic arrived. More than anything, perhaps, the rise of single-person households is about women entering the workforce and achieving economic self-sufficiency. The share of adult women participating in the labor force reached 50 percent around 1980. Historically speaking, “you don’t really see people living alone until women have control of their own lives and their own bodies,” Klinenberg said. Researchers see a marked downside to living alone, especially for older Americans, for people who live outside thickly settled cities and for pretty much anyone who is not alone by choice. A New York Times report on aging solitaries concluded that, “while many people in their 50s and 60s thrive living solo, research is unequivocal that people aging alone experience worse physical and mental health outcomes and shorter life spans.” The nation’s declining birth rate and aging population portend a time when America doesn’t have enough working-age citizens to sustain the national economy or to support the spiraling health care needs of its oldest citizens. The rise of single-person households can be seen as both a cause and effect of those challenges. “I think it’s something we should be worried about,” said Wendy Wang, director of research at the Institute for Family Studies, a conservative thinktank. “If we have fewer and fewer children, that means we have fewer people to work, to be consumers, to pay taxes.” Wang notes that low fertility rates are a global problem. Indeed, solo households are far more common across much of Europe than in the United States. According to United Nations data, solitaries make up 39 percent of households in Denmark, 45 percent in Finland, 42 percent in Germany, 38 percent in the Netherlands, 39 percent in Norway and 40 percent in Sweden. Even now, living alone is not quite so common in the United States as the data suggest. While nearly 30 percent of households comprise a single person, far fewer than 30 percent of Americans live in them. Roughly 13 percent of American adults live alone, research shows. Breaking down that figure by age groups, the population of solitaries rises from 4 percent of adults at ages 18-24 to 9 percent at 25-34, dips to 8 percent at 35-44, then rises again, to 12 percent at 45-54, 17 percent at 55-64 and 26 percent at 65 and up. Living alone is much more common in large cities. Singles now make up more than 40 percent of households in Atlanta, Seattle, San Francisco, Minneapolis and Denver, according to a paper by the British historian Keith Snell. Half of all Manhattan dwellings are one-person residences. Snell identified a Midtown Census tract where 94 percent of households comprised a single person. At younger ages, men outnumber women in one-person households. Young men are far more likely than young women to be single, and they tend to marry later. The gender gap in solitary living closes with age. In the retirement years, women are more likely than men to live alone. That statistic is partly about women outliving husbands, and partly about “grey divorce,” the rising rate of marriages that dissolve after age 50. The grey divorce rate has doubled since 1990. “It used to be that if people were married for 30 years and they entered their 60s, basically, they were going to stay married,” said Barbara Risman, a distinguished professor of sociology at the University of Illinois Chicago. “You would pass the risk of divorce. No one is ever past the risk of divorce anymore.” Through much of the 20th century, marriage was so universal that the very act of living alone carried a stigma. The share of Americans who had not married by age 40 hovered below 10 percent from 1950 through 1980, according to a Pew Research analysis. The figure has soared in recent decades, reaching 25 percent in 2021, a record high. The share of Americans in prime marriage years who are actually married has dwindled from about two-thirds to around half since 1990, Pew data show. Nearly two-fifths of Americans are “unpartnered,” neither married nor cohabiting. Researchers consider living alone a risk factor for loneliness and social isolation, conditions associated with a host of physical and mental maladies, from heart disease to obesity to anxiety and depression. Men tend to fare less well than women in single-person households, said Louise Hawkley, a researcher at the NORC thinktank who studies loneliness and social isolation. - Perhaps because we’re meant to be taking dominion & building families… Now for my favorite topic… sports! https://www.foxnews.com/sports/us-soccer-star-megan-rapinoe-support-trans-athlete-uswnt-roster-i-see-trans-women-as-real-women US soccer star Megan Rapinoe would support trans athlete on USWNT roster: 'I see trans women as real women' U.S. women’s soccer icon Megan Rapinoe has been a public advocate for the inclusion of transgender athletes in women’s sports, and ahead of what will be her final World Cup appearance before retiring, the one-time Golden Boot winner said she would "absolutely" support having a trans woman on the USWNT roster. Even if that meant replacing a biological female. In an interview with Time published Monday, Rapinoe recalled highlights from her lengthy career, including her battles both on and off the pitch. She was asked specifically about her push to defend transgender athletes’ participation in women’s sports. "We as a country are trying to legislate away people’s full humanity," she told the outlet. Rapinoe was one of 40 professional athletes to co-sign a letter to House lawmakers in April in opposition of the Protection of Girls and Women in Sports Act, arguing that the bill would exclude women and girls from getting "mental and physical health benefits." "It’s particularly frustrating when women’s sports is weaponized," Rapinoe said in the interview. "Oh, now we care about fairness? Now we care about women’s sports? That’s total bulls---. And show me all the trans people who are nefariously taking advantage of being trans in sports. It’s just not happening." Rapinoe was asked specifically if she would support a trans woman playing on the United States Women’s National Team, even if it meant replacing a biological female. The OL Reign star said she would, but added that she did not view the act as "taking a ‘real’ woman’s place." "Absolutely," she told Time. "‘You’re taking a ‘real’ woman’s place,’ that’s the part of the argument that’s still extremely transphobic. I see trans women as real women. What you’re saying automatically in the argument—you’re sort of telling on yourself already—is you don’t believe these people are women. Therefore, they’re taking the other spot. I don’t feel that way." Rapinoe will make her final World Cup appearance this month as the United States Women’s National Team heads to Australia and New Zealand with the hopes of making history: becoming the first women’s or men’s team to win a three-peat. The 38-year-old soccer star announced over the weekend her plans to retire at the conclusion of the 2023 National Women’s Soccer League season.

This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Wednesday, July 12th, 2023. Olive Tree Biblical Software: Discover why more than a million people use the free Olive Tree Bible App as their go-to for reading, studying, and listening to the God’s Word. Start by downloading one of many free Bibles and start taking notes, highlighting verses, and bookmarking your favorite passages. You can read at your own pace, or choose from a large selection of Reading Plans, including the Bible Reading Challenge. When you are ready to go deeper into your studies, Olive Tree is right there with a large selection of study Bibles, commentaries, and other helpful study resources available for purchase. There’s also an extensive bookstore allows you to build your digital library one book at a time and Olive Tree’s sync technology lets you pick up where you left off on your tablet, pc or phone and get right to studying on another supported device. Now here's the best part – You can start with the Olive Tree Essentials Bundle for FREE. Visit www.olivetree.com/FLF and download it today!  We start things off in China! https://dailycaller.com/2023/07/10/chinese-military-kindergarteners-war-bootcamps/ The Chinese Military Is Training Kindergarteners For War In Bootcamps Across The Country The Chinese military is training kindergarteners to handle firearms and fight like soldiers in boot camps across China this summer, according to dozens of school social media accounts. The boot camps feature combat training for boys and girls with a wide variety of toy weapons including knives, grenades, rifles and shoulder-fired missiles, and require the children to adopt military behavior, such as saluting, the schools’ social media posts show. The rise in the militarization of China’s youth appears to follow a 2019 Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee push for increased “National Defense Education” and a related effort directing schools to hold National Defense Education activities in 2022, according to government documents. Uniformed People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers oversaw all of the kindergarten boot camps. The boot camps were located in major Chinese cities, such as Beijing, Nanjing and Shenzhen, and were also run in more than half a dozen provinces. The programs featured roughly the same sequence of activities, according to a DCNF review of posts from the participating kindergartens. The boot camps generally began with basic military etiquette and proceeded to teach various military skills ranging from combat to emergency medical training. Additionally, a number of these programs also taught the children about famous PLA heroes and martyrs, according to the schools’ accounts. In May 2023, faculty members and more than 80 children of numerous provinces assembled on the playground for the opening ceremony of their school’s week-long National Defense Education camp, all wearing matching camouflage fatigues. “INHERIT THE RED GENE, CARRY FORWARD PATRIOTIC FEELINGS, LOVE CHINA, LITTLE SOLDIER,” declared a large PLA banner, which partially hid the kindergarten’s playset. Uniformed PLA soldiers then performed a flag-raising ceremony, with all attendants singing the Chinese national anthem, the social media post stated. “We solemnly swear to love the motherland from now on, to dedicate our hearts to working together to build the dream of a powerful country,” the children then pledged, according to the social media post. “Even if I fall to the ground I will continue onward!” PLA soldiers then taught the kindergarten recruits how to groom themselves and make their beds in accordance with military standards, before drilling them in how to stand at attention, stand at ease and salute. Experts say recent efforts to militarize China’s youth are part of the CCP’s ideological goals. Now compare that to the U.S., where students are regularly pushed into ideologies that despise everything the Founding Father’s did. https://notthebee.com/article/just-unfathomable-disney-world-is-just-about-empty-during-summer-vacation-season?fbclid=IwAR2ZgkovaL7WZCwrL8WVQuUm3MNqIpPK8z9WvOLKpsRIph9epbgE0Xknj4E "Just unfathomable": Disney World is "just about empty" during summer vacation season It takes real skill to drive this many customers away. The July 4th weekend was a 10-year-low for the massive company's Disney World amusement park in Orlando, but all the parks have been suffering recently. According to the Wall Street Journal, Park visitors in recent weeks have had significantly lower wait times to get on rides, according to data from Touring Plans, a company that tracks wait times at major amusement parks, including Disney World and Disneyland in California. Industry analysts say shorter wait times generally correlate with smaller crowds. The average posted wait time at the Magic Kingdom park in Florida — which has a special fireworks display on July 4 — was 27 minutes this year for the holiday, down from 31 minutes in 2022 and 47 minutes in 2019, the Touring Plans analysis shows. "It's something that nobody would have predicted — just unfathomable," says Len Testa, a computer scientist who runs Touring Plans. Testa says wait times rose in the following days. The Journal offers an assortment of potential reasons for the lull: Cruises and European vacations are back after the pandemic, Disney isn't offering much new, and Disney wants to slim down the crowds for richer guests anyway. But unlike the journalist class, most of America understands the two primary reasons: Your wallet is hurting Disney went woke https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/4085828-a-record-share-of-americans-are-living-alone/ A record share of Americans is living alone Nearly 30 percent of American households comprise a single person, a record high. Scholars say living alone is not a trend so much as a transformation: Across much of the world, large numbers of people are living alone for the first time in recorded history. “It’s just a stunning social change,” said Eric Klinenberg, a sociologist at New York University and author of the book “Going Solo.” “I came to see it as the biggest demographic change in the last century that we failed to recognize and take seriously.” Homo sapiens is a social animal. Historians tapped ancient census rolls to show that our species has lived in groups for as long as such records have existed, stretching back at least to 1600. The U.S. Census shows that “solitaries” made up 8 percent of all households in 1940. The share of solo households doubled to 18 percent in 1970 and more than tripled, to an estimated 29 percent, by 2022. The solo-living movement intersects with several other societal trends. Americans are marrying later, if at all. The nation is aging. The national birthrate is falling. People are living longer — or they were, until the pandemic arrived. More than anything, perhaps, the rise of single-person households is about women entering the workforce and achieving economic self-sufficiency. The share of adult women participating in the labor force reached 50 percent around 1980. Historically speaking, “you don’t really see people living alone until women have control of their own lives and their own bodies,” Klinenberg said. Researchers see a marked downside to living alone, especially for older Americans, for people who live outside thickly settled cities and for pretty much anyone who is not alone by choice. A New York Times report on aging solitaries concluded that, “while many people in their 50s and 60s thrive living solo, research is unequivocal that people aging alone experience worse physical and mental health outcomes and shorter life spans.” The nation’s declining birth rate and aging population portend a time when America doesn’t have enough working-age citizens to sustain the national economy or to support the spiraling health care needs of its oldest citizens. The rise of single-person households can be seen as both a cause and effect of those challenges. “I think it’s something we should be worried about,” said Wendy Wang, director of research at the Institute for Family Studies, a conservative thinktank. “If we have fewer and fewer children, that means we have fewer people to work, to be consumers, to pay taxes.” Wang notes that low fertility rates are a global problem. Indeed, solo households are far more common across much of Europe than in the United States. According to United Nations data, solitaries make up 39 percent of households in Denmark, 45 percent in Finland, 42 percent in Germany, 38 percent in the Netherlands, 39 percent in Norway and 40 percent in Sweden. Even now, living alone is not quite so common in the United States as the data suggest. While nearly 30 percent of households comprise a single person, far fewer than 30 percent of Americans live in them. Roughly 13 percent of American adults live alone, research shows. Breaking down that figure by age groups, the population of solitaries rises from 4 percent of adults at ages 18-24 to 9 percent at 25-34, dips to 8 percent at 35-44, then rises again, to 12 percent at 45-54, 17 percent at 55-64 and 26 percent at 65 and up. Living alone is much more common in large cities. Singles now make up more than 40 percent of households in Atlanta, Seattle, San Francisco, Minneapolis and Denver, according to a paper by the British historian Keith Snell. Half of all Manhattan dwellings are one-person residences. Snell identified a Midtown Census tract where 94 percent of households comprised a single person. At younger ages, men outnumber women in one-person households. Young men are far more likely than young women to be single, and they tend to marry later. The gender gap in solitary living closes with age. In the retirement years, women are more likely than men to live alone. That statistic is partly about women outliving husbands, and partly about “grey divorce,” the rising rate of marriages that dissolve after age 50. The grey divorce rate has doubled since 1990. “It used to be that if people were married for 30 years and they entered their 60s, basically, they were going to stay married,” said Barbara Risman, a distinguished professor of sociology at the University of Illinois Chicago. “You would pass the risk of divorce. No one is ever past the risk of divorce anymore.” Through much of the 20th century, marriage was so universal that the very act of living alone carried a stigma. The share of Americans who had not married by age 40 hovered below 10 percent from 1950 through 1980, according to a Pew Research analysis. The figure has soared in recent decades, reaching 25 percent in 2021, a record high. The share of Americans in prime marriage years who are actually married has dwindled from about two-thirds to around half since 1990, Pew data show. Nearly two-fifths of Americans are “unpartnered,” neither married nor cohabiting. Researchers consider living alone a risk factor for loneliness and social isolation, conditions associated with a host of physical and mental maladies, from heart disease to obesity to anxiety and depression. Men tend to fare less well than women in single-person households, said Louise Hawkley, a researcher at the NORC thinktank who studies loneliness and social isolation. - Perhaps because we’re meant to be taking dominion & building families… Now for my favorite topic… sports! https://www.foxnews.com/sports/us-soccer-star-megan-rapinoe-support-trans-athlete-uswnt-roster-i-see-trans-women-as-real-women US soccer star Megan Rapinoe would support trans athlete on USWNT roster: 'I see trans women as real women' U.S. women’s soccer icon Megan Rapinoe has been a public advocate for the inclusion of transgender athletes in women’s sports, and ahead of what will be her final World Cup appearance before retiring, the one-time Golden Boot winner said she would "absolutely" support having a trans woman on the USWNT roster. Even if that meant replacing a biological female. In an interview with Time published Monday, Rapinoe recalled highlights from her lengthy career, including her battles both on and off the pitch. She was asked specifically about her push to defend transgender athletes’ participation in women’s sports. "We as a country are trying to legislate away people’s full humanity," she told the outlet. Rapinoe was one of 40 professional athletes to co-sign a letter to House lawmakers in April in opposition of the Protection of Girls and Women in Sports Act, arguing that the bill would exclude women and girls from getting "mental and physical health benefits." "It’s particularly frustrating when women’s sports is weaponized," Rapinoe said in the interview. "Oh, now we care about fairness? Now we care about women’s sports? That’s total bulls---. And show me all the trans people who are nefariously taking advantage of being trans in sports. It’s just not happening." Rapinoe was asked specifically if she would support a trans woman playing on the United States Women’s National Team, even if it meant replacing a biological female. The OL Reign star said she would, but added that she did not view the act as "taking a ‘real’ woman’s place." "Absolutely," she told Time. "‘You’re taking a ‘real’ woman’s place,’ that’s the part of the argument that’s still extremely transphobic. I see trans women as real women. What you’re saying automatically in the argument—you’re sort of telling on yourself already—is you don’t believe these people are women. Therefore, they’re taking the other spot. I don’t feel that way." Rapinoe will make her final World Cup appearance this month as the United States Women’s National Team heads to Australia and New Zealand with the hopes of making history: becoming the first women’s or men’s team to win a three-peat. The 38-year-old soccer star announced over the weekend her plans to retire at the conclusion of the 2023 National Women’s Soccer League season.

This is Garrison Hardie with your CrossPolitic Daily News Brief for Wednesday, July 12th, 2023. Olive Tree Biblical Software: Discover why more than a million people use the free Olive Tree Bible App as their go-to for reading, studying, and listening to the God’s Word. Start by downloading one of many free Bibles and start taking notes, highlighting verses, and bookmarking your favorite passages. You can read at your own pace, or choose from a large selection of Reading Plans, including the Bible Reading Challenge. When you are ready to go deeper into your studies, Olive Tree is right there with a large selection of study Bibles, commentaries, and other helpful study resources available for purchase. There’s also an extensive bookstore allows you to build your digital library one book at a time and Olive Tree’s sync technology lets you pick up where you left off on your tablet, pc or phone and get right to studying on another supported device. Now here's the best part – You can start with the Olive Tree Essentials Bundle for FREE. Visit www.olivetree.com/FLF and download it today!  We start things off in China! https://dailycaller.com/2023/07/10/chinese-military-kindergarteners-war-bootcamps/ The Chinese Military Is Training Kindergarteners For War In Bootcamps Across The Country The Chinese military is training kindergarteners to handle firearms and fight like soldiers in boot camps across China this summer, according to dozens of school social media accounts. The boot camps feature combat training for boys and girls with a wide variety of toy weapons including knives, grenades, rifles and shoulder-fired missiles, and require the children to adopt military behavior, such as saluting, the schools’ social media posts show. The rise in the militarization of China’s youth appears to follow a 2019 Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee push for increased “National Defense Education” and a related effort directing schools to hold National Defense Education activities in 2022, according to government documents. Uniformed People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers oversaw all of the kindergarten boot camps. The boot camps were located in major Chinese cities, such as Beijing, Nanjing and Shenzhen, and were also run in more than half a dozen provinces. The programs featured roughly the same sequence of activities, according to a DCNF review of posts from the participating kindergartens. The boot camps generally began with basic military etiquette and proceeded to teach various military skills ranging from combat to emergency medical training. Additionally, a number of these programs also taught the children about famous PLA heroes and martyrs, according to the schools’ accounts. In May 2023, faculty members and more than 80 children of numerous provinces assembled on the playground for the opening ceremony of their school’s week-long National Defense Education camp, all wearing matching camouflage fatigues. “INHERIT THE RED GENE, CARRY FORWARD PATRIOTIC FEELINGS, LOVE CHINA, LITTLE SOLDIER,” declared a large PLA banner, which partially hid the kindergarten’s playset. Uniformed PLA soldiers then performed a flag-raising ceremony, with all attendants singing the Chinese national anthem, the social media post stated. “We solemnly swear to love the motherland from now on, to dedicate our hearts to working together to build the dream of a powerful country,” the children then pledged, according to the social media post. “Even if I fall to the ground I will continue onward!” PLA soldiers then taught the kindergarten recruits how to groom themselves and make their beds in accordance with military standards, before drilling them in how to stand at attention, stand at ease and salute. Experts say recent efforts to militarize China’s youth are part of the CCP’s ideological goals. Now compare that to the U.S., where students are regularly pushed into ideologies that despise everything the Founding Father’s did. https://notthebee.com/article/just-unfathomable-disney-world-is-just-about-empty-during-summer-vacation-season?fbclid=IwAR2ZgkovaL7WZCwrL8WVQuUm3MNqIpPK8z9WvOLKpsRIph9epbgE0Xknj4E "Just unfathomable": Disney World is "just about empty" during summer vacation season It takes real skill to drive this many customers away. The July 4th weekend was a 10-year-low for the massive company's Disney World amusement park in Orlando, but all the parks have been suffering recently. According to the Wall Street Journal, Park visitors in recent weeks have had significantly lower wait times to get on rides, according to data from Touring Plans, a company that tracks wait times at major amusement parks, including Disney World and Disneyland in California. Industry analysts say shorter wait times generally correlate with smaller crowds. The average posted wait time at the Magic Kingdom park in Florida — which has a special fireworks display on July 4 — was 27 minutes this year for the holiday, down from 31 minutes in 2022 and 47 minutes in 2019, the Touring Plans analysis shows. "It's something that nobody would have predicted — just unfathomable," says Len Testa, a computer scientist who runs Touring Plans. Testa says wait times rose in the following days. The Journal offers an assortment of potential reasons for the lull: Cruises and European vacations are back after the pandemic, Disney isn't offering much new, and Disney wants to slim down the crowds for richer guests anyway. But unlike the journalist class, most of America understands the two primary reasons: Your wallet is hurting Disney went woke https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/4085828-a-record-share-of-americans-are-living-alone/ A record share of Americans is living alone Nearly 30 percent of American households comprise a single person, a record high. Scholars say living alone is not a trend so much as a transformation: Across much of the world, large numbers of people are living alone for the first time in recorded history. “It’s just a stunning social change,” said Eric Klinenberg, a sociologist at New York University and author of the book “Going Solo.” “I came to see it as the biggest demographic change in the last century that we failed to recognize and take seriously.” Homo sapiens is a social animal. Historians tapped ancient census rolls to show that our species has lived in groups for as long as such records have existed, stretching back at least to 1600. The U.S. Census shows that “solitaries” made up 8 percent of all households in 1940. The share of solo households doubled to 18 percent in 1970 and more than tripled, to an estimated 29 percent, by 2022. The solo-living movement intersects with several other societal trends. Americans are marrying later, if at all. The nation is aging. The national birthrate is falling. People are living longer — or they were, until the pandemic arrived. More than anything, perhaps, the rise of single-person households is about women entering the workforce and achieving economic self-sufficiency. The share of adult women participating in the labor force reached 50 percent around 1980. Historically speaking, “you don’t really see people living alone until women have control of their own lives and their own bodies,” Klinenberg said. Researchers see a marked downside to living alone, especially for older Americans, for people who live outside thickly settled cities and for pretty much anyone who is not alone by choice. A New York Times report on aging solitaries concluded that, “while many people in their 50s and 60s thrive living solo, research is unequivocal that people aging alone experience worse physical and mental health outcomes and shorter life spans.” The nation’s declining birth rate and aging population portend a time when America doesn’t have enough working-age citizens to sustain the national economy or to support the spiraling health care needs of its oldest citizens. The rise of single-person households can be seen as both a cause and effect of those challenges. “I think it’s something we should be worried about,” said Wendy Wang, director of research at the Institute for Family Studies, a conservative thinktank. “If we have fewer and fewer children, that means we have fewer people to work, to be consumers, to pay taxes.” Wang notes that low fertility rates are a global problem. Indeed, solo households are far more common across much of Europe than in the United States. According to United Nations data, solitaries make up 39 percent of households in Denmark, 45 percent in Finland, 42 percent in Germany, 38 percent in the Netherlands, 39 percent in Norway and 40 percent in Sweden. Even now, living alone is not quite so common in the United States as the data suggest. While nearly 30 percent of households comprise a single person, far fewer than 30 percent of Americans live in them. Roughly 13 percent of American adults live alone, research shows. Breaking down that figure by age groups, the population of solitaries rises from 4 percent of adults at ages 18-24 to 9 percent at 25-34, dips to 8 percent at 35-44, then rises again, to 12 percent at 45-54, 17 percent at 55-64 and 26 percent at 65 and up. Living alone is much more common in large cities. Singles now make up more than 40 percent of households in Atlanta, Seattle, San Francisco, Minneapolis and Denver, according to a paper by the British historian Keith Snell. Half of all Manhattan dwellings are one-person residences. Snell identified a Midtown Census tract where 94 percent of households comprised a single person. At younger ages, men outnumber women in one-person households. Young men are far more likely than young women to be single, and they tend to marry later. The gender gap in solitary living closes with age. In the retirement years, women are more likely than men to live alone. That statistic is partly about women outliving husbands, and partly about “grey divorce,” the rising rate of marriages that dissolve after age 50. The grey divorce rate has doubled since 1990. “It used to be that if people were married for 30 years and they entered their 60s, basically, they were going to stay married,” said Barbara Risman, a distinguished professor of sociology at the University of Illinois Chicago. “You would pass the risk of divorce. No one is ever past the risk of divorce anymore.” Through much of the 20th century, marriage was so universal that the very act of living alone carried a stigma. The share of Americans who had not married by age 40 hovered below 10 percent from 1950 through 1980, according to a Pew Research analysis. The figure has soared in recent decades, reaching 25 percent in 2021, a record high. The share of Americans in prime marriage years who are actually married has dwindled from about two-thirds to around half since 1990, Pew data show. Nearly two-fifths of Americans are “unpartnered,” neither married nor cohabiting. Researchers consider living alone a risk factor for loneliness and social isolation, conditions associated with a host of physical and mental maladies, from heart disease to obesity to anxiety and depression. Men tend to fare less well than women in single-person households, said Louise Hawkley, a researcher at the NORC thinktank who studies loneliness and social isolation. - Perhaps because we’re meant to be taking dominion & building families… Now for my favorite topic… sports! https://www.foxnews.com/sports/us-soccer-star-megan-rapinoe-support-trans-athlete-uswnt-roster-i-see-trans-women-as-real-women US soccer star Megan Rapinoe would support trans athlete on USWNT roster: 'I see trans women as real women' U.S. women’s soccer icon Megan Rapinoe has been a public advocate for the inclusion of transgender athletes in women’s sports, and ahead of what will be her final World Cup appearance before retiring, the one-time Golden Boot winner said she would "absolutely" support having a trans woman on the USWNT roster. Even if that meant replacing a biological female. In an interview with Time published Monday, Rapinoe recalled highlights from her lengthy career, including her battles both on and off the pitch. She was asked specifically about her push to defend transgender athletes’ participation in women’s sports. "We as a country are trying to legislate away people’s full humanity," she told the outlet. Rapinoe was one of 40 professional athletes to co-sign a letter to House lawmakers in April in opposition of the Protection of Girls and Women in Sports Act, arguing that the bill would exclude women and girls from getting "mental and physical health benefits." "It’s particularly frustrating when women’s sports is weaponized," Rapinoe said in the interview. "Oh, now we care about fairness? Now we care about women’s sports? That’s total bulls---. And show me all the trans people who are nefariously taking advantage of being trans in sports. It’s just not happening." Rapinoe was asked specifically if she would support a trans woman playing on the United States Women’s National Team, even if it meant replacing a biological female. The OL Reign star said she would, but added that she did not view the act as "taking a ‘real’ woman’s place." "Absolutely," she told Time. "‘You’re taking a ‘real’ woman’s place,’ that’s the part of the argument that’s still extremely transphobic. I see trans women as real women. What you’re saying automatically in the argument—you’re sort of telling on yourself already—is you don’t believe these people are women. Therefore, they’re taking the other spot. I don’t feel that way." Rapinoe will make her final World Cup appearance this month as the United States Women’s National Team heads to Australia and New Zealand with the hopes of making history: becoming the first women’s or men’s team to win a three-peat. The 38-year-old soccer star announced over the weekend her plans to retire at the conclusion of the 2023 National Women’s Soccer League season.

From 2002, Eric Klinenberg, author of "Heat Wave: a Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago." The book examines the devastating heat wave in the summer of 1995 in which Chicago saw temperatures as high as 106 degrees over the course of an entire week. It is estimated that 700 people died due to the oppressively hot weather. Klinenberg wanted to understand why the death rate was so high in certain neighborhoods and in certain sectors of the population.

In this week's episode I talk to writer, Christina Campbell. Christina lives in Northern Virginia, USA, with her cats. She writes about invisible illness, singles' rights, and the inexorable onslaught of entropy. Her book, And Sarah His Wife, won the Michigan Writers' Cooperative Press Chapbook Contest in 2017. After earning her Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction from George Mason University, Christina co-founded the singles' advocacy blog, Onely, with her MFA classmate, Lisa Arnold. The site deconstructs cultural stereotypes about single hood, such as the myth that unmarried people die alone, eaten by their cats! Christina's writing on Onely has been featured, quoted, or referenced in numerous publications, including The Atlantic.com; The Sydney Morning Herald; Boston Magazine; PsychologyToday.com; the book Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone by Eric Klinenberg; the book Singlism: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to Stop It by Bella DePaulo; and the book It's Not You: 27 (Wrong) Reasons You're Single, by Sara Eckel.Topics that Christina & I cover are: What motivated her and her college classmate, Lisa Arnold, to start their blog, Onely;Why Christina started writing about systemic singlism and discrimination against single people;How Christina has been affected personally by systemic singlism;Bereavement leave, how even that seems to favour those who are married, and how Christina wasn't entitled to take bereavement leave for two of her close relatives;How single people aren't able to choose recipients of certain benefits, whereas married people are automatically allowed to benefit their spouses;How single hood has meant that Christina has been hugely financially disadvantaged in respect of her health care;The project Christina worked on which found that single people, at a certain salary rate, finish their life at least $1,000,000 worse off than their married counterparts;How both Christina and I have been asked by 6 year old girls why we're not married, and why we live alone; and how important it is to show little girls that it's ok to be alone.Despite several relationships, Christina has always been very content on her own and never really felt the need to couple up;The stigma around childless women and how they are often perceived as ‘selfish'.Bella DePaulo's term ‘single at heart' and how Christina and I feel about it.How our ‘women's intuition' is our strongest tool against the patriarchal narratives;Last but not least, our beloved ‘fur baby' cats! Christina's Website:https://christinadc.com/ Onely blog:https://onely.orgUS Link to Christina's book, And Sarah His Wife:https://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Wife-Christina-Diane-Campbell/dp/1546681639 UK Link to the book: Book a FREE 30 minute coaching 'taster' session HERE: https://calendly.com/lucymeggeson/30minute Fancy getting your hands on my FREE Top 10 Mindset Tips? Head over to: www.lucymeggeson.com Interested in my 1-1 Coaching? Work with me HERE: https://www.lucymeggeson.com/workwithme Join my private Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1870817913309222/?ref=share Follow me on Instagram: @spinsterhoodreimagined Follow me on Twitter: @LucyMeggeson Follow me on LinkedIn: Lucy Meggeson Email me: lucy@lucymeggeson.com And thank you so much for listening!!!

In this week's episode, host Daniel Raimi talks about the clean energy transition with Emily Grubert, an associate professor of sustainable energy policy at the University of Notre Dame. Grubert discusses challenges associated with the “mid-transition,” a period of the clean energy transition when both fossil fuels and clean energy infrastructure may be necessary. Grubert and Raimi examine the investments, policies, and communication strategies that could help maintain a reliable and affordable energy system during the tricky mid-transition period. References and recommendations: “Designing the mid-transition: A review of medium-term challenges for coordinated decarbonization in the United States” by Emily Grubert and Sara Hastings-Simon; https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/wcc.768 “Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago” by Eric Klinenberg; https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/H/bo20809880.html

We share traits with every single human on this planet. But often our differences define us more than our commonalities. In this episode we explore our empathetic potential, and how art just might be a bridge for creating better connection.Social psychologist Dr. Sara Konrath and Director of the National Gallery of Art guide us through an exploration of art and empathy, and we explore a new public art installation at the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial in Washington State. Head over to CreativeFuelCollective.com for more creative inspiration, prompts, online workshops and a robust creative community.Hosted by Anna BronesCo-Produced by Anna Brones & Gale StraubTheme Music is by cleod9 musicSeason 1 is Made with Support by Big CartelFeaturing: Kaywin Feldman: Kaywin Feldman is the director of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. She is the National Gallery's fifth director, and the first female to hold the position. Before coming to the National Gallery, she served for a decade as the director and president of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Terra Foundation for American Art and a trustee of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the White House Historical Association, and the Chipstone Foundation. Feldman holds master's degrees in art history and archeology from the University of London.Links:National Gallery of ArtSara Konrath: Sara Konrath is a social psychologist who directs the Interdisciplinary Program on Empathy and Altruism Research at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Her scientific research focuses on topics related to social and emotional intelligence. For example, her studies explore changes over time in these traits among American young people. Other research examines implications of these traits for individuals themselves and for other people. For example, she has published extensively on the health and happiness benefits of giving. She also creates and evaluates empathy-building training programs in a variety of groups, including young people, nonprofit professionals, art museum staff and visitors, and doctors. Konrath holds a PhD. in Social Psychology from the University of Michigan.Links: ipearlab.orgCarol Reitz: Originally from Minnesota, Carol Reitz serves as the president of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community on Bainbridge Island in Washington State. She is also a Bainbridge Island Rotarian and played piano for high school choirs. Loves to play pickleball, knit, and serve as a docent and volunteer host at the Exclusion Memorial educating visitors from around the world.Resources Mentioned & Places to Learn MoreBainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion MemorialScrovegni ChapelMinneapolis Institute of Art Center for Empathy and the Visual ArtsDoes Arts Engagement Increase Empathy and Prosocial Behavior?Eric Klinenberg, “Why Libraries Will Save the World”“Art as a Trojan Horse,” part of Dr. Konrath's column for Psychology Today, The Empathy GapImages of public art installation at the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial deckVideo of the production and fabrication of some of the components in Anna Brones and Luc Revel's artwork for the Bainbridge Island Japanese Exclusion MemorialSponsor LinksBig Cartel believes you don't have to sell out to sell online. With their simple stores for artists, makers, and creators, you won't be surprised by hidden fees and they don't take a cut of your sales like some other platforms. The sky's the limit on your sales and your success. Open your own shop at bigcartel.com.

États-Unis : en juillet 1995, une vague de chaleur s'abat sur Chicago causant la mort de plus de 700 personnes en une semaine. Le sociologue américain Eric Klinenberg a décortiqué l'impact de cette canicule dans un livre enfin publié en français : Chicago, canicule été 1995, autopsie sociale d'une catastrophe, aux éditions Deux-cent-cinq. Burkina Faso Depuis les années 80, Yacouba Sawadogo reforeste les terres désertiques autour de son village natal Gourga, dans le nord du pays. Après 40 années d'efforts, le résultat est là : une forêt de 40 hectares est née. Le géographe et anthropologue Damien Deville raconte cette histoire avec Yacouba Sawadogo dans L'homme qui arrêta le désert, publié chez Tana éditions.  (Rediffusion du 13 janvier 2022)

In this episode, Eric and Sara Joy talk with Pastor Scott Pontier about how Jamestown Harbor Church has explored the needs and opportunities for creating a "center" in their suburban community. After a few years of conversation with the local township board and other organizations, they landed on partnering with a local sports program to design a facility that provides gathering space for the church and also serve as a sports complex. Though not using the term specifically, it is evident through this interview that the missional heart of Jamestown Harbor Church has been to create "social infrastructure" in order to be a blessing to their community.Social infrastructure is a term coined by Eric Klinenberg, a sociologist from NYU, which refers to the physical spaces and places that are the venue for the formation of civic, social bonds with those in living in proximity to one another. The journey of Jamestown Harbor Church demonstrates a church leadership team and congregation that has sought to identify where there is a deficit of social infrastructure in their community and discern how their church can play a super important role in creating a venue that fills the void and builds opportunities for people to form relationships in their suburban context. Pastor Scott stresses the importance of being flexible and being more in love with your mission than your stuff as essential qualities for taking on partnerships and building places that are to be used freely by the local community. He acknowledges that the process has been arduous at times with dead-ends or outcomes that look vastly different than anticipated, but trusting that God is at work and staying laser-focused on the mission of blessing the community has enabled this vision to move forward despite the unplanned pathways. At Jamestown Harbor Church they are intent on creating a place where relationships are formed and deepened among members of their township so that people can experience the fullness of shalom found in Jesus.Eric and Sara Joy also speak with a couple of field guides who provide professional expertise to expand upon the sociological and design facets of social infrastructure. Eric Klinenberg of NYU shares his definition of social infrastructure, why it is so important, and how it differs from social capital. He also discusses the ways churches can either support or detract from building cohesive and integrated communities with their facilities and programs. Greg Snider with Aspen Group gives more color to the community process that Jamestown Harbor Church engaged before landing on their current plan for to include a sports complex. He also highlights several avenues churches can pursue when considering the type and design of social infrastructure elements on their properties. Episode ContributorsScott Pontier is the Lead Pastor of Jamestown Harbor Church in Hudsonville, Michigan. Eric Klinenberg is Helen Gould Shepard Professor of Social Science and Director of the Institute for Public Knowledge at New York University. A New York Times bestselling author, he has written several books including Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life (Crown, 2018), Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone (The Penguin Press, 2012), Fighting for Air: The Battle to Control America's Media (Metropolitan Books, 2007), and Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago (University of Chicago Press, 2002).Greg Snider is a Ministry Space Strategist at Aspen Group. He has more than 20 years of construction experience in residential, light commercial, and interior build-out. Fifteen of those years were spent building churches, including Living Water Church in Bolingbrook, Illinois, West Side Christian Church in Springfield, Illinois, and Community Christian Church in Naperville, Illinois. At Aspen Group, he works diligently to obtain an intimate understanding of the mission and vision of each church. He then uses this knowledge to guide the project team as they translate that vision into effective design and ultimately into a finished, ministry-enhancing facility.Access more Show Notes with pictures and resources related to this episode. Sign up for the free online Community Forum on July 26, 2022 to discuss this episode with Eric, Sara Joy, and Chris and other podcast listeners. Register today!More information about this podcast and helpful church and urbanism resources can be found on The Embedded Church website.Related ResourcesJamestown Harbor ChurchAspen GroupPalaces for the People by Eric KlinenbergThe Celtic Way of Evangelism by George G. Hunter IIISeason 1: Episode 2 - Community Collaborations (Third Church Community Charrette Process) - The Embedded Church PodcastSeason 3: Episode 6 - Reading Palaces for the People - The Embedded Church PodcastFind these Key Terms on The Embedded Church website:- Charrette- Civic Sphere- Fragmentation- Public Belonging- Social Belonging- Social Capital- Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)- Social Infrastructure- ThresholdShow CreditsHosted and Produced by Eric O. Jacobsen and Sara Joy ProppeEdited by Adam Higgins | Odd Dad Out Voice ProductionsTheme Music by Jacob ShafferArtwork by Lance Kagey | Rotator Creative

Guest: Eric Klinenberg When we talk about preventing deaths from natural disasters, we often look at our physical infrastructure and how to build it to withstand withering conditions. But what about our social infrastructure: the network of spaces, institutions, and groups that help foster social connections? What role do they play in protecting the vulnerable? Our guest today is Eric Klinenberg, author of Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago, and it's an in depth look at the factors that led to one of America's deadliest heat waves.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Following the Supreme Court ruling, searches for “abortion pill” have surged, according to Google Trends data. Medication abortion bans are harder to enforce than for surgical abortions, and are set to be at heart of legal battles in states across the U.S. Plus: lessons from one historic heat wave…as the U.S. faces more extreme heat. Guests: Axios' Tina Reed and Eric Klinenberg, author of Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago. Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Erica Pandey, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Lydia McMullen-Laird and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893. Go Deeper: Abortion pills become central issue after SCOTUS ruling Abortions are now illegal in 7 states but more bans are coming On first day of summer, heat wave intensifies and heads for the South Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last week's record-breaking heat was deadly for three women at the James Sneider Apartments, a living facility for seniors and people with disabilities in Rogers Park. The women were found unresponsive Saturday after multiple heat complaints from residents. Reset discusses what can be done to prevent this from happening again, and reflects on lessons from Chicago's 1995 heat wave. GUESTS: Ald. Maria Hadden, 49th Ward Eric Klinenberg, sociologist at New York University; author of Heat Wave: a Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago Host: Sasha-Ann Simons Producer: Char Daston

durée : 00:55:43 - La Terre au carré - par : Mathieu Vidard - À l'occasion de la venue en France du sociologue américain Eric Klinenberg, auteur de "Canicule. Chicago, été 1995 : autopsie sociale d'une catastrophe", la Terre au Carré s'intéresse à la canicule, son mécanisme et son impact sur nos sociétés urbanisées.( Rediffusion)

durée : 00:55:43 - La Terre au carré - par : Mathieu Vidard - À l'occasion de la venue en France du sociologue américain Eric Klinenberg, auteur de "Canicule. Chicago, été 1995 : autopsie sociale d'une catastrophe", la Terre au Carré s'intéresse à la canicule, son mécanisme et son impact sur nos sociétés urbanisées.( Rediffusion)

Can the bird flu infect humans? Dr. Danielle Jongkind gives us more information on this topic, on Ask a Vet. Is there a way to capitalize on drinking water, and get more out of this daily habit? We find out with Nutritionist Julia Karantjas. We meet two individuals from the newest AMI-tv series, Breaking Character. The show explores disability representation through the eyes of six performers with disabilities trying to make it big. Monday May 2nd is Music Monday. Each year students, educators, and music makers celebrate with events from coast to coast to coast and participate in the collective singing of the Music Monday Anthem. We learn more. Lucia Bellefante continues our conversation on teaching a child who is blind or partially sighted how to feed themselves. On our Book Club, we review Modern Romance, co-written by Eric Klinenberg and Aziz Ansari, recommended by Paul Aflalo.

On our Book Club, we review Modern Romance, co-written by Eric Klinenberg and Aziz Ansari, recommended by Paul Aflalo.

durée : 00:54:51 - La Terre au carré - par : Mathieu Vidard - À l'occasion de la venue en France du sociologue américain Eric Klinenberg, auteur de "Canicule. Chicago, été 1995 : autopsie sociale d'une catastrophe", la Terre au Carré s'intéresse à la canicule, son mécanisme et son impact sur nos sociétés urbanisées.

Be it police violence, racism, voting rights and climate change, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison's career puts him at the heart of so many issues we're grappling with. Now, he is taking big oil to court because 'we can't expect them to grow a conscience.' He joins Bianna Golodryga to discuss. Then, CNN Global Economist Analyst Rana Foroohar outlines her analysis of the U.S. September jobs report. Sociologist Eric Klinenberg talks about the impact covid has had on American society and how we can regain our humanity. And amid a troubling week for Facebook, raising questions about social responsibility in the age of social media and big tech, best-selling author Dave Eggers speaks with our Walter Isaacson about the release of his new book “The Every”. This sequel to “The Circle” imagines a social media and e-commerce monopoly and touches on the perils of corporate power. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

"How to be an antiracist" by Ibram X. Kendi (2019) (http://bit.ly/3hp1d15) “Pathological conditions are making the residents sicker and poorer while they strive to survive and thrive, while they invent and reinvent cultures and behaviors that may be different but never inferior to those of residents in richer neighborhoods. But if the elite race-classes are judging the poor race-classes by their own cultural and behavioral norms, then the poor race-classes appear inferior. Whoever creates the norm creates the hierarchy and positions their own race-class at the top of the hierarchy” (p. 153). References: Sound Practice (Michael Lipset + d.school) (https://stanford.io/3nTN1zw) "Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life" by Eric Klinenberg (http://bit.ly/3nMLU4N) Michael Lipset of PassTell Stories (http://www.michaellipset.com/) Connect: Twitter (twitter.com/mjcraw) Website (mjcraw.com) Music from Digi G'Alessio CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 (https://bit.ly/2IyV71i)

In this episode, Eric takes the lead in expounding on the book Palaces for the People written by Eric Klinenberg in 2018. Klinenberg is a sociologist at NYU who coined the term "social infrastructure" to capture the idea that shared physical places shape the way people act and the relationships people develop. He has studied how the presence of social infrastructure or the lack thereof can have direct implications on the well-being and resiliency of our local communities. His early research discovered that during the Chicago heat wave in the 90s, when controlling for neighborhood demographics, communities with more thriving public spaces fared better than those without because neighbors knew one another and kept tabs on the health of each other.Klinenberg contends that libraries, in particular, have played a valuable social infrastructure role in our local neighborhoods. Unfortunately, government budget cuts have discounted the value of these places and libraries are increasingly going by the wayside. He argues that we would be wise to invest in these places of social infrastructure, such as libraries, parks, schools, and churches because they are accessible to everyone and provide tangible resources to the community while encouraging the formation of social bonds. Investing in places like these presents an effective place-based solution for the crime, disconnection, and polarization we are experiencing in our current cultural climate. Access more Show Notes with pictures and resources related to this episode.More information about this podcast and helpful church and urbanism resources can be found on The Embedded Church website.Related ResourcesPalaces for the People by Eric Klinenberg99% Invisible Podcast interview with Eric KlinenbergDignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America by Chris ArnadeThe Great Good Place: Cafes, Coffee Shops, Bookstores, Bars, Hair Salons, and Other Hangouts at the Heart of a Community by Ray Oldenburg"Learning Virtue Through Public Transit" by Sara Joy ProppeDefensible Space Theory by Oscar NewmanBroken Windows Theory by James Q. Wilson and George KellingAndrew Carnegie - a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist who made his wealth by leading the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century. He is one of the most prominent philanthropists in the history of U.S. and funded the building of numerous public libraries across the country.John 4 - Jesus and the Samaritan Woman at the well storyFind these Key Terms on The Embedded Church website:- Social capital- Social infrastructure- Third PlaceShow CreditsHosted and Produced by Eric O. Jacobsen and Sara Joy ProppeEdited by Adam Higgins | Odd Dad Out Voice ProductionsTheme Music by Jacob ShafferArtwork by Lance Kagey | Rotator Creative

On The Embedded Church podcast, we often make references to terms, books, and urban thinkers that might be unfamiliar to our audience. We decided to address that concern in Season 3, by introducing our listeners to the books and authors who have had a major impact on our understanding of neighborhood design. Welcome to an entire season dedicated to Eric and Sara Joy talking about books. The episodes will be spaced two weeks apart to allow listeners a chance to read each featured book before we talk about it. But also, be assured, listeners will learn a lot about these books and some of their key ideas just by listening. We're kind of hoping that a few of our listeners will order these books and give them to their pastor for Christmas. Nothing says, “I love you, pastor” more than a gift-wrapped copy of Happy City waiting under the tree after the Christmas Eve service.  Access more Show Notes with pictures and resources related to this episode.More information about this podcast and helpful church and urbanism resources can be found on The Embedded Church website.Related ResourcesHappy City by Charles MontgomeryWalkable City by Jeff SpeckCities for People by Jan GehlHome from Nowhere by James Howard KunstlerThe Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane JacobsPalaces for the People  by Eric KlinenbergA Beautiful Day in the NeighborhoodInterview with Eric Klinenberg - 99% Invisible PodcastShow CreditsHosted and Produced by Eric O. Jacobsen and Sara Joy ProppeEdited by Adam Higgins | Odd Dad Out Voice ProductionsTheme Music by Jacob ShafferArtwork by Lance Kagey | Rotator Creative

In this episode, Jennie and Megan talk with Pete about how Colson Whitehead uses metaphor throughout his novel to to create a jolting, yet beautiful, story of America. Want to join the discussion about "The Underground Railroad"? We have a Big Book Club Podcast Facebook group and a Goodreads group.  Hang out on twitter? Share your thoughts with the hashtag #BigBookPodcast.   Further reading: The Underground Railroad Read-alikes More Speculative History What we're reading next: Jennie - "The Ghost Bride" by Yangsze Choo Megan - "Palaces for the people: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life" by Eric Klinenberg, and "These Witches Don't Burn" by Isabel Sterling