Trevor and Christiana sit down with noted author and political scientist Robert Putnam. They discuss why community is now more essential than ever, both for the survival of democracy and for our very survival as a species. The three also debate whether social media diminishes our social capital, and why more people bowl in America than vote. (Hint: If more people bowled America would be more united). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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What is it about the bowling versus bowling alone that the data told you, and what were people reporting that you thought was important to get into?
Well, first of all, bowling is big in America. You may not know this, but more Americans bowl than vote, for example.
Wow. So we've got to put polls at the bowling booth. When you put your fingers in, you should get the little die, and then you vote straight off. That's what we should be doing.
Agreed.
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I cannot tell you how excited I am to have you on the podcast. And I think everyone will be because Robert Putnam is one of those names that is surprisingly unknown, but then surprisingly very well known depending on who you ask. So if you ask a lot of people in the streets, if you said, do you know Robert Putnam? They would probably maybe say no.
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