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The NPR Politics Podcast
In the episode on America's loneliness epidemic, the host highlighted the book as Putnam's latest work and used it as the basis for a discussion on emerging optimism and policy ideas. She referenced the author's previous research and noted that the concepts were drawn largely from this title, indicating its relevance to the conversation.
Episode: Politics And America's Loneliness Epidemic
The 2020 publication was highlighted as Putnam's latest work and as the source for the discussion on emerging optimism and policy ideas.
Bob is a political scientist with a long list of accolades to his name and an array of books, including 2015's Our Kids and 2020's The Upswing.
OK, and I'm going to be drawing here largely on on this new book, the upswing.
I mean, look, one example is that and we talk about this in the upswing and I talked about it in Bowling Alone.