Aug 24, 2017
Some have argued that Donald Trump was propelled into office by
people who have been characterized as discouraged and depressed by
a world that no longer feels like their own. But what was it about
Donald Trump’s motto, “Make America Great Again,” that captured the
attention of so many who voted for him? In this episode, Professors
Julian Zelizer and Sam Wang interview Arlie Russell Hochschild, a
sociologist who traveled deep into the heart of the “American
Right.” Hochschild’s five-year journey culminated in the
bestselling book, “Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning
on the American Right,” a National Book Award finalist. Hochschild
is professor emerita of sociology at the University of California,
Berkeley. She is the author of nine books, and three of her books
have been named by The New York Times as Notable Books of the Year.
She is the winner of the Ulysses Medal as well as Guggenheim and
Mellon grants.