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KNOW IT BUT YOU STUMBLED ON TO THE MAJOR ECONOMIC PROBLEMS FACING MY INDUSTRY. BECAUSE
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| 00:03:10 |
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ALTHOUGH MORE AMERICANS ARE BOWLING THAN EVER BEFORE, BOWLING IS UP IN AMERICA, BOWLING LEAGUES, BOWLING TEAMS IS OFF BY ABOUT 60%. AND THE MONEY IT TURNS...
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| 00:04:30 |
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USUALLY IN THE PAST, SINCE I'M AN ACADEMIC, MOST OF THE BOOK
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| 00:04:35 |
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I'VE WRITTEN, I'VE GOTTEN RESPONSES TO THAT INITIAL ARTICLE. THIS TIME THE ARTICLE TO BOWLING ALONE HAPPENED TO HAVE GOTTEN A LOT MORTGAGE ATTENTION....
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| 00:05:04 |
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A LOT OF ATTENTION
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AND GOT A
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LOT OF POSITIVE ATTENTION. PEOPLE
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| 00:05:08 |
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SAID, WAIT A MINUTE, IF YOU JUST TOOK A BROADER VIEW, MAIN THINGS WOULDN'T LOOK SO BLEAK. MAYBE THE THINGS YOU LOOKED AT ARE DECLINING BUT OTHER THINGS...
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| 00:06:15 |
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REMEMBER IT WAS INTEND TO BE A KIND OF PRELIMINARY THING.
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| 00:06:17 |
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WE DISCOVERED TWO MASSIVE NEW ARCHIVES. OF SURVEY EVIDENCE. WHOSE EXISTENCE, I HADN'T EVEN KNOWN OF. INDEED, NOBODY HAD KNOWN OF THESE MASSIVE ARCHIVES....
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| 00:08:30 |
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WE GO WHEN I WANT TO WRITE SO WE HAVE FRIENDS
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| 00:08:32 |
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AND LOCAL CONNECTION THERE'S, TOO. >> SO WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND LEXINGTON? >> THAT'S A VERY, VERY GOOD QUESTION, BRIAN. IN THE...
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| 00:08:55 |
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WHERE FROST POND IS LOCATED. PEOPLE IN JEFFREY ALL THE TIME
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| 00:09:00 |
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KNOW EACH OTHER BY GOING TO THE GROCERY STORE TO GET POTATO SALAD. THEY KNOW WHAT KIND I WANT IF I GO INTO THE STORE IN LEXINGTON, NO ONE WOULD REMEMBER...
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| 00:10:34 |
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LOYAL TOWN OHIO, PORT
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| 00:10:54 |
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BECAUSE MY KIDS WARE LITTLE OLDER THAN THAT. THAT HAPPENED AFTER WE HAD YOUNG KIDS. EAN I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WOULD HAVE BEEN IMMUNE TO IT. I DON'T WANT...
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| 00:17:47 |
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AND WATERGATE SEEN ON ARE
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| 00:17:49 |
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LESS CIVICALLY ENGAGED. AND I CAN BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE, SAY HAVE STOPPED VOTING BECAUSE THEY'RE UPSET ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WATERGATE OR VIETNAM, WHATEVER....
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| 00:19:00 |
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ACTUALLY. THERE'S A MORE -- AND THERE ARE OTHER WAYS, TOO. FOR EXAMPLE, DEPRESSION.
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| 00:19:05 |
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CLINICALLY MEASURED DEPRESSION. I DON'T MEAN JUST FEELING A LITTLE BLUE IN THE MORNING OR
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| 00:19:11 |
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GOING TO THE SHRINK MORE
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| 00:19:12 |
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BUT CLINICALLY MEASURED DEPRESSION HAS INCREASED TEN-FOLD OVER THIS PERIOD. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOUR VIEWERS WILL KNOW THAT WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF...
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| 00:21:21 |
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SAID YOU HAD A THEORY ABOUT HOW THAT MOVED ON FROM THERE. >> WELL, YEAH. I'VE WRITTEN A LOT OF BOOKS
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| 00:21:27 |
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AND A LOT OF ARTICLES IN MY LIFE AS AN ACADEMIC.
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| 00:21:29 |
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SOME OF THEM I THINK WERE EVEN
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| 00:21:32 |
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BETTER THAN THE "BOWLING ALONE" ARTICLE BUT THAT GOT A MILLION TONS MORE PUBLICITY. I GOT SHOWN ON "PEOPLE" MAGAZINE. BILL CLINTON INVITED ME
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| 00:21:41 |
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TO CAMP DAVID. THERE WAS A LOT OF HUBBUB ABOUT
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| 00:21:44 |
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THE ARTICLE "BOWLING ALONE" MUCH MORE THAN THINGS I THINK WERE MORE DEEPLY AND VALUABLELY ININTECTLY. I TRULY, BLINDLY STUMBLED INTO ARTICULATING A...
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| 00:23:26 |
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HE WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT
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| 00:23:28 |
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WHAT HE WOULD SAY IN THE STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE FOR THAT YEAR. SO HE WAS TALKING WITH ME AND SOME OTHER PEOPLE. >> WHAT DID YOU LEARN FROM THAT...
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| 00:23:54 |
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I ALSO LEARNED THAT IT'S COMPLICATED TO THINK -- THAT THE MOVEMENT FROM DESCRIBING
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| 00:23:59 |
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THESE ISSUES IN A PURELY ACADEMIC WAY, WHICH IS WHAT I HAD DONE BEFORE. I HAD ENTIRELY BEEN AN ACADEMIC . IT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE PROBLEM OF FIGURING...
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| 00:25:04 |
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WEREN'T THERE, HAVEN'T BEEN THERE BUT 22 YEARS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. LARRY KING STARTED IT IN 1978 ON A NTIONAL BASIS. IT'S NOT DISCUSSED IN YOUR BOOK....
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| 00:31:35 |
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THE TEAM GOT UP TO EIGHT OR 10 PEOPLE. SOMETIMES IT WAS LESS THAN THAT. BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM. >> WHAT WERE THEY DOING? >> PART OF IT WAS GATHERING...
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| 00:31:46 |
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FIND DATA ON MEMBERSHIP IN ORGANIZATIONS AND TRENDS IN ALL SORTS OF FORMS OF CONNECTION. WE WANTED TO TRY TO FIND OUT WHAT WERE THE TRENDS IN RESTAURANT...
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| 00:32:00 |
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THINGS. AND PARTLY THEY
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| 00:32:03 |
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WERE REVIEWING FOR ME, HELPING ME LOOK AT THE VERY WIDE RANGE OF RESEARCH, OF OTHER PEOPLE'S RESEARCH THAT WE WERE DRAWING ON. MUCH OF THAT BOOK IS BASED...
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| 00:33:23 |
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KIND OF EXPLORING A BIG PROBLEM. MOST
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| 00:33:27 |
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OF THE TIME ACADEMICS, INCLUDING ME, WORK ON, YOU KNOW, PRETTY SMALL PROBLEMS, NARROWLY DEFINE SOD WE CAN GET THE FACTS QUITE STRAIGHT IN A NARROW LITTLE...
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| 00:34:19 |
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THEY WERE NOT ACTUALLY UNDERWRITING RESEARCH FOR THIS BOOK. THEY WERE UNDERWRITING A SET OF OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAD BEEN DOG AT THE SAME TIME....
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| 00:34:36 |
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OF LEADERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY R. NOT JUST ACADEMICS BUT PREACHERS, BUSINESSMEN AND WOMEN AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS, UNION PEOPLE AND SO ON. WE HAD BEEN...
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| 00:35:36 |
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ARE SOME PARTS OF THE RELIGIOUS SPECTRUM OF THAT HAD ENORMOUS GROWTH.
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| 00:35:40 |
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THEN THERE ARE OTHERS OF THAT HAD SUBSTANTIAL FALLS. THE MAINLINE PROTESTANT CHURCHES, FOR EXAMPLE, AND ATTENTIVE MASS AMONG CATHOLICS HAS DROPPED OFF...
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| 00:36:38 |
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FOR SOCIAL CAPITAL. IT'S ONE OF THE BIG CACTUSES WITH THE BIG ARMS. AS IT TURNS OUT, THEY GROW INVISIBLY ALMOST UNDERGROUND FOR THE FIRST 20 OR 30 YEARS...
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| 00:36:55 |
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SO WE THOUGHT THAT WAS A KIND OF A MET FOR FOR SOCIAL -- IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO DEVELOP, THEN IT SERVES LOTS. >> CARNEGIE, LILA, WALLACE, READER'S DIGEST...
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| 00:37:26 |
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A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION. AND PART OF THIS WORK ON DEMOCRACY I WAS DOING, LOOKING AT HOW THESE SAME PROBLEMS OCCUR ELSEWHERE. I KNOW THERE'S A VIEW...
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| 00:37:46 |
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MINOR ROLE. >> WHAT IS THE TRILATERAL COMMISSION AND WHY IS IT PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF IT? >> IT'S JUST A GROUP OF BUSINESSMEN AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS AND...
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| 00:38:08 |
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JAPAN. I'M A MEMBER OF IT.
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| 00:38:13 |
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BUT I'M BY NO MEANS A SPOKESMAN FOR IT OR ANYTHING. >> WHAT'S THE GOAL? >> YOU SHOULD TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT BRIAN. I'M JUST -- IT'S NOTHING TO DO WITH...
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| 00:38:36 |
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| 00:38:37 |
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THEY'RE A VERY DIVERSE GROUP. THERE'S SOME CONSERVATIVE GROUPS, LIBERAL GROUPS, YOU KNOW, ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT GROUPS IN THAT LIST. >>
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| 00:38:44 |
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WHAT IS YOUR SENSE YF SOMEBODY BEGINS TO UNDERWRITE SOMETHING LIKE THIS? >> BECAUSE IN DIFFERENT WAYS
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| 00:38:53 |
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EACH OF THOSE ARE ORGANIZATIONS HAS AN INTEREST IN TRYING TO FIX SOME SOCIAL PROBLEM IN AMERICA THAT THEY THINK WOULD BE IMPROVED THE. WHETHER THAT'S...
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| 00:39:05 |
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OR EDUCATION OR ECONOMICS, THAT THEY THINK WOULD BE IMPROVED CORRECTLY. IF WE COULD CONNECT
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| 00:39:12 |
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MORE. I THINK THERE ARE LOTS OF FOLKS ON THAT LIST WHO DON'T AGREE WITH ONE ANOTHER, BUT THEY DO ALL SHARE THE VIEW THAT AMERICA WOULD BE A BETTER PLACE...
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| 00:40:22 |
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GRANDPARENTS WHEN THEY WERE THAT SAME AGE AND AT THE SAME TIME BRIDGING SOCIAL CAPITAL WILL SUBSTANTIALLY -- WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER THAN IT WAS...
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| 00:46:04 |
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BY 10%. 10 MINUTES MORE COMMUTING TIME MEANS 10% FEWER DINNER PARTIES. 10% FEWER DINERS WITH YOUR OWN FAMILY, 10% FEWER CLUB MEETINGS, CHURCH GOING. 20...
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| 00:47:21 |
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YEAH. RELIGION IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF AMERICAN SOCIAL CAPITAL. ABOUT HALF OF ALL SOCIAL CAPITAL IN AMERICA IS RELIGIOUS. HALF OF ALL OF OUR -- PHILANTHROPY...
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| 00:47:42 |
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SO IT MATTERS A LOT FOR THE TOTAL STOCK OF AMERICAN SOCIAL CAPITAL HOW ENGAGED WERD IN RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES. >> AND AS A CITIZEN I THINK IT WOULD BE VALUABLE...
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| 00:48:11 |
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A GOOD THING IN THE A BAD THING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. WE'RE AWARE OF THE ROLE OF RELIGION. AND ITS POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION TO OUR SEE SITE. -- SOCIETY....
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| 00:49:26 |
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YOU DO THAT? >> AS I SAID BEFORE, I THINK ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION IS NOT SO GOOD FOR CIVIC HEALTH. AND FRANKLY, OF ALL OF THE AREAS -- YOU CAN TELL...
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| 00:49:48 |
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NATIONAL TURN OFF TELEVISIONS. BUT I DO THINK THAT THE INTERNET, WHICH IS IN SOME RESPECTS EVOLVING AND SOME RESPECTS MERGING WITH TELEVISION -- I DON'T...
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| 00:51:37 |
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FESTIVALS IN THERE AMONG CULTURAL EVENTS? >> BECAUSE I THINK IT IS AN EXAMPLE. THERE'S A GREAT EXAMPLE THAT I CITE RIGHT HERE IN WASHINGTON OF PEOPLE...
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| 00:52:00 |
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REACHED BY CULTURAL ACTIVITIES. AND USING THEM TO BUILD COMMUNITY, TO BUILD CONNECTIONS. THE REASON THAT I THINK ARTS AND CULTURE IS IMPORTANT IS NOT,...
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| 00:53:27 |
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PUBLIC LIFE OF OUR COMMUNITIES RUNNING FOR OFFICE,
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| 00:53:30 |
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ATTENDING PUBLIC MEETINGS, SERVING ON COMMITTEES, CAMPAIGNING IN ELECTIONS, AND EVEN VOTING. >> I THINK IN THE END I RETURN TO POLITICS. I AM A POLITICAL...
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| 00:53:43 |
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I THINK THIS LONG-TERM STEADY DECLINE IN POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IS A VERY BAD SIGN FOR THE HEALTH OF OUR DEMOCRACY.
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| 00:53:56 |
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I THINK THERE'S A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FACT THE PEOPLE ARE DROPPING OUT OF POLITICS AND DROPPING OUT OF CONNECTING WITH ONE ANOTHER, THE...
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| 00:55:06 |
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THE HOUSE. I DO THINK THAT AS THEY RESPOND TO PUBLIC DEMAND FOR GREATER OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO CONNECT WITH FAMILY AND
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| 00:55:16 |
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COMMUNITIES THAT, YES, NATIONAL POLITICIANS CAN PLAY A ROLE. I THINK THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES THIS YEAR IN BOTH PARTIES ARE ARE GENUINELY INTERESTED...
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