Has political polarization been misunderstood? (with Nick Gillespie)

<div class="notes-inner"><p>Are the US's culture wars a sign of a society falling apart? Is social media a cause or a symptom (or both or neither) of the animosity between political tribes in the US? We've all heard of postmodernism, but what the heck is it? Is libertarianism a right-leaning ideology? Are the current levels of intergenerational animosity unusually high? How will the FTX collapse likely impact cryptocurrencies over the next few decades?</p><p>Nick Gillespie is an editor at large at <em>Reason</em>, the libertarian magazine of "free minds and free markets", and host of <a href="https://reason.com/podcasts/the-reason-interview-with-nick-gillespie/"><em>The Reason Interview with Nick Gillespie</em></a>. Gillespie served as the editor in chief for Reason.com and Reason TV from 2008 through 2017 and was <em>Reason</em> magazine's editor in chief from 2000 to 2008. Under his direction, <em>Reason</em> won the 2005 Western Publications Association "Maggie" Award for Best Political Magazine. His work has appeared in <em>The New York Times</em>, <em>The Washington Post</em>, <em>The Wall Street Journal</em>, <em>The Los Angeles Times</em>, <em>The New York Post</em>, <em>Slate</em>, <em>Salon</em>, <em>Time.com</em>, <em>Marketplace</em>, and numerous other publications; and he is a frequent commentator on radio and television networks such as National Public Radio, CNBC, CNN, C-SPAN, Fox Business, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, and PBS. He holds a Ph.D. in English literature from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He also holds an M.A. in English with a concentration in creative writing from Temple University and a B.A. in English and Psychology from Rutgers University. Follow him on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/nickgillespie">@nickgillespie</a>.</p></div><div>[<a href="https://podcast.clearerthinking.org/episode/153/nick-gillespie-has-political-polarization-been-misunderstood">Read more</a>]</div>