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Higher Learning with Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay · June 12 · 54 min

Senator Chris Murphy and ‘Crisis of the Common Good’

Connecticut senator Chris Murphy joins to discuss multiculturalism, the withdrawal of Joe Biden’s presidential candidacy, and his new book, ‘Crisis of the Common Good.’ (0:00) Intro (1:36) Responding to the symptom of Trump (5:07) Common good capitalism (7:21) The country’s most harmful cults (10:07) Building cultural connections (21:38) Getting personal (24:20) The male loneliness epidemic (27:14) Governing in 2026 (31:51) A ‘Star Wars’ analogy (37:59) The Divine Nine (39:30) Too much focus on the executive branch? (43:28) The Democratic plan for Black women and men Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay Guest: Senator Chris Murphy Producer: Donnie Beacham Jr. Social Producers: Bernard Moore and Jon Roemer Video Supervision: Chris Thomas and Jacob Cornett Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Connecticut senator Chris Murphy joins to discuss multiculturalism, the withdrawal of Joe Biden’s presidential candidacy, and his new book, ‘Crisis of the Common Good.’


(0:00) Intro

(1:36) Responding to the symptom of Trump

(5:07) Common good capitalism

(7:21) The country’s most harmful cults

(10:07) Building cultural connections

(21:38) Getting personal

(24:20) The male loneliness epidemic

(27:14) Governing in 2026

(31:51) A ‘Star Wars’ analogy

(37:59) The Divine Nine

(39:30) Too much focus on the executive branch?

(43:28) The Democratic plan for Black women and men


Hosts: Van Lathan and Rachel Lindsay

Guest: Senator Chris Murphy

Producer: Donnie Beacham Jr.

Social Producers: Bernard Moore and Jon Roemer

Video Supervision: Chris Thomas and Jacob Cornett

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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