121. Van Jones (social entrepreneur) – Blind Spots & Sore Spots
Democracies can fail. They usually do. Van Jones on how America might become functional again.
October 21, 2017
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121. Van Jones (social entrepreneur) – Blind Spots & Sore Spots
Summary
Jason Gots: I want to tell you a story. It’s November 5, 2016, a few days before Election Day. I’m staring at Facebook, promising myself I’m going to delete the app once and for all from my phone, today. Enough of the political echo chamber. Enough of the ranting. Then I’m sucked into a video, because that’s what happens.
It’s CNN’s Van Jones sitting in the living room of a family in Pennsylvania. Unlike me and most every other liberal coastal elite I know, he’s talking to people who support Donald Trump for President. Listening. Trying to understand. And pulling no punches in expressing his own anger and anxiety over where our country might be headed.
In the year leading up to this moment, I had seen nothing like it. And it gave me hope.
I’m so happy to welcome CNN Contributor and former Obama Administration adviser Van Jones to Think Again. His new book is Beyond the Messy Truth: How We Came Apart, How We Come Together.
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