i want to know if you have ever felt like a left off centre, eftd or left of centre person in your circles. I am talking about the idea that it is OK to talk about things outside normal political and social spheres. And i would never say this publicly, but ver even saying that the dinner party is a minor act of courage. There is somthin wone to ask you about that may be a real change in this moment. Bat feels very different for me to day, relative to when i arrived in the estates,. which was roughly in two thousand seven, depending on howyou townd. But feeling that yo at a dinner party, and people say, what?
Caitlin Flanagan, a staff writer at The Atlantic, is one of America's most incisive essayists. In her articles about a wide range of topics including modern motherhood, the politics of higher education, and the state of the abortion debate, she skewers consensus views with her trademark wit.
In this week’s conversation, Caitlin Flanagan and Yascha Mounk discuss her coming-of-age in 1960s Berkeley, the evolution of freedom of speech, and whether America has a future.
This transcript has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity.
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