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This is a new version of the ecan tak episode with nina kraus about her book of sound mind. Some listeners detected in background noise, at least with their quality of hearing. If you stop listenin because o the noise, feel free to downd the new and improved file. We're gong to talk about the idea of home and the role of national identity an daily life and politics. To day is december thirteenth, 20 21. This is magan mc artle's sixth appearance at dekonto. She was last here in march of 20 21, talking about catastrophes and the pandamic.

After being stranded with a bunch of Brits for eight hours at a German airport in 2016, journalist Megan McArdle felt that Brexit was going to happen. The giveaway? Not the concerns over economics or politics. Rather, it was about something far more elemental: in whom they could place their trust. Join the journalist and Washington Post columnist for a discussion with EconTalk host Russ Roberts of the late British philosopher Roger Scruton's poetic exploration of home and nation, Where We Are: The State of Britain Now, and a discussion of why, when it comes to loyalties, it's our mates that matter.