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Eastern Standard

Eastern Standard: July 3rd, 2025

By Tom Martin
Published July 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM EDT
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Are Americans truly divided?

“Are we really just going to decide that we are going to be a divided country, and there’s going to be half of the population that we choose not to associate with?” This in-the-moment question is raised in this week’s Independence Day edition by Karissa Raskin, CEO of the Listen First Project. She is one of two guests interviewed for this episode by Eastern Standard contributor Carolyn Dupont. Also joining us is Dana Goldthwaite Young, who suggests that in reality, we're not as divided over major policy issues as many believe. She is the author of “Wrong: How Media, Politics, and Identity Drive Our Appetite For Misinformation.”

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Tom Martin
Tom Martin hosts Eastern Standard, a weekly radio magazine of interviews and stories about interesting people, places, and things happening in the Commonwealth.
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