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Beth Macy Returned Home to Ohio to Reckon with America’s Divisions

Episode 8019 | 18m 03s

In her new memoir "Paper Girl," author and journalist Beth Macy investigates radicalization and the struggling education system in rural America, focusing on her hometown of Urbana, Ohio. Macy joins Walter Isaacson to discuss how divisions have been stoked over the last decade.

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