<description> &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;America is more technologically connected than at any point in history. Yet, social capital seems to be in decline,&lt;/strong&gt; political divisions run deep, communities are crumbling, and the country appears to be more narcissistic and fragmented than ever before. &lt;a href="http://robertdputnam.com/"&gt;Robert Putnam&lt;/a&gt;, the Malkin Research Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University and author of&lt;a href="http://bowlingalone.com/"&gt; Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="https://shaylynromneygarrett.com/about/"&gt;Shaylyn Romney Garrett,&lt;/a&gt; writer and founding contributor to &lt;a href="http://v"&gt;Weave: The Social Fabric Project&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;are co-authors of &lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/Upswing-America-Together-Century-Again/dp/198212914X."&gt;The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again&lt;/a&gt;. Today with Boyd&amp;nbsp; they discuss if &lt;a href="https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2021/1/7/22219266/capitol-riot-protest-trump-mike-pence-electoral-college-vote-certification"&gt;the answer to what ails society is found in the &amp;ldquo;We&amp;rdquo; of &amp;ldquo;We the people&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;rdquo; on this episode of "&lt;a href="https://pages.deseret.com/therefore-what"&gt;Therefore, What?&lt;/a&gt;&amp;rdquo;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Want more Boyd?&lt;/strong&gt; Listen to&lt;a href="https://kslnewsradio.com/category/insidesources/"&gt; KSL Newsradio's "Inside Sources with Boyd Matheson&lt;/a&gt;," Monday through Thursday from 11 am to noon at 1160 AM and 102.7 FM, online at&lt;a href="https://kslnewsradio.com/listen/"&gt; KSLNewsradio.com&lt;/a&gt;, or on&lt;a href="https://www.ksl.com/?sid=40105236&amp;amp;nid=256"&gt; the KSL Newsradio App&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href="https://omny.fm/shows/inside-sources-with-boyd-matheson"&gt;on-demand as a podcast&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;a href="https://deseret.us9.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=7967382bf9508bb5c21c89da8&amp;amp;id=0511bba337"&gt;Sign up for his weekly newsletter&lt;/a&gt; and follow him on &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/BoydMatheson"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;. Produced by&lt;a href="https://kellieannhalvo.com/"&gt;&amp;nbsp;KellieAnn Halvorsen&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See our website for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt; </description>

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Robert Putnam and Shaylyn Romney Garrett on, The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again

FEB 22, 202136 MIN
Therefore, what?

Robert Putnam and Shaylyn Romney Garrett on, The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again

FEB 22, 202136 MIN

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<p><strong>America is more technologically connected than at any point in history. Yet, social capital seems to be in decline,</strong> political divisions run deep, communities are crumbling, and the country appears to be more narcissistic and fragmented than ever before. <a href="http://robertdputnam.com/">Robert Putnam</a>, the Malkin Research Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University and author of<a href="http://bowlingalone.com/"> Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community</a>, and <a href="https://shaylynromneygarrett.com/about/">Shaylyn Romney Garrett,</a> writer and founding contributor to <a href="http://v">Weave: The Social Fabric Project</a>&nbsp;are co-authors of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Upswing-America-Together-Century-Again/dp/198212914X.">The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again</a>. Today with Boyd&nbsp; they discuss if <a href="https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2021/1/7/22219266/capitol-riot-protest-trump-mike-pence-electoral-college-vote-certification">the answer to what ails society is found in the &ldquo;We&rdquo; of &ldquo;We the people</a>,&rdquo; on this episode of "<a href="https://pages.deseret.com/therefore-what">Therefore, What?</a>&rdquo;</p> <p><strong>Want more Boyd?</strong> Listen to<a href="https://kslnewsradio.com/category/insidesources/"> KSL Newsradio's "Inside Sources with Boyd Matheson</a>," Monday through Thursday from 11 am to noon at 1160 AM and 102.7 FM, online at<a href="https://kslnewsradio.com/listen/"> KSLNewsradio.com</a>, or on<a href="https://www.ksl.com/?sid=40105236&amp;nid=256"> the KSL Newsradio App</a>, or <a href="https://omny.fm/shows/inside-sources-with-boyd-matheson">on-demand as a podcast</a>. <a href="https://deseret.us9.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=7967382bf9508bb5c21c89da8&amp;id=0511bba337">Sign up for his weekly newsletter</a> and follow him on <a href="https://twitter.com/BoydMatheson">Twitter</a>. Produced by<a href="https://kellieannhalvo.com/">&nbsp;KellieAnn Halvorsen</a>.&nbsp;</p><p>See our website for privacy information.</p>