Video: David Brooks — “Trump and Afterwards: The Next American Culture”

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In this hour-long lecture, New York Times columnist David Brooks talks about the major trends in American culture over the last 50 years and how they have led to the Trump era. He concludes his lecture with hopeful speculation about what will happen after Trump ceases to dominate the cultural dialogue.

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David Brooks has been a New York Times columnist since 2003. He is currently a commentator on “PBS NewsHour,” NPR’s “All Things Considered” and NBC’s “Meet the Press.” He is the author of “Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There” and “On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense.” In March 2011 he came out with his third book, “The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement,” which was a No. 1 New York Times best seller. Mr. Brooks also teaches at Yale University, and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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David Brooks (b. 1961, Toronto)