{"id":150340,"date":"2025-12-23T12:10:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T10:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=150340"},"modified":"2025-12-23T12:10:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T10:10:40","slug":"polarization-in-the-us-exploring-the-growing-political-and-cultural-divide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=150340","title":{"rendered":"Polarization in the US: Exploring the growing political and cultural divide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W3iXSelgWnE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A Divided America is a powerful and provocative documentary that journeys across the country to confront one of the most pressing issues of our time: the growing political and cultural divide in the United States. Directed by Kelly Nyks, the film blends emotional, street-level interviews with sharp insights from influential figures such as Noam Chomsky, Tucker Carlson, Jesse Jackson, Al Franken, Amy Goodman, Nicholas Kristof, and Robert Putnam, offering a panoramic view of the forces fueling polarization. Rather than delivering partisan answers, Split presents a bold, unfiltered look at how we got here\u2014and what it might take to heal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Divided America is a powerful and provocative documentary that journeys across the country to confront one of the most pressing issues of our time: the growing political and cultural divide in the United States. Directed by Kelly Nyks, the film blends emotional, street-level interviews with sharp insights from influential figures such as Noam Chomsky, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":150342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[193],"tags":[1449,755,1247],"class_list":["post-150340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videos","tag-documentary","tag-politics","tag-usa"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/polarization-in-the-us-exploring.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":133637,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=133637","url_meta":{"origin":150340,"position":0},"title":"Ya\u00ebl Eisenstat:How Facebook profits from polarization","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"09\/09\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/yael_eisenstat_how_facebook_profits_from_polarization \"Lies are more engaging online than truth,\" says former CIA analyst and diplomat Ya\u00ebl Eisenstat. \"As long as [social media] algorithms' goals are to keep us engaged, they will feed us the poison that plays to our worst instincts and human weaknesses.\" In this bold talk, Eisenstat explores how\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;PPT\/ cool decks&quot;","block_context":{"text":"PPT\/ cool decks","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?cat=221"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":143189,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=143189","url_meta":{"origin":150340,"position":1},"title":"Advertising as a Cultural Sledgehammer: Lessons from Trump\u2019s 2024 Victory","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"06\/11\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Donald Trump\u2019s political resurgence in 2024 offers a masterclass in wielding influence with audacity. 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