Episode 2 – Making Sense of the Election

What helps us understand – and, for some, to cope with – the outcome of the US elections? Of course, exit polls and analyses of seasoned observers, scholars, and political players are a necessary first step to grasp the situation. But there are other avenues that help us make sense of the current American moment, as host Claudia Brühwiler suggests: reading books that do not address the present specifically, but teach us more enduring lessons. The books mentioned are:"Exit Ghost" by Philipp Roth"The Politics of Rage" by Dan T. Carter"They Called Us Enemy" by George Takei