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EPISODE · Mar 18, 2026 · 16 MIN

#P044: A Nation of Enemies, and why I can't stop thinking about Chile

from The Reflective Urbanist · host Peter Hendee Brown

What can a military coup in Chile teach us about polarization, inequality, and the uneasy feeling that we’re becoming strangers to one another? From a chance encounter on a ferry to the rise of neoliberal economics and widening wealth gaps, this episode asks whether the United States is drifting toward its own “nation of enemies.”Episode music: The Radetzky March by Johann Strauss, Sr.and Sleeper Cell by Floor Model

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