Flipping Red States, Importance of Being Alone, Coach's Corner

Flipping Red States, Importance of Being Alone, Coach's Corner

The Matt Townsend Show - Season 5, Episode 193

  • Aug 12, 2016 4:00 pm
  • 2:18:41 mins

Flipping Red States (16:01) McKay Coppins is a senior writer for the BuzzFeed News politics team, and the author of The Wilderness, about the battle over the future of the Republican Party. Mckay Coppins explains how several traditionally Republican leaning states are movign toward the Democratic party because of Donald Trump. Importance of Being Alone (1:02:10) Dr. Scott Campbell is a Professor of Telecommunications in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Michigan. His research examines social changes associated with the update of mobile communication technology. Dr. Campbell explains the importance of solitude and why it is helpfull to spend quality time alone with out technology. Coach's Corner - Sit and Listen (1:27:34) Dr. Matt Townsend talks about how as a soicity we don't set time aside to be without TV, phones, or the internet. Because of this we as a people don't take the time to talk with others and disconnect.