In our first episode, we discuss the AMERICAN DREAM and the NXIVM Cult.
THE TRANSCRIPT
THE SOURCES
The Epic of America (1931), James Truslow Adams
“In Search of the American Dream,” (June 2007) Jonas Clark, The Atlantic
“What Makes an American?,” (March 1939) Raoul De Roussy De Sales, The Atlantic
“What Has Happened to the American Dream?,” (1961) Eleanor Roosevelt, The Atlantic
“Caste in American Society,” (December 1881) Kate Garnnett Wells, The Atlantic
“Americanism,” (March 1916) Agnes Repplier, The Atlantic
“Rethinking the American Dream,” (March 5, 2009) David Kamp, Vanity Fair
Facing Up to the American Dream (1995), Jennifer Hochschi
The American Dream (2003), Jim Cullen
“The American Dream: Personal Optimists, National Pessimists,” (July 1, 2015) Don Bae & Mark Penn, The Atlantic
“How the World Perceives the New American Dream,” (October 10, 2015) Martha Bayles, The Atlantic
Dream Hoarders (2017), Richard V. Reeves
“The Downsizing of the American Dream,” (October 2, 2015) Marianne Cooper, The Atlantic
2011 National Survey of Adults by Pew Research
“Latinos are more likely to believe in the American dream, but most say it is hard to achieve,” (September 11, 2018) Mark Hugo Lopez, Ana Gonzalez-Barrera, Jens Manuel Krogstad, Pew Research
“Most think the ‘American dream’ is within reach for them,” (October 31, 2017) Samantha Smith, The Atlantic
“Education Isn’t the Key to a Good Income,” (September 26, 2017) Rachel M. Cohen, The Atlantic
“The Transformation of the ‘American Dream,’” (August 4, 2017) Robert J. Shiller, NY Times
“Is Trump Making America Great Again? The American Dream Index is Keeping Score,” (March 29, 2017) Kurt Badenhausen, Forbes
“Covid-19 caused a recession. So why did the housing market boom?” (February 5, 2021) Jerusalem Demsas, Vox
Behold America (2018), Sarah Churchwell
“A Brief History of the American Dream,” (Winter 2021) Sarah Churchwell, The Catalyst
“What the American dream looks like for immigrants,” (June 28, 2021) Anne Helen Peterson, Vox
https://nytimesineducation.com/spotlight/make-the-american-dream-great-again/
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/07/americans-con-fraud-balleisen/535281/
