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Podcast: The Unspeakeasy With Meghan Daum
Episode: Our Zip Codes, Ourselves - Seth Kaplan on the Fragile State of American Neighborhoods
Description: Seth Kaplan has worked in developing nations throughout the world, studying how corrupt governments, crumbling infrastructure, and a lack of public trust can add up to what's known as a "fragile state." In his new book "Fragile Neighborhoods," he explores how these same dynamics can play out on a regional level in the United States. Reporting from struggling rural areas as well as poor urban neighborhoods across America, Seth discovered that people separated by even just a few miles can have not only dramatically different life experiences but vastly different life expectancies. The culmination of these factors...