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Podcast: The Daily Article
Episode: Trees exploding in Minnesota and frostbite in five minutes: A “generational” winter storm and the solidarity of our souls
Description: A “devastating dose of winter weather” over the weekend left nearly 820,000 without power, canceled more than twelve thousand flights, and put twenty-three states and Washington, DC, under emergency declarations. A “generational storm” like this is one of the few things that can still unite us in an otherwise fragmented, polarized culture where even media and pop culture no longer hold us together. If it takes a storm endangering much of the country to remind us how connected we are, what does that say about our future? Today, we discuss the personal finitude and mortality this storm revealed and seek greater...