Fire Drill Fridays: Book Club Author Talk with Arlie Hochschild

Actor and Activist, Jane Fonda, welcomes Author and Sociologist, Arlie Russell Hochschild, to discuss her most recent writing, Strangers in Their Own Land. In this spectacular book, Arlie tells the eye-opening story of her journey deep into Louisiana bayou country. In an effort to “scale the empathy wall” to understand the American far right, she investigates Tea Party members’ relationships to environmental pollution and discovers … well, you’ll have to watch to find out!

Also joining the conversation - Lieutenant General Russel Honoré, a decorated 37-year army veteran featured in the book, who now leads the GreenARMY to protect against pollution and fight climate change.

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About our guests:
Arlie Hochschild is a sociologist at University of California, Berkeley. Her latest book, Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right, was a National Book Award Finalist and New York Times Best Seller. Her other books include The Second Shift, The Time Bind, The Managed Heart, and So How’s the Family. Her work has been translated into 17 languages and she has twice spoken before Democratic Members of Congress.

Lieutenant General Russel Honoré is a decorated 37-year army veteran and a global authority on leadership, disaster management, and climate preparedness. As the commander of Joint Task Force Katrina, he became known as the “Category 5 General” for his leadership in coordinating military relief efforts in post-hurricane New Orleans. Born and raised in Louisiana, he founded and currently leads the GreenARMY, a coalition of environmental experts and advocates, to protect against pollution while fighting climate change and the natural disasters it causes.

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