Man in the Mirror
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5 episodesNo Mercy / No Malice: Each Other
The Week: A Market With Mixed Signals, the Price of Surveillance, and a Collective Feeling of Abandonment
Author and journalist Anand Girdardus (as spelled in transcript) appears as a guest on the Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway to discuss his new book, which examines the 2023 death of Jordan Neely after Daniel Penny put him in a chokehold on a New York subway, resulting in Penny's later acquittal. Girdardus describes how the case became an "American Rorschach test," with people projecting sharply opposed meanings onto the incident before the facts were established.
Why America Can’t Solve Homelessness — with Anand Giridharadas
Scott Galloway interviews author Anand Giridharadas about his new book Man in the Mirror, which investigates the 2023 death of Jordan Neely on a New York City subway at the hands of former Marine Daniel Penny. Giridharadas describes it as a work of reporting—not opinion—drawing on three years spent with people across the full spectrum of the issue, examining homelessness, mental illness, belonging, and the tension between public safety and vigilantism in America.
Journalist Anand Giridharadas On The Lost Art Of Empathy, Compassion, & Understanding Each Other
Rich Roll interviews journalist Anand Giridharadas about his new book Man in the Mirror, which reports on the 2023 death of Jordan Neely—a Black, mentally ill, homeless man killed in a chokehold by Daniel Penny on a New York subway. Giridharadas describes it as immersive narrative nonfiction using the case as a lens on mental health, homelessness, race, and American belonging, and a return to empathetic storytelling after years of advocacy punditry.
Can Conflict Actually Make Our Relationships Stronger? with Priya Parker
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