What’s causing America’s anger epidemic ?

If it seems like the mood of the nation right now is “angry,” there is some data to back up that observation. According to the Mood of The Nation Survey from American Public Media and the McCourtney Institute for Democracy, nine in ten Americans can name a recent news event or something about our country’s politics that made them mad.
 
And when it comes to road rage, about half of Americans report others are driving more dangerously since the pandemic. The number of deadly road rage incidents that involve firearms has gone up too,  according to Pew Research Center. 
 
A sociologist, a clinical psychologist, and an author who has written about how politics relates to the anger epidemic join to adress these questions: Are we living in an age of anger? What’s contributing to it, and what’s all this anger doing to us? 

GUESTS

Craig Helmstetter 
Managing Partner, American Public Media Research Lab

Tim O’Leary
Author of “Men Behaving Badly,” “Dick Cheney Shot Me in the Face,” and “The Corona Verses.” 
 

Dr. Teresa Mok 
Clinical Psychologist in Urbana