Summary: <p>Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Chris Hedges discusses his new book <em>America: The Farewell Tour</em>. Hedges says many of the diseases Americans are suffering from such as drug abuse, gambling, suicide, magical thinking, xenophobia, and a culture of sadism and hate are really symptoms of larger issues like unemployment, deindustrialization, and a collective sense of hopelessness that have resulted in an epidemic of diseases of despair. </p> <p><em>This segment is guest hosted by Duarte Geraldino. </em></p>
