It’s been quite a year. From the release of the Mueller report to the impeachment proceedings against President Trump, the swirl of stories and competing political narratives has, at times, felt overwhelming.  In this episode, we’re going to unpack those stories and name our Story of the Year with the help of an old friend, Dr. Michael Kennedy.

This year, co-hosts Jim Ludes and G. Wayne Miller agreed the story of the year is not a single story, but a greater phenomenon: the fracturing of America’s public narrative. 

The broad outlines of this story have been visible for decades.  In the aftermath of the Second World War, and at the height of newspaper circulation in the United States, there were three nightly outlets for national broadcast news.  Three respected, elder journalists who shaped the public’s consciousness even while they did their best to remain dispassionate.