From the border wall to the suburbs: Exploring America’s isolation
From the border wall to the suburbs: Exploring America’s isolation  
Podcast: The Source
Published On: Wed Mar 25 2026
Description: In the new book “Something Between Us: The Everyday Walls of American Life, and How to Take Them Down” a cultural anthropologist examines the social and political divides in the U.S., examining how physical and social barriers like gated communities, massive trucks, and targeted media create separation — and isolation—and looks for how to restore communal caretaking and a more inclusive society.