One NYC Subway Killing: An American Rorschach Test with Anand Giridharadas

The killing of Jordan Neely on a New York City subway became a flashpoint that Amanda and Anand Giridharadas use to examine just how much we project onto single events. They explore the uncomfortable idea that beneath the political shouting, many Americans share a quiet fear that no one is coming to help—a feeling that can fuel vigilantism. The conversation makes a case for refusing the impulse to flatten complicated human beings into heroes and villains, arguing that reclaiming curiosity and each other's full humanity is not soft, but essential to the survival of democracy.