The United States of Hobbies

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 5, 2022

Julie Beck, senior editor at The Atlantic, where she oversees the Family section and is the creator of its “The Friendship Files" series, discusses the history of hobbies in the United States and the country's obsession with “productive leisure.”

"How Hobbies Infiltrated American Life" (The Atlantic, Jan. 4, 2022)

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