How the myths of 1950s family life are shaping politics today
![caption: Found photo of an Indiana family.](https://kuow-prod.imgix.net/store/7f91d04fe2b0f95e6e29a094f8fb1f32.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&fit=clip&crop=faces&auto=format&w=924&h=634)
Found photo of an Indiana family.
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Jeannie Yandel talks with author Stephanie Coontz about her updated and revised book, "The Way We Never Were: American Families And The Nostalgia Trap." Coontz teaches history and family studies at Evergreen State College in Olympia.