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Chuck Marohn interviews Chris Arnade, who\xa0writes for the Guardian,\xa0has a PhD in particle physics from Johns Hopkins and previously worked as a bond trader in New York City. Arnade has spent the last several years documenting addiction and poverty in towns across America.\xa0\nIn this interview, he discusses why walking in neighborhoods that he was told not to visit in New York led him away from trading and toward his current role as a writer. He talks about a life getting to know people on the margins of society\u2014people living in poverty and dealing with addiction\u2014and the struggles of small towns in America.\nYou can find Chris Arnade writing and sharing photos often\xa0on Medium.