267: Is Post-Americanism the New Normal? (with Brad Thor)
The Lincoln Project
The Lincoln Project
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🗓️ 9 August 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Host Reed Galen is joined by New York Times bestselling author Brad Thor. They discuss Brad’s most recently published thriller, the competing forces with the Russian military ecosystem, the security threats of social media, and whether or not “post-americanism” is our nation’s new normal. If you’d like more from Brad Thor be sure to pick up his latest book, Dead Fall, and check out his website BradThor.com. If you’d like to ask a question or share a comment with The Lincoln Project, send an email to podcast@lincolnproject.us.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everyone, it's Reed. Before we get started, as we approach back to school, now is the time |
| 0:05.7 | to get ready for your kids, to get out of the house, and for you to have time to join the union. |
| 0:11.9 | That's right, join the union.us, become part of the field army that will help protect American |
| 0:18.2 | democracy for the next 15 months. Guys, we need your help on the ground. |
| 0:22.9 | We need your help on the phones. |
| 0:24.3 | We need your help on texts on social media. |
| 0:27.0 | Visit jointheunion.us and sign up today. |
| 0:30.8 | And now on with the show. |
| 0:42.4 | Welcome back to The Lincoln Project. |
| 0:44.5 | I'm your host, Reed Galen. |
| 0:48.2 | Today, I'm joined by New York Times bestselling author, Brad Thor. |
| 0:55.5 | He's the author of 23 thrillers, including his latest, Deadfall, available now wherever fine books are sold. |
| 1:01.1 | In addition to his books, he's appeared on just about every mainstream news outlet to discuss terrorism, |
| 1:07.0 | as well as how closely his novels of international intrigue parallel the real threats facing the world today. |
| 1:11.9 | Brad served as a member of the Department of Homeland Security's analytic red cell unit and is also lectured to law enforcement organizations on over the horizon and future threats. |
| 1:17.3 | Today he's coming to us from New York City. Brad, welcome. Thank you for having me. It's great to be here, |
| 1:22.9 | read. All right. So as I mentioned before, went on, go back to Lions of Lucerne, the first in the series. |
| 1:29.1 | So here you are, 23 books later. |
| 1:32.2 | And, you know, as I was reading the book, one thing I appreciate is that your hero, Scott Harvath, he's feeling it a little bit in his bones. |
| 1:42.1 | You know, some people like James Bond, right, they recycle |
| 1:44.6 | them every generation or so, but Scott's feeling it. He's been at this a long time. He's got a |
| 1:50.1 | girlfriend. He's got a lot of baggage and damage and everything else in his past. And here he is, |
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