293: It Can Absolutely Happen Here with Will Bunch
The Lincoln Project
The Lincoln Project
4.6 • 9.1K Ratings
🗓️ 7 November 2023
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Host Reed Galen is joined by Author and National Opinion Columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Will Bunch. They discuss how the far-right’s call for a “Red Caesar” means welcoming chaos and dictatorship with open arms, the media’s discomfort with directly covering MAGA’s autocratic actions, and why a failure of imagination continues to be one of the greatest dangers to our nation’s democracy. Plus, a look at the American college system through a political lens. If you’d like to hear more from Will Bunch, be sure to check out his latest article, subscribe to his weekly newsletter, and pick up his latest book, After the Ivory Tower Falls. For more from Reed Galen, be sure to subscribe to “The Home Front”. 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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| 0:36.4 | And now, |
| 0:37.2 | on with the show. |
| 0:46.2 | Welcome back to the Lincoln Project. I'm your host, Reid Gayla. Today, I'm joined by Will Bunch, |
| 0:52.5 | author and national opinion columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer. |
| 0:56.2 | In addition to his role at The Inquirer, his latest book is After the Ivory Tower Falls, |
| 1:01.1 | which was published last year and explores politics on college campuses. |
| 1:05.3 | Today, he's coming to us from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
| 1:08.5 | Will, welcome. |
| 1:10.1 | Yeah, hey, Reed, thanks for having me. I really, |
| 1:11.7 | I really appreciate it a lot. So can I tell you that my first experience in Philadelphia was at a |
| 1:18.2 | Phillies game at the vet when I was 13. Oh my gosh. The concrete plastic bowl, yeah. And I don't |
| 1:26.2 | remember who they were playing, but whoever it was, they really didn't |
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