#734 - Dean Phillips - Just How Broken Is American Politics?

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 20 January 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Dean Phillips is a member of the U.S House of Representatives, presidential candidate and former owner of Talenti Gelato and Belvedere Vodka. Whether it's stories in the press or scenes in House Of Cards, no one seems to have much faith in the American political system at the moment. Dean has had a front row seat to this world for a long time and is now running for president, so he should be able to give some insight on just how bad it's become. Expect to learn whether congress or the business world has more backstabbing in it, the perverse incentives of donors and funding, Dean’s background building Belvedere Vodka, whether politicians are smarter than the average person, what Dean’s prediction for 2024 are and much more... Sponsors: Get an exclusive discount from Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from AG1 at https://drinkag1.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Get a Free Sample Pack of all LMNT Flavours with your first box at https://www.drinklmnt.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: http://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: http://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: http://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello friends, welcome back to the show.
0:02.4	My guest today is Dean Phillips,
0:04.3	he's a member of the US House of Representatives,
0:06.5	a presidential candidate, and the former owner of Tylente Gilato
0:10.6	and Belvedere Vodka.
0:12.2	Whether it's stories in the press or scenes in House of Cards,
0:15.0	no one seems to have much faith in the American political system at the moment.
0:20.0	Dean has had a front row seat to this world for a long time and is now running for president
0:24.0	so he should be able to give some insight on just how bad it's become.
0:28.4	Expect to learn whether Congress or the business world has more backstabbing in it,
0:32.4	the perverse incentives of donors and
0:34.4	funding, Dean's background, building Belvedia Vodka, whether politicians are smarter than the
0:39.3	average person, what Dean's predictions for 2024 are and much more.
0:45.0	Honestly, it's quite rare to kind of get this level of insight and transparency
0:50.0	around what's going on inside of the US Congress and the House of Representatives
0:55.2	and regardless of whether or not you want Dean Phillips to get the Democratic nomination
1:00.2	for the internal culture of American politics are. For better or for worse, what happens in America
1:14.8	ends up cascading down to the rest of the world.
1:17.2	So it is pretty interesting to work out what's going on.
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