America’s Midlife Crisis with Tom Nichols
The Lincoln Project
The Lincoln Project
4.7 • 8.4K Ratings
🗓️ 24 March 2023
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Host Reed Galen is joined by Tom Nichols (Author and Staff Writer at The Atlantic) to discuss why so many Americans (especially Republicans) find themselves in a midlife crisis, the motivations of the Fox News propaganda machine, and why Americans must recalibrate their voting behaviors in the direction of democracy…rather than party. Plus, Vladimir Putin is nothing more than a moderately clever thug. If you’d like to connect with The Lincoln Project, send an email to [email protected].
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| 0:00.0 | A gang, it's read before we get started. |
| 0:02.2 | If you're listening to this, I want you to do me a favor. |
| 0:04.4 | If you're a Republican and you have not signed up for the Lincoln project, |
| 0:09.2 | go to Lincolnproject.us. |
| 0:11.5 | If you have friends or family who you know that are Republicans who are over what they've |
| 0:17.1 | seen with Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis and Marjorie Taylor Green, have them come take a listen. |
| 0:22.8 | Have them come to hear what a bunch of former Republicans know about politics, |
| 0:28.3 | feel about the country and believe we need to do to get us back to a place where a |
| 0:32.8 | two-party system is functioning and this democracy works for everyone. |
| 0:37.1 | Go to Lincolnproject.us and sign up. |
| 0:40.4 | And now on with the show. |
| 0:50.0 | Welcome back to the Lincoln project. |
| 0:52.0 | I'm your host, Reed Gaily. |
| 0:54.1 | Today, I'm once again joined by Tom Nichols, Staff writer at The Atlantic, |
| 0:58.3 | and a specialist on international security affairs, including Russia, |
| 1:02.0 | nuclear strategy, and NATO. |
| 1:04.0 | In addition to his work at The Atlantic, Tom has authored a number of books including |
| 1:08.0 | Our Own Worst Enemy and The Death of Expertise, |
| 1:11.3 | available wherever fine books are sold. |
| 1:13.4 | And as always, we can't have Tom on the show without once again mentioning that he is a five-time |
| 1:18.3 | jeopardy champion back in the Alex days. |
| 1:21.0 | Tom, welcome back. |
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