America the Dysfunctional with Brian Tyler Cohen

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Education, Society & Culture, News, Government, Politics

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🗓️ 16 August 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

American politics today has been marred by increasing levels of “us vs. them” thinking, leading to the destruction of our social fabric and democracy. But critical thinking, facts, and reason can lead us out of that path. In this episode, YouTube sensation, podcaster, and MSNBC contributor Brian Tyler Cohen joins guest moderator and Reason magazine’s Editor-at-Large Nick Gillespie to discuss his book “Shameless”, the future of democracy in America, and advises how to engage young voters. Our Guest: Brian Tyler Cohen, YouTuber and Content Creator; Author of “Shameless” Nick Gillespie, Editor-at-Large of Reason, is the guest moderator. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is open to debate.
0:02.6	I'm John Don Van.
0:03.4	Hi everybody.
0:04.3	Today we're stepping a bit out of our usual lane.
0:07.0	We have just one guest, the influential
0:08.9	Youtuber Brian Tyler Cohen, who is also a podcaster and an author.
0:13.7	His work places him firmly on one side of the American political spectrum, the left, but we are not talking
0:19.7	with him to endorse his views.
0:21.9	Rather we wanted to explore how he explains the causes and the
0:24.9	complications of the deep political division in the United States that is so frequently
0:29.2	bemoaned but in which he plays some part. We're interested to see if he sees away across these divisions and how.
0:36.0	We plan in a future episode to do the same with a voice from the right.
0:39.0	For this conversation I'm handing off the hosting range to Nick Gillespie, a past abator with us and a good friend.
0:45.2	He's an editor at large for Reason magazine and also hosts an interview called The Reason Podcast
0:49.5	with Nick Gillespie.
0:50.9	He's one of my favorite interviewers out there, so get ready for a good one.
0:55.0	Nick, it's yours now.
0:57.0	Welcome to Open to Debate, I'm Nick Gillespie, and I'll be guest hosting today's episode.
1:01.0	We're taking a break from our regular debate programs to dive
1:05.2	into one of Open to Debates other preoccupations which is polarization. We've all
1:11.0	heard the catchphrases and statistics about how divided we are as a country,
1:15.0	how personal and vicious that divide can get,
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