Andrew Rice on The Year That Broke America

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

News, Politics

4.4 • 783 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Mike talks with Andrew Rice, a contributing editor at New York magazine, former staff writer at The Hill, and the author of the recently published book The Year That Broke America: An Immigration Crisis, a Terrorist Conspiracy, the Summer of Survivor, a Ridiculous Fake Billionaire, a Fight for Florida, and the 537 Votes That Changed Everything, which is the topic of their discussion. Things Mike & Andrew get into include: - Why 2000 was the year that broke America - Donald Trump’s first (failed) presidential run - the story of Elián González and how it divided America - how John McCain broke Mike’s (and the media’s) heart - terrorist preparations for 9/11 - Al Gore & Chaos Theory - the insanely close, and incredibly chaotic 2000 presidential election - what looking back at 2000 can tell us about American politics today Andrew Rice on Twitter The Politics Guys on Facebook | Twitter Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. If you’re interested in supporting the podcast, go to patreon.com/politicsguys or politicsguys.com/support. On Venmo, we’re @PoliticsGuys. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.9	I'm Michael Barronowski, a political scientist at Northern Kentucky University.
0:52.5	My guest today is Andrew Rice, a contributing editor at New York Magazine, which is one of my
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0:58.7	Also a former staff writer at the Hill, another one of my favorite news sources.
1:03.4	So we're two for two here.
1:04.8	And he's finally the author of the recently published book, The Year That Broke America,
1:10.8	which we will be discussing today.
1:13.1	Andrew Rice, welcome to the show.
1:15.4	Hey, thanks for having me.
1:16.7	So I thought that before we got to the year 2000, which of course is the focus of your book,
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