Attack From Within with Barbara McQuade

The Lincoln Project

News, Government, Politics, News Commentary

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🗓️ 18 April 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Host Reed Galen is joined by Barbara McQuade (Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School and Former U.S Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan) to discuss the nefarious intent of disinformation campaigns, how its use has been exponentially increasing over the past decade, and why it poses such a threat to our nation’s democracy. Plus, why education can be one of the most powerful tools to combat disinformation. For more on this, be sure to check out Barbara McQuade’s latest book, Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:20.0	Hey everyone it's Reed. Before we get started I just want you to understand that what we're fighting is multi-front battle.
0:27.0	There will be the airwaves, there will be the internet, there will be neighborhoods and town hall meetings, but all of it matters.
0:34.6	It all ladders up to making sure that if we've done our part in our cities, in our counties,
0:40.5	and our states, that we will be victorious in November.
0:44.4	I thank you so much for listening.
0:46.6	I hope you share this podcast with your friends,
0:49.2	your families, and your colleagues and anybody who wants to know more about this fight.
0:53.3	Thanks everybody for listening and now on with the show.
0:57.0	Welcome back to the Lincoln Project. I'm your host, Reed Gaelin. Today I'm
1:08.6	attorney, author, and professor Barbara McQuait. She is a professor at the University of Michigan Law School,
1:14.3	Go Blue, also her alma mater, where she teaches courses in criminal law, criminal procedure,
1:18.9	national security, and data privacy. Wow, we can do hours just on those Barb. She's also a legal
1:23.9	analyst for NBC news and MS NBC and a co-host of the podcast, Sisters in Law.
1:28.9	From 2010 to 2017, Barb served as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan.
1:35.6	Her new book, a New York Times bestseller, is Attack From Within, how disinformation is
1:40.0	sabotaging America and is available wherever fine books are sold.
1:43.6	Today she's coming to us from an absolutely awesome town, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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