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Next Question with Katie Couric

Bernie Sanders on Fighting Oligarchy

Next Question with Katie Couric

Katie Couric Media

News, Health, Society & Culture, Commentary, Documentary,, Health & Fitness

4.44.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Bernie Sanders is 84, has spent more than three decades in Congress, and can still pack a rally with people half his age. On this episode of Next Question, Katie Couric talks with the senator about his new book Fight Oligarchy and why he thinks America is at a tipping point. From Trump and the billionaire class to AI, Gaza, and the future of the Democratic Party, Bernie is as blunt, consistent, and unflinching as ever. He even has a few questions for Katie!

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:04.6

Malcolm Gladwell here.

0:05.9

This season on Revisionous History, we're going back to the spring of 1988 to a town in northwest Alabama,

0:11.8

where a man committed a crime that would spiral out of control.

0:15.6

And he said, I've been in prison 24, 25 years.

0:18.3

That's probably not long enough.

0:20.3

I didn't kill them.

0:22.1

From Revisionist History, this is The Alabama Murders.

0:26.2

Listen to Revisionous History, The Alabama Murders on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:36.2

I'll tell you something.

0:40.3

And what I like about these hour shows, by the way, we can chat more than a 13-second soundbite, right? Right. All right. Are you ready for another question?

0:46.2

Go ahead. Hit me. Hit me, Bernie. It's the last time you're going to invite me on your show, right?

0:52.6

No, that's not true. I'm thrilled to have you.

0:55.9

Hi, everyone.

0:56.8

I'm Katie Couric, and this is next question.

0:59.8

My guest today, Bernie Sanders, is 84 years old, has spent 34 years in Congress, and he can still pack a rally with people a quarter of his age.

1:10.2

We've talked many times over the years,

1:12.3

and today he even throws a few questions my way. But this moment feels especially urgent for him,

1:18.3

and he argues for America. Bernie's long warned that our politics are being captured by the

1:24.9

wealthy few. From Trump's inauguration stage in January to his

1:29.8

tax cuts for the ultra-rich, that warning seems legitimate. His fighting oligarchy tour with AOC and

1:37.6

other young progressives has become a movement, and his new book, Fight oligarchy, doubles down on

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