Bowling for Democracy

The Good Fight

Yascha Mounk

News

4.7 • 963 Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2017

⏱️ 42 minutes

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In this inaugural edition of "The Good Fight," Harvard Lecturer Yascha Mounk explains why we shouldn't underestimate Donald Trump, and talks to Brookings Fellow Vanessa Williamson about the power of everyday democracy. Along the way, you'll learn about the roots of American populism, the nature of the right's nostalgia, and the kinds of policies that might restore the people's trust in their political system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.7	I think you should look up your local Democratic Party or your local school board,
0:36.1	your Republican Party, and go to the next meeting. I think that's what you do.
0:40.6	That's how you save democracy. There you go.
0:43.6	Mona causal answer. And now the good fight with Yasha Monk.
0:50.5	Welcome to the podcast that searches for the ideas, policies, and strategies that can
0:56.1	be to the Italian populace like Donald Trump over the next four years and the next 40. This podcast is going to have two simple segments. The main part, a
1:07.2	conversation. We have some great guests lined up for the coming weeks, especially one today who's just come to the studio now.
1:15.0	But the idea is not just that I'll interview them about the opinions,
1:18.0	it's that together we think out loud about the challenges ahead.
1:27.0	Before we get there, I'll start with my take. At the beginning of every episode, I will share my reaction to recent events.
1:32.0	What has been going on in Trumland? Have
1:34.8	it been any important events in other parts of the world? How can we make sense of
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