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The Bunker – News without the nonsense

Bunker USA: What Biden could learn from AOC – with Anand Giridharadas

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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News, Government, Politics, Society & Culture

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

What tips could Biden take from left-wing star Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to help bridge America’s political divide? How do activists and politicians convince opposing groups of the same message? Writer and political commentator Anand Giridharadas talks to Ros Taylor about his new book The Persuaders: Winning Hearts and Minds in a Divided Age.  “The left needs to be better at creating an inclusive movement.” “It shows a lot about politics that AOC might not stay in it.” “Elon Musk is a limited man who behaves like an 11 year old boy.”  Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/bunkercast  Written and presented by Ros Taylor. Lead Producer: Jacob Jarvis. Producer: Alex Rees. Assistant producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Audio production by Robin Leeburn. Music: Jade Bailey. Group editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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This is about our lives. This is about American lives. Oh, Hello and welcome to the bunker I'm Ross Taylor. I've been thinking a lot about

1:31.2

trust recently because I'm writing a book about it.

1:33.7

The more I've studied it, the more I realize what a difficult thing it is to measure and to establish.

1:38.4

So I'm very pleased to have the chance to talk to the US commentator Arand Gidardas. He's a writer and a political analyst at MS NBC and the

1:46.4

author of a new book, The Persuaders, Winning Hearts and Minds in a Divided Age.

1:51.9

Welcome to the bunker, Arand. Thank you so much for having me.

1:54.0

Anand, you end your book with a quote, people change, but people often don't want to

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change, do they? They're inclined to hold on to their instincts, hold on to their beliefs.

2:05.0

Who in American politics is good at encouraging people to change their minds?

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