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TRIGGERnometry

Can Democracy Survive Identity Politics? With Yascha Mounk

TRIGGERnometry

Konstantin Kisin & Francis Foster

News, Society & Culture, Politics

4.53.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2022

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Is multiculturalism good for society? What effect is social media having on our democracy? How do we stop society from crumbling? Yascha Mounk is a writer and academic known for his work on the crisis of liberal democracy and the rise of populism. See Triggernometry LIVE at the Edinburgh Fringe for 2 nights only on the 6th and 7th of August! We’ll be joined by very special guests Andrew Doyle and Leo Kearse. Get TICKETS here 👇 https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/triggernometry-live Join our exclusive TRIGGERnometry community on Locals! https://triggernometry.locals.com/ OR Support TRIGGERnometry Here: https://www.subscribestar.com/triggernometry https://www.patreon.com/triggerpod Bitcoin: bc1qm6vvhduc6s3rvy8u76sllmrfpynfv94qw8p8d5 Buy Merch Here: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/shop/​​​ Advertise on TRIGGERnometry: marketing@triggerpod.co.uk Join the Mailing List: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/sign-up/​​​ Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media:  https://twitter.com/triggerpod​​​ https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod​​​ https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod​​​ About TRIGGERnometry:  Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi Anna. Hi Anna. Hi Anna. Do you have a dilemma that makes you feel totally alone?

0:05.2

Well, the good news is it's not just you. I'm earning more money than him now and I don't think he likes it.

0:11.4

We've been sleeping together for the past few weeks, but she has a boyfriend.

0:14.9

I am a virgin, I am 25. And I'm just not sure if it's normal.

0:19.6

I'm Anna Richardson and this is it can't just be me when no topic is off limits.

0:24.9

Find it wherever you're listening to this or on it can't just be me.co.uk.

0:30.2

What becomes dangerous is if you know the person who I give politically also has the same ethnicity as me,

0:37.0

also goes to the same church as me, also as part of the same little league team as me,

0:41.4

and the outside of a person who I distrust is just a stranger in all realms of life.

0:47.4

Because then it becomes easy to actually build a five intersection extent that that is capable of doing terrible things to do.

1:00.6

Hello and welcome to Trigonometry. I'm Francis Foster.

1:04.7

I'm Constantin Kishan and this is a show for you if you want honest conversations with fascinating people.

1:11.7

Our brilliant guest today is a political scientist whose latest book is called The Great Experiment.

1:16.7

Wide diverse democracies fall apart and how they can endure a Yasha monk. Welcome to Trigonometry.

1:22.2

Thanks so much for having me on.

1:24.2

It's a real pleasure to have you on. You and I have been messaging back and forth for years now,

1:29.3

trying to get you on the show. Please, we can do this now with your book coming out,

1:33.7

which Francis and I both really enjoyed. Before we talk about it and the case you make in the book,

1:39.1

tell everybody a little bit about who are you? How are you where you are?

1:42.9

What has been your journey through life that leads you to be sitting here talking to us?

1:47.1

Great. Yeah, I think we have probably we haven't talked about this as somewhat similar background.

1:51.4

My grandparents originally are from the Bourne and Levyf in Colomere in what's now the western part of Ukraine.

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