Could It Happen Here? The Parallels Between Soviet Bloc and Modern US
The Daily Signal Podcast
The Daily Signal
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 October 2020
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Disturbing parallels can be drawn between the United States and the Soviet bloc of Eastern Europe, commentator and bestselling author Rod Dreher says.
Dreher, a senior editor at The American Conservative, received a phone call in 2015 that sent him on a journey to investigate whether America is losing its freedoms in the same way that Eastern Europe lost its liberty to the Soviet Union. What he found inspired his latest book, “Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents.”
Dreher joins The Daily Signal Podcast to discuss the book and what the future may hold if Americans do not stand against the agenda of the radical left.
Also on today’s show, we read your letters to the editor and share a good news story about a Coast Guard veteran who saved multiple people from a fire in Washington state.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Monday, October 5th. I'm Robert Bluey. |
| 0:09.3 | And I'm Virginia Allen. On today's show, Rob talks with Rod Dreier about his new book, |
| 0:16.2 | Live Not By Lies, a manual for Christian dissidents. |
| 0:20.8 | We also read your letters to the editor and share a good news story about a Coast Guard veteran who stepped in to save multiple people from a wildfire in Washington State. |
| 0:29.0 | Before we get to today's show, Rob and I want to tell you about a powerful resource available for you |
| 0:35.5 | at the Heritage Foundation, the Voter Fraud Database. |
| 0:39.4 | As of today, there have been 1,298 confirmed and documented instances of voter fraud and 1,121 |
| 0:50.0 | criminal convictions in the U.S. |
| 0:52.3 | The voter fraud database presents a sampling of proven election voter fraud from across the country |
| 0:57.7 | and it demonstrates the many ways in which voter fraud is committed every year. |
| 1:02.0 | If you have a conservative who is interested in election |
| 1:04.9 | integrity, we encourage you to check out our database at heritage.org slash voter fraud. |
| 1:11.2 | Now stay tuned for today's show coming up next. |
| 1:13.7 | We are joined on the Daily Signal podcast today by Rod Dreyer, author of the new book, |
| 1:24.7 | Live Not by Lies, a manual for Christian dissidents. |
| 1:28.2 | Rod, it's great to have you. |
| 1:29.6 | Thanks so much for joining us. |
| 1:31.0 | Glad to be here, Rob. |
| 1:32.4 | Well, first, congratulations on the success of the book. |
| 1:35.6 | It's already a number one bestseller on Amazon and it's certainly provoking some much needed |
| 1:40.6 | discussion about the situation that we face in America today. |
| 1:44.1 | You know, I was struck by your introduction and the interviews you've done. |
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