Dark Money and Dirty Politics, with Peter Geoghegan and Nick Cohen

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🗓️ 25 August 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared ------ Democracy is in crisis, and unaccountable and untraceable flows of money are helping to destroy it. According to Peter Geoghegan, politicians lie gleefully, making wild claims that can be shared instantly with millions of people on social media. Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, Jair Bolsonaro and populists in many other countries are the beneficiaries. This week Geoghegan speaks to Nick Cohen, columnist at the Observer, about the problems democracy faces and what can be done about it. To find out more and order Peter's new book 'Democracy for Sale: Dark Money and Dirty Politics' click here: https://bit.ly/34rOZAu. ----------------------------------- Intelligence Squared+. The world's best speakers. Your questions. £4.99 per month. Intelligence Squared+ will bring you live, interactive events every week on our new online platform. Just like at our real-life events, you’ll be able to put your questions to our speakers, vote in live polls and interact with other members of the audience. Your subscription will give you access to multiple events featuring the world’s top thinkers and opinion formers, including Thomas Piketty, Margaret Atwood, Clive Woodward, Thomas Friedman, Meera Syal and Paloma Faith. For a full list of Intelligence Squared+ events and to subscribe, click here: https://bit.ly/2yfYIfm Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.0	Hello, podcast listeners, I'm Connor and welcome to this week's episode of Intelligence
1:03.4	Squared today we are joined by Peter Gagen author of the new book Democracy for Sale
1:08.2	Dark Money and Dirty Politics and he spoke to Nick Cohen column at the observer, all about how democracy and elections
1:14.7	really work in the digital age.
1:16.6	From dark money and hostile foreign powers to secret influence campaigns and shell companies.
1:22.1	It's a really fascinating look at the forces shaping
1:24.8	our democracies and we hope you enjoy it.
1:26.7	I'm Nick Cohen, I'm a journalist in the observer, I write books and for lots of other papers
1:31.2	as well. My name is Peter Gagan and I'm investigations editor
1:34.0	Open Democracy and I'm the author of Democracy for Sale,
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