Democracy’s existential crisis

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

Vox Media Podcast Network

Society & Culture, News, Politics, News Commentary, Philosophy

4.6 • 10.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Why is democracy worth saving? Sean Illing is joined by Astra Taylor, the author of the new book The Age of Insecurity: Coming Together as Things Fall Apart. They discuss the history and reality of insecurity and how we can fight for more sustainable and meaningful democratic politics. Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling), host, The Gray Area Guest: Astra Taylor (@astradisastra), author, The Age of Insecurity: Coming Together as Things Fall Apart References: The Age of Insecurity: Coming Together as Things Fall Apart by Astra Taylor (House of Anansi Press, 2023) “What is democracy?” by Astra Taylor The Waste Makers by Vance Packard (Longmans, Green and Co. Ltd, 1960) Decades of Decadence: How Our Spoiled Elites Blew America's Inheritance of Liberty, Security, and Prosperity by Marco Rubio (HarperCollins, 2023) Enjoyed this episode? Rate The Gray Area ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of The Gray Area by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Support The Gray Area by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts This episode was made by: Engineer: Patrick Boyd Deputy Editorial Director, Vox Talk: A.M. Hall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Support for the show comes from Into the Mix, a Ben and Jerry's podcast about joy and
0:06.1	justice produced with Vox Creative.
0:09.6	Thousands of Afghans fled their homes when the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021.
0:15.2	The UK government pledged to take in 20,000 of them as refugees, but in the first year
0:20.2	only 22 Afghans had been approved for asylum in the UK.
0:24.6	So what happened, and what does this mean for the tens of thousands of people left behind?
0:30.4	Hear that story on the latest episode of Into the Mix.
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1:18.0	If you listen to this show, you're probably a supporter of democracy.
1:23.1	When I suspect most people, if you ask them in the abstract, if they believed in democracy,
1:28.0	they'd say, yes.
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