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Elitists Versus Trump and the Populists

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News, News Commentary, Politics

4.56K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Virginia Heffernan talks to Joel Stein, author of the book In Defense of Elitism, about the different kinds of elites and the people who both love and hate them, connections between crafting and populism, and how to avoid taking the low road in politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I don't know if the president understands about prayer or people who do pray, but we do pray.

0:06.2

For the United States of America, pray for him.

0:08.4

I present President Bush, still President Obama, because it's a heavy responsibility.

0:14.4

And I pray hard for him because he's so off the track.

0:21.3

At some point, there were instructions or dictates or requests from them up above.

0:31.2

And as a result, what was supposed to be turned over to us was withheld from us.

0:36.0

My faith is at the heart of who I am.

0:39.4

I take an oath before God as enormously consequential.

0:45.8

Hello and welcome to Trumpcast.

0:47.8

I'm Virginia Heffernin.

0:49.4

Don't cry out loud.

0:53.2

Just keep it inside.

0:56.0

Learn how to hide your feelings.

1:00.1

Oh no, I had planned to definitely not sing today because I've been studying the radio

1:06.3

style of one rush limba to whom we all send prayers.

1:10.6

And he's very antic and sings and makes a lot of noises.

1:14.4

And I was like, no, I got to be NPR.

1:17.2

I'm Sylvia Pejoli.

1:18.5

I'm CNN.

1:19.5

I'm Anderson Cooper because that singing stuff is for clowns and carnies and trumpites.

1:25.6

And damn it.

1:27.2

This whole world has turned me into a clown and a carny.

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