Ep. 576 — Fareed Zakaria

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

CNN

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4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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According to Fareed Zakaria, we are living in an age of revolution, kindled by the converging factors of technological advancement, information proliferation, globalization, and cultural shifts. He joined David during a live taping of The Axe Files at the University Club of Chicago to talk about what he discovered in researching his new book, “Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present,” how past revolutions inform today, how the US electoral system magnifies polarization, the ways in which the ideas of left and right politics have changed, and his mixed feelings on the upcoming trials of former President Donald Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:28.9	goes wrong. And now from the Institute of Politics at the University of Chicago and CNN audio,
0:41.5	the Axswiles. With host, David Axelrod.
0:46.3	I always enjoy chatting with Fareed Zakaria, you know a brilliant commentator, broadcaster,
0:52.1	documentarian, and author.
0:54.5	I was reminded of it all over again
0:56.2	when we sat down last week at the University Club
0:59.2	in Chicago to talk about his latest book,
1:01.7	Age of Revolutions.
1:03.3	It was a great and sobering discussion
1:06.2	about the stormy epic through which we
1:08.6	and liberal democracies everywhere are living today.
1:11.8	Here's that conversation.
1:14.0	Freed, it's good to see you.
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