Episode 45: Where Did Identity Politics Come From? — with Yascha Mounk

The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast

National Review

News, Politics, Music, Arts, Books, Music History

5 • 1000 Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

On episode 45, Charles admits that he missed the podcast's anniversary. Then he talks to Yascha Mounk about his new book, 'The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time.' Among the topics discussed are where identity politics comes from, how it spread so fast over the last ten years, why it's a problem, whether opposition to it should be moral or practical or both, and what will happen if it's not checked.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode
0:04.0	Welcome to episode 45 of the Charles C.W. Cook podcast, the one strategically placed after my voice had come back.
0:34.1	Look, I got so busy with life that I forgot to note this podcast's anniversary, which passed unmarked and uncelebrated 17 days ago.
0:52.0	I guess in the long run, I'll pay for that. Had I remembered, I could have got a
1:00.4	small gift and organized a nice dinner out. But having forgotten, I'm now on the hook for
1:09.0	at least a spa day and probably a shopping expedition
1:12.8	as well as of course being reminded each and every time I publish a new episode
1:18.3	about that time I forgot about the anniversary until 17 whole days had passed
1:25.2	when I was putting on my headphones at the start of this session,
1:32.2	I could absolutely swear that I heard the podcast tell me in hush tones
1:37.9	that I never seemed to forget which NFL games are on which day,
1:42.0	which is, of course, true.
1:46.7	So I can only apologize and say that if it's any consolation,
1:51.2	I have greatly enjoyed the year that the podcast and I have spent together,
1:56.3	and I hope for many more in the future.
2:00.7	A lot of people have written to me since last episode
2:06.2	and asked for an account of the NFL game I took my dad to in London,
2:13.7	and you're in luck.
2:17.4	I wrote that trip up for the first issue of the new monthly national review
2:23.5	magazine and you can find that online if you have a subscription i'll put the link in the show notes
2:32.9	of this episode.
2:35.7	Long story short, it was terrific.
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