Former chief of staff warns of a second Trump term

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🗓️ 23 October 2024

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Less than two weeks before the election, Donald Trump's former White House Chief of Staff tells the New York Times that he believes the former president meets the definition of a fascist. The Washington Post's Philip Bump tells us more. Then, Matthew Broderick stars in a new adaptation of "Babbitt," the acclaimed Sinclair Lewis novel. Broderick talks about how the play brings the 1922 book into the present. And, more than 24 million Americans listen to noncommercial music stations each week. For Public Radio Music Day, we highlight two of those stations.

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0:00.0	Funding for Here and Now Anytime comes from Math Works, creators of Matlab and Simuling Software,
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0:11.6	Thank you so much for joining us for here and now any time,
0:15.8	where we bring you the news of the day
0:17.3	to keep you up to speed and some music, arts and culture
0:21.2	to help you kick back. So let's get started.
0:24.0	If there is a president of the United States who does not adhere to the norms of American
0:27.9	democracy and instead is predisposed towards fascism, that means that America risks tipping over into a fascist state.
0:35.6	The political landscape in the final days of the campaign. This is Wednesday, October 23rd from NPR and W-B-U-R Boston.
0:45.0	Welcome to Here and Now Anytime.
0:47.0	I'm Shirley Jaha.
0:49.0	Today on the show, we're going to hear about the return of a businessman who rails
0:56.8	against immigrants, socialists, and the poor, Sinclair Lewis's Babbitt. That character
1:02.3	from a century ago was hypocritical and
1:04.7	unlikable. The book being adapted to stage featuring likeable star Matthew
1:09.8	Broderick and then
1:11.4	Dream man take it while you can reach into your heart before you know that it's gone.
1:19.0	Who knew?
1:20.0	It's Public Radio Music Day today, celebrating blues and classical jazz, roots, and alt,
1:27.0	from public radio stations around the country.
1:30.0	So we've got Americana and soul, you've got ska and you've got rock and
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