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Lessons from South Africa

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4.66K Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Virginia Heffernan talks to Andries du Toit, a researcher and writer at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa, about the years before, during, and after apartheid and if there are any lessons we can take away from it for America today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Did you know choosing the train over your car can cut your carbon footprint by up to two thirds?

0:06.0

So, one family outing at a time, one little adventurer at a time, one trip to the museum, one dinner in the city, one nap on the way home at a time.

0:18.0

One train journey at a time can help create a greener future.

0:24.0

So when will you take your next trip? Find out more at nationalrail.co.uk slash greener.

0:30.0

Basically bizarre behavior like ordering aids to track down a special-centred moisturizer from the Ritz Hotel as well as his pursuit of a discount used Trump Hotel mattress.

0:44.0

These are real things I'm saying.

0:47.0

Prove it in many ways was sort of like President Trump even though he didn't have the great wealth of President Trump.

0:51.0

Prove its ouster is an unbelievable development in that he lasted this long.

0:56.0

Well, Scott Prove is doing a great job within the walls of the EPA. We're setting records.

1:01.0

So Trump always sort of seemed to sort of be in his hand even though the things he was doing were so hard to justify.

1:08.0

Hello and welcome to Trumpcast. I'm Virginia Heffernin. So we lost another noble soldier in the battle to corrupt this entire once great nation with sepsis.

1:23.0

Sparrow thought today for fallen Scott Prueitt, former head of the Environmental Protection Agency who resigned yesterday.

1:30.0

He gave the fight for corruption all he had.

1:33.0

Delusional climate denier, hater of women and gays, taker of money from giant fossil fuel companies.

1:39.0

He went much further into sin on a practical level.

1:42.0

Let's review. As of last month, he was under at least 14 separate federal investigations by the government accountability office.

1:49.0

And for someone so principled when it comes to uterine happenings, Prueitt held himself to a considerably lower standard.

1:58.0

He went to the DC condo at bargain basement rates from a lobbyist whose clients were regulated by the EPA.

2:03.0

That looks a hell of a lot like a bribe.

2:05.0

Prueitt also gave weird unjustified raises to his pals and spared them conflict of interest pledges.

2:12.0

He also proposed spending $100,000 a month on a charter aircraft membership.

2:16.0

And he longed for a $43,000 phone booth.

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