Need to Know: We Can End the Madness

The DSR Network

Chris Cotnoir

Government

4.5 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Let’s face the facts: we’re in a period of sheer insanity. Far-right politics is becoming increasingly normalized by our radical administration. Corporations are cozying up to the far-right and consolidating around Trump. Our president is in clear cognitive decline. But we can end the madness. Author of The Left Hook Substack Wajahat Ali joins David Rothkopf to explore the turmoil of this moment and look for the lights at the end of the tunnel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:21.7	This is Deep State Radio, coming to you direct from our super secret studio in the third sub-basement of the
1:30.2	Ministry of Snark in Washington, D.C., and from other undisclosed locations across America and around
1:38.0	the world. Hello and welcome to Need to Know. I'm David Rothkopf, and each week I try to talk to
1:43.8	somebody super interesting. And'm David Rothkopf, and each week I try to talk to somebody super interesting.
1:46.6	And this week, of course, I've scored big with the visit from our friend Wajahat Ali, superstar of
1:55.6	social media. His substack is a place you've got to go follow him in substacks live
2:03.3	he seems to be doing them around the clock
2:05.1	when you have time to eat you're always like doing a substack live watch
2:09.1	I know basically what David is saying let me translate
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