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This Is Not A Drill with Gavin Esler

New Series: Twelve months to save American democracy?

This Is Not A Drill with Gavin Esler

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News, Society & Culture, Politics

4.91.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to This Is Not A Drill – the new name for Doomsday Watch, with new host Gavin Esler. In our first episode: It’s one year to the US Presidential election. If Donald Trump is the victor he will be unbound by any fear of legal or democratic restraint. What will Trump do to get there? And what will he do if he wins? Gavin Esler talks to Bill Kristol, editor-at-large of conservative magazine The Bulwark, who has broken with the Republicans in revulsion at the party’s surrender to the MAGA ideal; and historian Sarah Churchwell, author of Behold America: The Entangled History of “America First” and “The American Dream”, to understand the United States’ fateful choice.  Support This Is Not A Drill on Patreon for early episodes, merchandise and more.  Buy Behold America here and help the podcast via our affiliate links. • “The worst thing is that Trump is succeeding because of the demagoguery, the incitement, the violence and the contempt for the rule of law – not in spite of it.” – Bill Kristol  • “Trump is of a kind that we’ve seen before, but of a degree that we’ve never seen before. And he’s achieved power that we’ve never seen before.” – Sarah Churchwell Written and presented by Gavin Esler. Produced by Robin Leeburn. Original theme music by Paul Hartnoll – https://www.orbitalofficial.com. Executive Producer Martin Bojtos. Group Editor Andrew Harrison. This Is Not A Drill is a Podmasters production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Welcome to a new podcast from the makers of Doomsday Watch.

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I'm Gavin Esler and for the past few decades I've covered the big stories that have shaped our world.

1:10.0

Now, as major conflicts, disinformation, corruption, tech shifts and the climate crisis disrupt our lives.

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I'm here with a weekly podcast unpicking the complex forces that threaten to cause chaos. For Doomsday watch regulars there will be

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expert analysis and context as before only weekly and with a new name this is not a

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drill.

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For our first episode, we are in America, where Donald Trump seeks re-election. With Trump leading in the polls, we need to ask a simple question.

1:42.0

Do Americans have 12 months to save their democracy?

1:47.0

This is not final battle. They know it!

1:53.0

This is the final battle. They know it. I know it. You know it. Everybody knows it. This is it.

2:07.0

The worst thing about the current moment is that Trump is succeeding in my view in the Republican Party because of the

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