PREMIUM: “American Political Violence” with BBC Foreign Correspondent Nick Bryant

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Josh Szeps

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🗓️ 17 October 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Is political violence “unAmerican”? Or is it as American as Thomas Jefferson, who wrote that "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants"?

Nick Bryant is one of the BBC’s greatest foreign correspondents. He has a doctorate in American politics from Oxford University and lived for years in Washington D.C. and New York City covering American politics for a global audience. One of his books sits on Joe Biden’s bookshelf in the Oval Office.

As we head into the final weeks before the U.S. election, Nick and Josh discuss Trumpism, polarisation and Nick's latest book “The Forever War”.

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0:00.0	Gide, humans.
0:03.1	Welcome to the safe space for dangerous ideas.
0:05.5	Here's a dangerous idea for you.
0:07.3	Political violence is intrinsic to the American experience.
0:12.0	It is fundamental to American history.
0:14.6	It is not something that we should be surprised by.
0:17.2	It is something that Americans must live with and perceive as part of the fabric of their nation.
0:23.0	That is basically the thesis of Nick Bryant, who is one of the BBC's greatest foreign
0:28.3	correspondence.
0:29.3	He lived in New York for many years.
0:31.8	He lived in Washington.
0:32.8	He's lived in South Asia as well.
0:34.7	He's written for The Economist, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, The
0:37.8	Sydney Morning Herald, The Age. One of his books is currently in the Oval Office. Joe Biden is a fan.
0:43.9	It's called When America Stopped Being Great, a History of the Present. Nick's latest book
0:49.3	is called The Forever War and tells the story of America's political polarization over the last
0:53.7	250 years.
0:55.0	We wanted to check in with Nick about what he thinks about the current political climate,
0:58.8	the current election, and how it fits into the history of American politics.
1:03.2	Please enjoy as much as I did.
1:04.8	I want to only Nick Bryant.
1:08.6	So we were just talking before we started about your ferry rides from Brooklyn, no, not Brooklyn Heights, from Dumbo down under the Manhattan Bridge overpass, to the UN. You had an office in the UN?
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