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The Good Fight

Rachel Brown

The Good Fight

Yascha Mounk

News

4.7963 Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2019

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Yascha Mounk talks to Rachel Brown, Executive Director of Over Zero, about the roots of political violence; whether the United States stand at the brink of civil war; and what interventions can stop violence from breaking out in deeply polarized societies.  Email: goodfightpod@gmail.com Twitter: @Yascha_Mounk Podcast production by John T. Williams Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

At Barclays, we're here for every goal.

0:06.4

We're here for the Premier League,

0:09.0

and the Barclays Women's Super League.

0:12.0

We're here for the football chance for giving more girls a chance.

0:18.0

We're here for the grassroots and all the muddy boots. From schools to stadiums, we're here for it all.

0:27.6

Barclays, here for every goal.

0:30.0

I would say one of the biggest risks that we face is the silencing of in-group

0:36.4

moderates and apathy and disengagement from large portions of the public and also

0:40.8

people in leadership positions because when those people exit the scene you

0:44.2

lose those credible voices that can speak to people who might otherwise be mobilised to support

0:48.9

violence.

0:50.5

And now the good fight with Yasha Monk.

0:54.0

Well, I suppose I've got to do it.

0:57.0

I've got to give you an update on the impeachment proceedings

1:01.0

and tell you a little bit about what I think.

1:04.0

Look, the news changes from day to day.

1:06.0

I'm recording this a good bit before you're hearing it,

1:09.0

so who knows what else we will have found out by the time you're hearing this.

1:14.0

But I think the two basic important facts are very unlikely to change.

1:21.0

The first basic important fact is that Donald Trump directed some of his most senior

1:28.4

aides to pressure Ukraine for his own political gain.

1:35.8

He used the powers of his office

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