REMEMBERING REAGAN
DINESH Podcast
Salem Podcast Network
4.7 • 6.8K Ratings
🗓️ 3 February 2022
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Dinesh devotes a special episode to Reagan in the week of Reagan's birthday. Dinesh reveals the true character of Reagan the man, illuminates what made Reagan so successful, assesses the Reagan legacy, and also spells out Reagan's relevance for today. Debbie D'Souza and Danielle D'Souza Gill join Dinesh to offer their perspectives on Reagan. Dinesh argues that Reagan saved America from the curse of collectivism both at home and abroad, but that today we face the same evil in a new form, and this time a new strategy will be required to "make America great again."
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| 0:00.0 | This is a special episode of the podcast devoted to Ronald Reagan. |
| 0:05.6 | Now, later this week it's Ronald Reagan's birthday and I thought it would be interesting |
| 0:12.0 | in this trouble time to do a survey of Reagan, a survey of his leadership, a survey of his |
| 0:20.6 | accomplishments, also a kind of honest look at his relevance or irrelevance today. |
| 0:28.8 | Debbie's going to join me. |
| 0:29.8 | We're going to talk about our experience as young Reaganites in the 1980s. |
| 0:35.7 | My daughter Danielle DeSouza-Gill will join me. |
| 0:37.7 | We'll talk about the issue of Reagan and Trump, the way in which leadership styles are |
| 0:44.0 | dramatically different now from in the past. |
| 0:47.8 | The question I want to ask is whether we are facing the same old evil that Reagan faced, |
| 0:53.1 | but in a new form. |
| 0:55.4 | We'll need a new strategy to, in a familiar phrase, make America great again. |
| 1:00.9 | This is the DeSouza podcast. |
| 1:11.1 | America needs this voice. |
| 1:16.4 | The times are crazy and the time of confusion, division and lies. |
| 1:20.7 | We need a brave voice of reason, understanding and truth. |
| 1:24.6 | This is the DeSouza podcast. |
| 1:32.8 | We're no longer living in the Reagan era. |
| 1:37.7 | I don't just mean by that that Reagan is no longer with us. |
| 1:40.9 | It's been a long time since Reagan was president. |
| 1:45.2 | What I mean is that the Reagan era of American politics, which began in 1980, I believe came |
| 1:52.3 | to an end in 2008 when Obama was elected. |
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