Sen. Sasse's Exit Interview

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🗓️ 3 January 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse will resign from Congress and take on a new role in February as President of the University of Florida. Sasse, a junior senator from Nebraska and member of the Republican party, has been a vocal critic of Trump's influence on the right and the GOP. He joins Steve Hayes to discuss the dangers of infotainment, the increasing tribalism of American politics, the future of academic freedom, and why he believes he can affect more change by leaving Congress. Show Notes: -The Dispatch Podcast: Ben Sasse on Afghanistan and Reflections on September 11 -The Remnant: Fighting for Lost Causes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Dispatch Podcast. I'm Steve Hayes.
0:03.5	Joining me today is Nebraska Senator Ben Sass,
0:07.6	who has decided to leave the Senate early to pursue
0:11.1	a job as the president of the University of Florida.
0:15.1	In our conversation, we conduct an accident review of sorts,
0:19.1	talking to Senator Sass about his decision to leave early,
0:22.5	about the state of American politics,
0:25.3	the Republican Party, and the future of higher education.
0:29.9	The Senate is a very important part of the Republican Party,
0:35.3	and the future of higher education.
0:43.3	Senator Sass, thanks for joining us.
0:46.3	Thank you for taking time with me.
0:49.3	You're headed out of the Senate.
0:52.3	How worried should we be about our country and our politics as you go?
0:59.3	Well, I think that an experiment in ordered liberty is always fragile.
1:06.8	We should always think that worry that's panicked or flight 93-ish is stupid,
1:13.8	worry that leads to generation to generation thoughtful reflection
1:19.8	on what transmission of values of a free people
1:22.8	being able to self-govern and build institutions that don't run through Washington, D.C.
1:27.8	We should always be mindful of that.
1:29.8	I guess I probably would distinguish between how broken our politics are
1:35.8	and how much still healthy potential there is for civic recovery
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