Welcome to Talking Fed's One-on-One,

deep-dive discussions with national figures

about the most fascinating and consequential issues

defining our culture and shaping our lives.

I'm your host, Harry Littman. Welcome to another talking feds

one-on-one. The first few days of Trump rule have been a disaster for democracy with a dizzying

series of vicious and radical moves that more than reinforced the fears of all the people who were sounding the alarm

for months before the election.

Yet the feel remains that many Americans are taking it, if not exactly, in stride.

The pardons have been unpopular.

He begins his term in a 47% approval rating quite low historically, although that's kind of a piece for him.

But if not, and sorry, then without grave concern.

And that's, in turn, a matter of grave concern to nearly anyone who understands the way democracies

actually can degrade and who studied the progress or the process

in other countries. So I'm really pleased to welcome today one of the most thoughtful and

knowledgeable experts on that topic. Andrea Pitzer, Andrea runs the degenerate art newsletter.

She's the author of three books. Most relevant here is

one long night, a global history of concentration camps. But I'm here to tell you, please look

her up. She is a dizzying polyglot. And I first learned of her through her remarkable book,

The Secret History of Ledima Nabokov on the family history of Nabokov.

But you can find out more about her current and past work at www.

Andrea Pitzer.com.

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