The Death of The American Coalition with Tim Shenk (S3 Ep.37)

Conversations With Coleman

Coleman Hughes

Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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My guest today is Timothy Shenk. Tim is a historian at George Washington University and a co-editor at Dissent magazine. He has written for The New York Times, The Guardian, London Review of Books, The Nation, The New Republic, and Jacobin, among other publications. Tim is also the author of the book "Realigners: Partisan Hacks, Political Visionaries, and the Struggle to Rule American Democracy". In this episode, Tim and I discuss the book that President Obama wrote in the 90s, but never published, which Tim was able to get his hands on. We discuss Obama's early influences, his critique of the left and his critique of expertise. We talk about how Obama's views have changed from the 90s to today. We talk about the legacy of Bayard Rustin, civil rights leader and writer who was a hero to both Tim and myself. We talk about how political parties used to build long-term coalitions and win many elections in a row, and why neither party is able to do that today. We discuss popularism and its critics. We also go on to talk about the midterm elections. #Ad Go to https://ro.co/COLEMAN for 20% off your first order. Visit https://www.indeed.com/CONVERSATIONS to start hiring now Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:59.7	Welcome to another episode of Conversations with Coleman.
1:05.7	My guest today is Timothy Shank.
1:08.7	Timothy is a historian at George Washington University
1:11.7	and a co-editor at Descent Magazine.
1:13.7	Timothy and I discussed the book that President Obama wrote
1:16.7	in the 90s but never published,
1:18.7	which Timothy was able to get his hands on.
1:21.7	We discussed Obama's early influences,
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