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The Dig: Bigger Than Bernie with Meagan Day & Micah Uetricht

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News, Politics, History

4.71.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2020

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Dan interviews Meagan Day and Micah Uetricht, the authors of Bigger Than Bernie: How We Go from the Sanders Campaign to Democratic Socialism, to assess the campaign and the way forward.

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