The Experts vs. The Idiots - with guest Tom Nichols

The Michael Steele Podcast

The Bulwark

Politics, Government, History, News

4.8 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2018

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Michael is joined by Tom Nichols to discuss why, in the era of Trump, everyone thinks they're an expert. Tom Nichols is a professor at the Naval War College and Harvard Extension AND a five-time Jeopardy! champion. His most recent book is The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why it Matters.

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0:00.0	I'm Miranda Sawyer and I'm hosting the brand new podcast, Papercuts.
0:04.6	From the mail's obsession with woke, to the daily stars wore on pigeons,
0:08.7	to all the things the Guardian is telling you not to enjoy,
0:12.1	Papercuts digs into the private mania of the UK press.
0:15.9	And what that tells us about Britain today.
0:18.6	I'm joined by some of the UK's sharpest commentators and funniest comedians
0:22.3	to pick out the most eye-popping stories the morning press has to offer
0:26.0	and serve them up for your incredulity and entertainment.
0:29.8	Papercuts, we read the papers so you don't have to.
0:33.2	Out now, wherever you get your podcasts or visit papercutsshow.com.
0:52.1	What up, what up, what up, what up,
0:53.2	welcome everybody to the Man of Steel podcast.
0:56.0	Yes, I am the Man of Steel, Michael Steel.
0:58.8	Just to remind you, now you can catch this episode and all future episodes
1:03.3	and some past ones too if you really want to go back and relive on Apple Podcasts,
1:07.7	Ditch or Tune in or wherever you like to get your podcasts.
1:10.0	Follow me on Twitter at Michael Steel.
1:12.9	So we've got a lot of serious stuff to talk about and we've got a serious guy
1:18.4	to help us kind of understand it.
1:20.8	He, yes, he's a smart one.
1:22.2	He's a professor.
1:23.1	He's the professor of national security affairs at the US Naval War College.
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