The Frontlines of Democracy - Part II: Exurbia Now with David Masciotra

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News, Government, Politics, News Commentary

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🗓️ 2 April 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Host Reed Galen is joined by author, journalist, and political analyst, David Masciotra. They discuss the rise of exurbia as a haven for those seeking to escape progressive culture and diversity along with as a breeding ground for the radical right-wing insurgency. Plus how the collapse of community and local media prevalent in exurban areas goes hand-in-hand with the erosion of our nation’s democracy. For more on these topics, be sure to pick up David Masciotra’s new book, Exurbia Now: The Battleground of American Democracy, available wherever fine books are sold. For more from Reed Galen, be sure to subscribe to “The Home Front”. If you’d like to ask a question or share a comment with The Lincoln Project, send an email to podcast@lincolnproject.us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.5	Hey everyone, it's Reed. Before we get started, this is a quick two-part mini-series on where the front lines of democracy
0:37.5	really are in those rural and ex-urban areas.
0:41.6	Those places you always see reporters go to and talk to people and
0:45.0	diners, what's really driving the folks out there in the ex-irbs? What's really
0:49.6	going on in those places where those who once lived in cities or even suburbs have now fled.
0:55.6	I hope you enjoy it. I hope you learn as much as I did by interviewing these folks.
1:00.6	And now on with the show.
1:03.0	Welcome back to the
1:11.0	Welcome back to the Lincoln Project. I'm your host, Reed Gailen. Today I'm joined by
1:16.4	author, journalist, and political analyst David Masio Trom. David's written for numerous
1:21.5	publications about politics including including the New Republic,
1:24.6	Salon, Progressive, Washington Monthly, and Counterpunch.
1:28.7	He's also written an array of books including his newly released title, Exirbianel, the battleground of American democracy, which is available wherever fine books are sold.
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