The Great British Breakdown Show

Pod Save the World

Crooked Media

Politics, News

4.8 • 24.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2018

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Tommy is in Austin with Beto O'Rourke for Pod Save America on HBO! So this week, Crooked contributor Ben Rhodes travels across the pond to sit down with David Lammy, a trail blazing long time Member of Parliament, to break down the looming catastrophe of Brexit, why Trump is as accepted in the UK as well as "a cold bucket of sick," and what progressives need to do to change course in Britain, the U.S. and across the West. There are 20 days until the election: votesaveamerica.com

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0:00.0	Pause the world is brought to you by the great courses.
0:03.6	Plus, one of the most important, I'm going to ditch the plus.
0:06.3	Maybe you think you are, though.
0:07.3	One of the most important problems facing our democracy is the threat of election hacking.
0:11.0	Especially as we approach the midterms.
0:12.7	Oh, coming nervous about that now.
0:13.7	Here it is. The great courses plus has created an exclusive new lecture that everyone should
0:17.7	stream right now, guys.
0:18.7	It's called Hacking American Elections.
0:21.2	A cyberwarfare expert named Paul Rosenswig addresses questions that a lot of us are asking
0:25.4	like, why was 2016 in the election so easily manipulated?
0:28.7	Is there still a risk of interference?
0:30.6	How did Russia hack the DNC?
0:32.2	What roles did the media, social and fake news play?
0:35.0	And the results?
0:36.0	Does our vote even matter now?
0:38.0	Paul, you know what damn well it does.
0:39.6	This lecture takes a deep look to the susceptibilities of our voting system.
0:43.0	How are elections for manipulated?
0:44.4	What we can do about it?
0:45.4	This is a great lecture.
0:46.4	It's very helpful and thoughtful and important and you will learn a lot.
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