The Party/Voter Disconnect

In The Thick

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🗓️ 26 July 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Julio is joined by Wajahat Ali, Daily Beast columnist, author and co-host of the podcast Democracy-ISH, and Christian Paz, senior politics reporter at Vox. They get into the midterms and what both parties are doing to rally voters. They also talk about January 6 and the ongoing investigations into Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. And, they talk about the record-breaking heat waves around the world, and the devastating impacts of the climate crisis.

ITT Staff Picks:

“Finally, the modern right-wing movement can never apologize, own up to its mistakes, or back down. Humility, grace, and decency are perceived by the base as signs of weakness. Instead, they ratchet up the lie, amp up the terror, and add more villains,” writes Wajahat Ali in this piece for The Daily Beast.
“Chen isn’t like other Republicans running in races around the country this year. His experience has been firmly in the party’s moderate establishment, television punditry, and, more recently, academia,” writes Christian Paz in this piece for Vox.
Joan Greve writes about how even though some Republicans are more open to engaging on climate policy, their proposals are not meeting the urgency of the moment, in this piece for Mother Jones.

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0:00.0	Hey dear listener, a quick favor.
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0:22.9	Gracias.
0:32.9	I want to see a Democrat who has passion.
0:34.9	I want to see a Democrat who has a fight.
0:36.8	Quick bringing a freaking pencil to a knife fight when Republicans are bringing a bazooka.
0:44.8	From Futuro Media and PRX, it's in the thick.
0:47.7	A podcast about politics, race and culture, I'm Julio Ricalo Arella, and I'm solo hosting
0:53.0	again while Maria is out reporting some great stories for Futuro Media.
0:59.0	If you've seen her Twitter, she's out in North Dakota, so more to come about that.
1:05.3	But today, I'm so excited because we have two special guests joining me, making his
1:13.2	in the thick debut, the big fan of his work, from Washington DC, Christian Bass, senior
1:20.0	politics reporter at Vox, hello Christian, welcome to in the thick for the first time.
1:26.0	Thank you so much.
1:27.0	I'm very excited to be here and so excited to get to chat.
1:30.6	And also from Washington DC is in the thickest, most booked guest.
1:36.8	Pasha Hadali, author, daily beast columnist and co-host of the podcast, democracy-ish.
1:43.4	Welcome back, Waz, for I think like the, I don't even know how many times you've been
1:47.6	on, but I'm so excited to always have you back.
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