The Politics of Disagreement with Steve Inskeep

On with Kara Swisher

New York Magazine

News Commentary, News, Society & Culture

4.2 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

In a time of a divided House (and divided GOP) — not to mention polarized social media — how can you engage through disagreement? Abraham Lincoln may have some clues, as Steve Inskeep deduces. The journalist and host of NPR’s Morning Edition has a new book, “Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America,” which details the political life and legacy of Lincoln through the lens of disagreement and understands how the 16th president practiced politics skillfully in order to assemble a majority and navigate the country through The Civil War. Kara and Steve also imagine what Lincoln’s social media feed would look like, compare him to Donald Trump and Joe Biden and grapple with whether “objectivity” is the best north star for journalism today. Questions or comments? Email us at [email protected] or find us on social media. We’re on Instagram/Threads as @karaswisher and @nayeemaraza Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What if there was a better way to talk to all your friends than through a thousand different messaging apps on a thousand different platforms?
0:06.1	What if you could just find the show you wanted without browsing through infinite tiles in a hundred different streaming apps?
0:12.6	What if you could have all of your stuff everywhere without dealing with some crummy user interface on some unknowable file sharing platform?
0:21.7	This month on the Vergecast, we're looking into connectivity. How we talk to each other, how we talk to our stuff, how we find things online.
0:30.0	All this month on the Vergecast, available wherever you get podcasts.
0:35.2	Hey, this is Neil iPadell, Editor-in-Chief of the Verge and Host of Decoder.
0:39.2	This week in the Decoder feed, we're dropping interviews from Vox Media's code conference, an exclusive event for some of the most influential names in tech.
0:46.3	I talk to a lot of folks like AMD CEO Lisa Sue.
0:49.1	We're betting on what the next big thing in AI is.
0:51.8	Get the images CEO Craig Peters.
0:53.6	I think there are others that are just kind of off doing what they want to do and damn the consequences.
0:59.1	And Kevin Scott, Microsoft CTO, an executive vice president of AI.
1:03.5	Like, honestly, like that would have been a little bit better if there had been more AI.
1:07.2	We had a blast. Over the next few days, we'll bring you those interviews and more recorded live on the stage at the code conference.
1:12.8	Hi, everyone, from New York Magazine in the Vox Media Podcast Network.
1:18.6	This is on with Cara Swisher and I'm Cara Swisher.
1:21.3	And I'm Neymaraza.
1:23.0	As listeners know, there's been a new level of tragedy unfolding in the Middle East this week.
1:27.3	Hamas attacked Israel on Saturday, the images and reports were just horrific and unconshable.
1:32.9	Israel is responded by ordering a copy of the report.
1:35.9	Hamas attacked Israel on Saturday, the images and reports were just horrific and unconshable.
1:41.3	Israel is responded by ordering a complete siege of Gaza, which the UN Secretary General has already referred to as Hell on Earth.
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