The Populists Cannot Win

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

News, Daily News

4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2017

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Slate columnist and Harvard University lecturer Yascha Mounk is worried about liberal democracy. He says Marine Le Pen's second-place finish in France isn't a cause for relief—it's a sign she's closer to power than ever. "It's easy to be right about the problems, it's difficult to be right about the solutions, and there the populists have nothing to offer," says Mounk. He writes the Good Fight column. Plus, Mike translates the Pope's speech and annotates the Trump administration's income tax reform plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:04.0	It's Wednesday, April 26, 2017.
0:12.0	From Slate, it's the gist I'm Mike Peska.
0:14.0	And today we will have, because it's so exciting,
0:17.0	and because you demanded it, we will have full-gis team coverage
0:21.0	of the White House's tax proposal.
0:23.0	We will dive into the details,
0:25.0	and you know how much this White House likes diving into the details,
0:29.0	right economics director Gary Cone?
0:31.0	You're going into very micro details.
0:33.0	Okay, well, how about you, Mr. Treasury Secretary Steve Minuchin?
0:37.0	I think as we've said, we're working on lots of details.
0:40.0	Another detail.
0:41.0	This one from the world of technology entertainment and design.
0:44.0	Yes, well, to that existing world of Ted,
0:48.0	add the field of papacy.
0:51.0	We had a pated talk.
0:54.0	Pated patalk, if you will, on our hands,
0:57.0	because the Pope contributed his insight to the genre of Ted Talks.
1:02.0	It was the first papal Ted Talk since the year 897,
1:06.0	when for 20 days, Pope Theodore II wore the fisherman's ring
1:11.0	before dying in office, probably due to poisoning.
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