The Republican Party

Civics 101

NHPR

Society & Culture, Government, History

4.2 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

What role did slavery play in the formation of the Republican Party? How did a scrappy third party coalition create what became known as the Grand Old Party? And how did the party of Lincoln become the party of Trump? Taking us on the journey from 1854 Wisconsin to the present day Republican party is author George Will and political scientists Keneshia Grant, Kathryn Depalo-Gould and William Adler. Find more on our website, civics101podcast.org CLICK HERE: Visit our website to see all of our episodes, donate to the podcast, sign up for our newsletter, get free educational materials, and more! To see Civics 101 in book form, check out A User's Guide to Democracy: How America Works by Hannah McCarthy and Nick Capodice, featuring illustrations by Tom Toro. Check out our other weekly NHPR podcast, Outside/In - we think you'll love it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Civics 101 is brought to you in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
0:04.6	I grew up in a George Will household.
0:07.6	I'm sure a good many people or listeners did too.
0:11.1	Way back when we decided to finally do episodes about the parties, what is the Republican
0:20.3	Party, what is the Democratic Party?
0:23.2	I think that this was your first suggested guest, Nick.
0:27.3	Yeah, George Will is a conservative journalist who played a major role in the
0:31.8	Cavity Chay home when I was a kid.
0:34.0	I was the only one who didn't get sick when reading in the car,
0:36.9	so I would read George Will to my dad in the back seat.
0:40.3	Did you know what he was talking about?
0:41.8	I had no idea what he was talking about.
0:44.0	Hello!
0:44.8	Hello, is this Mr. George Will?
0:47.0	This is me.
0:47.8	Hello, this is Hannah McCarthy at New Hampshire Public Radio.
0:51.0	How are you doing this afternoon?
0:52.8	I thrive.
0:53.8	George Will, conservative political commentator, writer of many columns and many books
0:59.5	at most recently the conservative sensibility.
1:02.5	I wrote the book precisely because I felt the Republican Party,
1:06.7	and hence the conservative movement had become untethered
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