The Trump Problem’s Persistence (Robert Wright, David Corn, and Mickey Kaus)

Robert Wright's Nonzero

Nonzero

News & Politics, Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.7 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2022

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Thinking back fondly on the time Dick Cheney shot a guy ... David: Online journalism leveled the media playing field ... Is Russiagate an example of Democratic demagoguery? ... Mickey’s little-known past as a squire to DC’s elite ... The rewards of outrageousness ... What does it take to get drummed out of public life in 2022? ... David: It’s sad that so many Americans accept Trump’s prolific lying ... Does backlash against perceived media bias explain Trump’s support? ... The undiminished shock value of January 6 ... Is there any Democratic alternative to Biden and Harris in 2024? ...

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0:00.0	You're listening to Robert Wright's Non-Zero Podcast.
0:08.3	Hi, David.
0:09.9	Hey, Bob.
0:11.0	How you doing?
0:12.6	Pretty good.
0:13.5	Finishing up a book, you know what that's like going over the last galleys, still finding
0:18.3	things, typos, little mistakes, word choices.
0:22.0	Can I say?
0:22.7	My books don't have mistakes, David, but I can still muster some empathy for you just through sheer imagination.
0:30.6	What's that like?
0:31.4	Yes.
0:31.7	You're very creative mind.
0:33.6	Yeah.
0:34.7	Let me introduce this.
0:35.9	I'm Robert Wright.
0:37.4	This is The Right show. Although, actually, by the time it airs, it'll be called Robert Wright's Non Zero. That's one thing we're going to talk about is rebranding today, David. But first, let me tell people who you are. You're David Korn, in case there's anybody who doesn't know. D.C. Bureau Chief of Mother Jones,
0:58.2	MSNBC analyst, possessor of,
0:59.7	maybe you're not even keeping track,
1:02.6	but possessor of close to a million Twitter followers.
1:05.6	You're at 964,000 or something, David.
1:06.4	Did you know that?
1:08.8	I knew I was in that area.
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