Tom Nichols: The Anti-Expert Era

To The Contrary with Charlie Sykes

Charlie Sykes

News Commentary, Politics, News

4.9 • 719 Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Charlie Sykes and Tom Nichols dive into what they call the “death of expertise,” confronting how America’s most influential institutions are now increasingly led by the unqualified and the absurd. They explore the geopolitical and moral implications of the first American pope, drawing parallels to John Paul II and the Cold War. Finally, they reflect on Donald Trump’s staggering corruption in plain sight, the collective numbness it’s fostered, and the growing sense that the resistance—both moral and institutional—may finally be coalescing.

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1:53.1	I'm Charlie Sykes. Welcome to the To the Contrary podcast, and because it's Sunday, it must be my good friend Tom Nichols. Tom, how are you?
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