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Trumpcast: How Trump Hacked the Presidency

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🗓️ 13 November 2020

⏱️ 13 minutes

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In this Trumpcast Plus preview, Virginia Heffernan talks to Jack Goldsmith, Harvard Law School professor and co-author of After Trump, about why Donald Trump’s violation of norms come with more social or political penalties than legal ones, where his norm-crushing has potentially endangered us, and what reforms we can adopt to reduce those projected dangers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello Virginia Heffernan here. What you're about to hear is a teaser for today's episode of Trump cast which is available in full for Slate Plus members only.

0:09.7

See how tempted you are now to sign up for Slate Plus.

0:13.0

We've made one in four episodes exclusive to Slate Plus

0:16.4

members because they help support the work we do on Trumpcast

0:19.8

and help fund other Slate Podcasts,

0:21.7

like Slow Burn to sign up and hear this episode and

0:24.7

every episode of Trumpcast in full, please visit slate.com slash Trumpcast plus.

0:30.5

It's only $35 for the first year and you'll get other benefits like ad-free

0:35.1

podcasts and discounted tickets to live slate events. So sign up now at

0:39.7

slate.com slash Trumpcast plus and thanks for listening.

0:44.0

Hello and welcome to trump cast I'm Virginia Heffernan.

0:50.0

Nah.

0:52.0

Nah. Nah. Nah, nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah

0:57.0

hey Jude

1:02.0

hmm what's that, I'm just singing a Coda in celebration of the fact that it's

1:08.0

Coda time here at Trumpcast. That's right we got about nine shows left to get a rap about what happened with

1:15.1

Trump's gruesome presidency, what's happening with his current janky coup,

1:19.7

and what the future holds for our soon to be jailbird pauper

1:23.6

when he loses access to money, power, and bronzer.

1:27.2

When his face turns palette and its jump suit turns orange.

1:31.6

Okay, I'm getting ahead of myself, but we do have all that ahead on Trump-cast with a slate of

1:37.1

magnificent guests. But we also have some wine-down time, because I promised at Trump Trumpcast not to leave you till this is

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