America, we got to get back to doing what's expected of us as free citizens in this democracy.

That means being tolerant, being respectful, staying informed, and being engaged.

I'm former Congressman Joe Walsh. Follow me here and join the millions of Americans who are renewing their social contract with each other.

The social contract, it's on us.

We're in for a fun, interesting conversation tonight with a good friend who's also a really

smart, fucking political mind mind and that's why

I've asked him to join me. Brian, welcome. Joe, it's my pleasure. It's always, I've said this on

Twitter and on here. There's nobody who likes a good, well-placed expletive as much as I do.

I'm right behind you, but you are the best. For everybody coming in, come on in on wherever you are in the country. Where I am in Washington, D.C., it's cold, where Brian is in Pennsylvania, Philly, outside of Philly, it's cold. Brian Rosenwald, by the way, is a political and media historian at the

University of Pennsylvania, a really smart, great guy. Brian, before we start, senior editor of

Made by History at Time magazine, that's still a thing yeah it is um we we eight years

now we published a couple of pieces a week um bringing the best historians to everyone and awesome

it you know we need history more than ever in this moment uh start there start there start there

by the way everybody as you come in, press the

red hearts, thank you for joining us this Tuesday night. My guest is a really smart guy when it comes

to history and politics. He's at the University of Pennsylvania. He's a political and media historian.

There's so much I want to ask Brian about this moment, the Democratic Party. But start where you just, with what you just said,

Brian, this is such an important moment for history. Explain yourself. Because so much of what we've

seen is not new. As much, you know,

history never completely echoes, but it rhymes. It is the way that I would put it, you know,

just for give a couple examples. Everybody acts like Trump is Sue Gineris, like he's something

unique, but he's not. We had a guy like him before. His name was

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