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Ep. 73: “How Democracies Die” — a #NerdFarmReads Audio Bookclub Conversation

Category: Education
Duration: 00:59:56
Publish Date: 2019-09-02 11:12:26
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Cast of Characters

Andrew Hammond: co-host Flounders B Team, Sports Writer at Tacoma News Tribune 

Trayton Otto: Tweeter, Sounders Supporter, Thoughtful Dude

Sarah Hampson: UW Professor, Fan of the First Amendment, 2x Pod Veteran

 

The Rundown

2:00 Impressions 

7:00 The disappointment and necessity of working across party lines

12:00 Favorite passages

18:00 Asymmemterical political polarization and Republican Agenda

31:00 The Role of the Nation Media in politics

34:00 The Obstruction of Justice by obstructing justice 

 

Democracies die when the media fails to inform people and instead entertains them.

 

37:00 Mutual tolerance & Institutional Forebarance — This is Trayton’s baby

42:00 What role has the US had in disrupting democracy elsewhere? 

48:00 Polling on Presidency — Professor Hampson brought stats

55:00 Quickbites: How do democracies die? 

 

The Wind Down

  1. One thing to watch
  2. One thing to listen to
  3. One thing to read

 

Going Further

Vice: Obama to QAnon Voters

 

The Socials

@TraytonO Trayton Otto, Twitter

@ahammTNT Andrew Hammond, Twitter 

@uwtacoma UW Tacoma, Twitter 

 

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