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
- One thing to watch
- One thing to listen to
- One thing to read
Going Further
The Socials
@TraytonO Trayton Otto, Twitter
@ahammTNT Andrew Hammond, Twitter
@uwtacoma UW Tacoma, Twitter
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