Live from The Atlantic Festival: ‘2026 Is the Battlefield’
September 21, 2025
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September 21, 2025
Live from The Atlantic Festival: ‘2026 Is the Battlefield’
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41:17This episodeLive from The Atlantic Festival: ‘2026 Is the Battlefield’
Summary
A live conversation about authoritarian forces in America with Anne Applebaum, an Atlantic staff writer, and Garry Kasparov, the former world chess champion and a lifelong democracy activist.
Speaking about the upcoming midterms, Kasparov says: “If Democrats do not retake the House, 2028 will be a formality.”
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