How Did Our Democracy Get so Fragile?
Jelani Cobb, Jill Lepore and Evan Osnos on the precarious state of American democracy and why—yet again—we risk losing it in the upcoming Presidential election.
December 5, 2023
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Episode 791 · December 5, 2023
How Did Our Democracy Get so Fragile?
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How Did Our Democracy Get so Fragile?
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Jelani Cobb, Jill Lepore and Evan Osnos on the precarious state of American democracy and why—yet again—we risk losing it in the upcoming Presidential election.
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