In this week’s episode, after watching Governor Gretchen Whitmer step on a political rake by being photographed shaking hands with Trump, I am speaking again with my colleague Noah Berlatsky regarding an article he wrote last month on the different responses Republicans and Democrats have in treating with their political opponents after a loss. When Republicans lose, they tend to say “we were cheated!” rather than “we did something wrong,” and double down, whereas Democrats tend to abandon their base and try to appeal more to the middle.

You will hear:

• The election landscape is tilted toward Republicans (especially in the Senate)
• Communications challenges held by the Democratic party
• The effect COVID had on how voters see politics and the world
• Democrats need to stop focusing on trying to win over Trump’s base and focus on fighting fascism because there’s really nothing to lose at this point
• And more!

Guest Info:

Noah Berlatsky has worked as a writer for twenty years, focusing on a wide array of topics for audiences including academics, popular audiences, high school students, and children.

Noah’s book, Wonder Woman: Bondage and Feminism in the Marston/Peter Comics, 1941-1948 was published in early 2015 by Rutgers University Press.

His reviews and essays have appeared on NPR's All Things Considered, NBC Think Online, Pacific Standard, the Atlantic, the Washington Post, the LA Times, the Guardian, Media Matters, Salon, the Awl, Slate, the Chicago Reader, The Escapist, Esquire, Reason, the Dissolve, the Baffler, and many other publications.

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