Woke AF Daily WokeAF Daily 7/8/20 - Too Much and Never Enough (Season 1, Episode 64)
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Woke AF Daily

WokeAF Daily 7/8/20 - Too Much and Never Enough (Season 1, Episode 64)

Podcast Episode | News

Is anyone actually surprised that Donald Trump cheated on his SATs? He cheated on his wives. He cheated in the 2016 election. Donald Trump is a cheater, and not even a particularly smart one. Yet he continues to get away with it due to his...See moreIs anyone actually surprised that Donald Trump cheated on his SATs? He cheated on his wives. He cheated in the 2016 election. Donald Trump is a cheater, and not even a particularly smart one. Yet he continues to get away with it due to his wealth, privilege, and the complicity of the Republican party. How did we get here? Did the descent of the Republican party start with Donald Trump? Julian Zelizer, professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University, joins me to explain how it actually started about 30 years earlier with the rise of Newt Gingrich. WokeAF contributors Jonathan Metzl and Kurt Bardella also join me to talk about Julian's new book, Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party, where we go now as we head into the 2020 election, and what could be beyond the horizon. See less

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Kurt Bardella Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	L'homme qui murmure à l'oreille de Trump (2017)
Jonathan Metzl Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	Woke AF Daily (2020)
Danielle Moodie Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Entrepreneur Struggle with Chris Colbert (2022)
Julian Zelizer Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	The Switch A Documentary