Ep. 28: Ross Douthat, The Decadent Society

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Ep. 28: Ross Douthat, The Decadent Society

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Ross Douthat, conservative New York Times columnist and author of The Decadent Society: How We Became the Victims of Our Own Success, joins The Realignment.

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Mar 10, 2020

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