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Start Making Sense: Fintan O’Toole on the Next Insurrection; Katha Pollitt on “She Said”
Start Making Sense: Fintan O’Toole on the Next Insurrection; Katha Pollitt on “She Said”
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35 minutes
Released:
Jan 11, 2023
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If you were planning a future coup, what could you learn from the failure of Trump’s efforts on January 6? Fintan O’Toole says it would need a better story – not attacking Congress, but “defending democracy.” He teaches at Princeton, and is the author most recently of We Don’t Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland.Also: Who’d want to see a movie about Harvey Weinstein? But the film “She Said,” about the two New York Times reporters who broke the Harvey Weinstein story, is not about Harvey; it’s about the system that protected him. And it’s really good. Katha Pollitt comments.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Released:
Jan 11, 2023
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Podcast episode
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