Jill Lepore on Democracy in Peril, Then and Now
The New Yorker Radio Hour 
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<p><span>In the nineteen-thirties, authoritarian regimes were on the rise around the world—as they are again today—and democratic governments that came into existence after the First World War were toppling. “American democracy, too, staggered,” Jill Lepore </span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/02/03/the-last-time-democracy-almost-died"><span>wrote</span></a><span> in </span><em><span>The New Yorker</span></em><span>, “weakened by corruption, monopoly, apathy, inequality, political violence, hucksterism, racial injustice, unemployment, even starvation.” Lepore talks with David Remnick about how Americans rallied to save democracy, and how we might apply those lessons in a new era with similar problems. </span></p> <p><span><em>This segment originally aired on January 31, 2020.</em></span></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>
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