The Liberal Patriot with Ruy Teixeira The Liberal Patriot

Is Donald Trump a 90s-era Democrat? This week’s guest, the estimable Batya Ungar-Sargon, argues that he might be just that. She joins the podcast for a fascinating conversation about her new book: Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America’s Working Men and Women. Based on her in-depth conversations with working-class Americans across the country, we explore the plundering of the middle class, elite paternalism, and why the working class isn’t getting behind Biden. Stick around as Batya makes the case for why the party that focuses on the health care-immigration nexus can establish a ruling majority. 


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Sheri Berman, professor of political science at Barnard, joins the podcast for a deep dive into the origins of social democracy in the United States and Europe. We cover her excellent book The Primacy of Politics before moving into a discussion of where the 20th century left went wrong. Come for the analysis of 1960s progressivism and stay for a look at the rise of right-wing populism in Europe. We wrap up with some thoughts on the chaos at Columbia and a preview of the upcoming European parliamentary elections. 



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Chris Stirewalt, newsman extraordinaire and host of The Hill Sunday, sits down for a detailed, if somewhat pessimistic, conversation about the health of journalism. We cover partisan silos and the decline of local papers before turning to one of my favorite topics: the need for a normie voter party—and why both parties are failing at just that these days.
Lest we forget, we conclude with a healthy dose of punditry: Has Trump hit his polling ceiling? What types of voters does Biden need to persuade? What’s the difference between a Biden win and Trump loss? Stirewalt has the answers.


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This week I’m joined by Oren Cass, executive director of American Compass and author of The Once and Future Worker. We discuss a rebuild of American capitalism, the future of industrial policy, and how the GOP can once again become a winning party. If that’s not enticing enough, we take an exclusive look at some juicy new polling on the American appetite for government and the realignment of “socially liberal, fiscally conservative” voters.


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Welcome to The Liberal Patriot Podcast with Ruy Teixeira. The new podcast promises to deliver the best in heterodox conversation and analysis.
For our inaugural episode, I’m joined by the inimitable David Leonhardt of The New York Times in a wide-ranging conversation on the evolution of the American left, Biden’s polling woes, and restoring progressive patriotism. 


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