History Changes Podcast: Breaking The Social Contract: How Americans Lost Trust in Government

Philip W Travis
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Dr. Philip W. Travis examines how a historical loss of public trust in government created the foundation for the Trump Era. The podcast is organized into a series of chapters each with a summary of the topic and its general relation to the loss of public trust that began developing during the 1960s. Within each chapter specialists will provide focused and nuanced explanation of aspects of each of the critical developments that made the Trump Era possible.

Episodes

  1. 06/13/2025

    Breaking the Social Contract, Ep. 1: The Vietnam War

    In this episode Dr. Philip W. Travis explains how The Vietnam War established a foundation of distrust among Americans that began the long historical path that eventually led to the Trump Era.

  2. 05/29/2025

    Breaking the Social Contract: Introduction

    The Trump Era in American history is unique because it represented the success of a political figure whose message focused exclusively on the premise that the government was working against the people and that only Trump could save the country. Dr. Philip W. Travis introduces this concept along with the podcast Breaking the Social Contract: How Americans Lost Trust in Government.

    Breaking the Social Contract: Introduction
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Dr. Philip W. Travis examines how a historical loss of public trust in government created the foundation for the Trump Era. The podcast is organized into a series of chapters each with a summary of the topic and its general relation to the loss of public trust that began developing during the 1960s. Within each chapter specialists will provide focused and nuanced explanation of aspects of each of the critical developments that made the Trump Era possible.

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